Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

Three decades of deregulation allowed private companies, as opposed to public regulators, to make critical decisions about reliability. In many places state and federal utility regulators delegated decisions about energy supplies to the market. These changes have dramatically reduced the amount of fossils fuels burned for energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

But this new study from my colleagues working on climate change and fossil fuel accountability couldn’t be ignored. In short, the study concludes that fossil fuel companies are in part to blame for the extraordinary damages resulting from western wildfires (including those sparked by utilities). That equates to 19.8

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If passed into law, the bill would be a valuable step toward limiting misinformation about fossil fuels and countering greenwashing. The fossil fuel industry has a long and well documented history of denying climate science and funding advertising campaigns to greenwash oil and gas.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

So add this to the growing list of decisions allowing local regulation of fossil fuel facilities. The post Local Regulation of Fossil Fuel Pipelines (or The Little City That Could) first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy from wind and solar will depend on upgrading the electric power grid, which is currently plagued by planning delays and gridlock. The 2021 law allows, but does not require, PJM to plan ahead because various fossil fuel plants must reduce and then cease emissions by a specific date.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2023

On this final day of COP28, just a few hours after countries of the world agreed on the need to move away from fossil fuels, I’m overcome with a mix of emotions. Inspired by the unstoppable momentum to secure a fast, fair, full and financed fossil fuel phaseout. And let’s be real, I’m also exhausted.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

And fossil fuel power plants may not stick to their retirement schedules for a variety of reasons. The bottom line: There’s still a long way to go, and the clean energy transition must move quicker than it has been—despite the fossil fuel industry’s self-serving claims to the contrary. A bit more on those reasons later.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 24, 2023

Utilities and grid operators prepared for the storm as it was coming down the pike, but they still underestimated the energy demand it would trigger, as well as the number of outages at fossil fuel power plants—mainly natural gas-fired, plus some coal-fired plants.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2023

The lobby bot data from February 2023 is in – and it was a busy month for fossil fuel lobbyists determined to weaken climate change policy. As well, lobbying about the enforcement of a law or regulation, or about tax credits, which many oil and gas companies lobby for, is not required to be disclosed. Most don’t.)

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 14, 2021

Canada’s big five banks are deservedly feeling more heat lately about their funding of fossil fuels. They are among the worst in the world, pumping $727 billion into fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement was signed, while scoring among the lowest on having policies to rectify this.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

In addition, we already have regulations in place to achieve methane reductions, so we are essentially subsidizing compliance with existing rules. million for other categories of support to fossil fuels. In some cases, these funds even went to paying companies to comply with existing regulations.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Canada needs to take more action to transition away from fossil fuels Statement from Aly Hyder Ali, Oil and Gas Program Manager Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – We applaud today’s report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which sends a clear signal: the era of fossil fuels is ending.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

That 2013 headline resulted from the first effort to quantify emissions from the ‘carbon majors’ —fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers whose businesses have contributed an outsized amount of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Nearly two-thirds of industrial heat-trapping emissions can be traced to just 90 entities.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The fossil fuel industry has lobbied the federal government over 1017 times so far this year! Reports from the United Nations , International Energy Agency , the Canadian Energy Regulator and Canadian researchers all agree that fossil fuel production cannot expand. That’s over seven meetings per working day !

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

CARB’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) seeks to incentivize the production and sale of alternative, lower emissions transportation fuels in order to displace conventional fossil fuels. To identify which fuels should be promoted, CARB calculates the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It’s called a carbon border adjustment, and it aims to level the playing field for the EU’s domestic producers by taxing energy-intensive imports like steel … Continue reading What if carbon border taxes applied to all carbon – fossil fuels, too?

