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Governments of Canada and Ontario Invest $11.3M in Woody Biomass Facility

Environment + Energy Leader

CHAR’s high temperature pyrolysis (HTP) process converts woody biomass to simultaneously produce two highly profitable green outputs ready for industrial application without generating greenhouse gases. The post Governments of Canada and Ontario Invest $11.3M in Woody Biomass Facility appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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2024 could finally see greenhouse gas emissions start to decline

New Scientist

If governments step up support for renewable energy and other efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 2024 could see total carbon emissions begin to fall

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Future Trends in Climate Litigation Against Governments

Law Columbia

National governments are the most important systemic actors in the governance of climate action, primarily because they are the only actors with the ability to adopt economy-wide decarbonization measures. Over 80 government framework cases have been filed around the world, using a wide variety of legal and factual arguments.

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UK Government Announces New Import Carbon Pricing Mechanism

Clean Energy Law

Green , and James Bee On 18 December 2023, the UK government announced a proposal for a new carbon border adjustment mechanism (UK CBAM). The UK ETS puts a price on greenhouse gases emitted by domestic producers, through a “cap-and-trade” system, in which total carbon emissions and allowances under the scheme are capped.

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U.S. Will Weigh Cost of Carbon Pollution in More Government Decisions

Scientific American

Calculations determining the climate damage of greenhouse gas emissions—called the social cost of carbon—will be considered in federal agencies’ budgets, permitting decisions and, eventually, government purchases

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Montana “Youth Citizens” Win Landmark Climate Change Case Against State Government

Legal Planet

That organization represents young people around the nation whose future–and present–is severely compromised by the country’s continued dependence on a carbon-based economy whose greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically changing our environment. The first legal challenge mounted by Our Children’s Trust was Juliana v.

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Methane leaks from US oil and gas are triple government estimates

New Scientist

The largest ever dataset of its kind suggests methane is leaking from US oil and gas fields at a much higher rate than previously thought, implying the environmental damage caused by the greenhouse gas is greater too