Columbia Climate Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

PURPA requires electric utilities to purchase energy and capacity from qualifying renewable energy facilities (“QFs”). 4] PURPA removes barriers for non-utility generation where such generation is cost-effective, thereby increasing competition and creating a downward pressure on future energy costs. [5]. Footnotes. [1]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. Now that there is a desperate need to slash global warming emissions worldwide to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, it is critical to rapidly phase out the use of all fossil fuels. What accounts for that?

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

cities move toward their greenhouse gas reduction goals via a cleaner national electric grid, increased vehicle and building electrification, and new distributed renewable energy resources. States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies are also eligible for funding. Still, how does a local government tap in?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

While some who drive past these refineries don’t have to live near them or work in them, those who do can be harmed by the well-documented effects of refinery pollution on human health. The fossil fuel industry has systematically contaminated our environment with a wide range of toxic chemicals for over a century.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Another interesting portion of the opinion addresses CEQA’s sometimes overlooked or underappreciated mandatory energy consumption impacts analysis, and its requirement to discuss a project’s potential increased use of renewable energy sources as relevant in determining both the significance of, and potential mitigation for, impacts in this area.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp. Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Protect Consumers From Energy Market Volatility By Reforming Utility-Rate Process [UGI Gas Increases] -- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: New EPA Rules Could Force Emission Limits, Monitoring At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works -- Appalachian Voices Blog: New EPA Limits On Power Plant Pollution Aim To Protect Communities (..)

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2024

They involve reduced protection for endangered species, eliminating energy efficiency rules, blocking new transmission lines, changing electricity regulation to favor fossil fuels, weakening air pollution rules, and encouraging sale of gas guzzlers. #1. Abolish energy markets or adjust them to favor fossil fuels.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , Nos. New Jersey Federal Court Remanded Hoboken’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies to State Court. Federal Court Stayed Remand Order in Minnesota’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Industry, Denied Attorney Fees. 20-1093, 20-1094 (D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Fossil Fuels 40

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

In 2022, Texas, along with several other states and industry groups representing fuel manufacturers (together, Petitioners), challenged EPA’s new emissions standards in court. entered into more than 70 contracts to procure renewable energy, totaling more than 13,000 megawatts. Last year, local governments in the U.S.

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Clean Air Act Air Pollution Climate Change Regulations 59

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

For the first time, the pact calls for a “phase down” the use of coal and fossil fuel subsidies. Leaders also announced a series of pacts to address aspects of climate change during the conference: Seven countries, led by Denmark and Costa Rica, joined the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, which pledges to end their use of fossil fuels.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. DECISIONS & SETTLEMENTS. On June 14, 2021, the U.S.

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