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Acoel

OCTOBER 28, 2021

So add this to the growing list of decisions allowing local regulation of fossil fuel facilities. The post Local Regulation of Fossil Fuel Pipelines (or The Little City That Could) appeared first on ACOEL.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

New science has shown that the largest fossil fuel, dairy, and waste methane super-emitters contribute a sizeable fraction of the total methane emissions in the regions the study authors monitored. Their use of these tactics underlie the calls to hold both the fossil fuel and meat and dairy industries accountable for their actions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 23, 2024

Prompted by a state law, California’s utility regulator has proposed to change the way electricity is billed by adding a fixed monthly charge to all rate plans and making a corresponding reduction to the cost for each unit of electricity used. We’re at a critical moment in California.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 1, 2024

is shifting rapidly away from fossil fuels toward cleaner and lower-carbon sources. But fossil fuel plants still generate 60% of the U.S. electricity … Continue reading New EPA regulations target air, water, land and climate pollution from power plants, especially those that burn coal

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Next year, the Canada Energy Regulator , is poised to release a net-zero modeling in their Energy Futures report. Last month, The International Energy Agency (IEA), a global group of energy experts, for the second year in a row showed that there is no room for more fossil fuels in a future that is safe and just for all.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

However, Canada is failing to address a key root of the climate crisis — the continued flow of capital by Canadian financial institutions into fossil fuel development and extraction. The desire for mandatory regulations is driven by skepticism that financial institutions would respect voluntary regulations.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 13, 2023

March was a tight competition between fossil fuel pipeline, extraction, and oil and gas production companies for who could get the most face time with the federal government. Fossil fuel transportation firm Pembina Pipeline Company had the most lobby meetings in March. and Enbridge Inc. with 10 meetings each.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

In order to steer investment toward environmentally sustainable activities, the European Union launched the Taxonomy Regulation framework to define activities deemed sustainable. Notably, in the same proposal, the Commission has also included screening criteria for gaseous fossil fuels. 31 1(a)).

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 11, 2024

The proposed Clean Electricity Regulations (CER) by the federal government are intended to make sure we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from fossil fuel generated electricity starting in 2035. The regulations as they are now will not deliver on the targets. The effects of climate change will only get worse.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. By Korey Silverman-Roati. Background. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2024

Why financial regulation? Regulations are like the guardrails on the highway – they ensure safety and order. Thoughtful regulations are the reason cars have seat belts and we can trust what’s on the supermarket shelves. The government sets regulations to keep Canadians safe.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

That’s because the case, which was about the nature and scope of EPA authority in regulating carbon emissions from existing power plants, turned on a rule that does not exist. Because while this decision does still recognize EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, it simultaneously sharply curtails the agency’s ability to do so.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Methane is at the top of the list of those gases, and reducing emissions will require a global effort to regulate methane emissions from coal mines as well as oil and gas operations. Fossil fuel subsidies. In particular, it leaves almost no room for any use of fossil fuels that results in emissions of carbon dioxide.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As illustrated by my own hometown, the truth is that while fossil fuels have provided great benefits for Pennsylvanians, it has also come with a tremendous cost. After the film crew departed, I continued my walk down memory lane by visiting Prospect Hill Cemetery just a few miles away in Glasgow.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 6, 2023

However, it’s a disappointment to the initiative’s proponents and to a larger group of environmental advocates who seek to promote California’s quick transition from reliance on heavily-polluting and climate-damaging fossil fuels to renewable energy resources.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 14, 2022

But Canada’s largest financial institutions still fund fossil fuel expansion projects and are too slow to invest in climate solutions. But regulations for sustainable finance still lag behind international best practices. We need ambitious regulation for four reasons: . Why is this? .

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Legal Planet

APRIL 3, 2023

EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) A. Nuclear power regulation D. FERC pipeline regulation (natural gas and hydrogen). Rules relating to renewable and fossil fuel development on public lands and offshore. California authority to regulate new vehicles D. Co-benefits E.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Last year’s UN climate talks, while criticized for certain shortcomings , brought into sharp focus the need for robust legal frameworks to transition from fossil fuels. Litigation intersects with net-zero legislation and regulation and can be another major lever to achieve climate goals with different applications across countries.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I love climate-aligned financial regulations, and you should too. Luckily for us, we have the best couples therapist in town: financial regulation. Let’s break down some common relationship problems, and how financial regulation can help fix them. Financial regulation can rebuild trust by providing these clear definitions.

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