Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Abstract: There is a growing recognition among businesses, policymakers, and the general public regarding the economic and societal risks of climate change. These real health and environmental costs not currently included in the purchase price of fossil fuels are commonly referred to as the social cost of carbon.

Policy 72

Policy Carbon-neutral Carbon Pollution 72

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 28, 2021

Scientists were just beginning to grasp the gravity of climate change. Both sectors offered various incentive programs without triggering claims of “destructive competition” that is prohibited by law. Another problem for Duke: The law requires it to conserve electricity, not energy in general. Musser questioned.

Electricity 83

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 6, 2021

I started doing this in 2007 and, with a few exceptions, continued it annually through last year. This year, I’m changing it up, for several reasons. It will be interesting to track how those habits shift as we enter the post-pandemic era, but for now consumers aren’t willing to trade their own health for that of the planet.

Earth Day 36

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. By 2007 , 82 businesses were certified by B Lab. Does your company have a health and wellness program in place?

Business Energy Monitoring 78

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Climate action honors that legacy — because climate change is as stark an inequality issue as it gets and requires every bit as much doggedness to address. Climate action honors that legacy — because climate change is as stark an inequality issue as it gets and requires every bit as much doggedness to address.

Law 542

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2022

He participated in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. For example, US law prohibits interstate commerce of cannabis and derivative products, meaning that whatever is sold in a given state must be grown and produced there.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Transportation Carbon-negative Policy 78

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

“We have been warning about the dangers posed by climate change for decades,” climate scientist Cathy Whitlock testified to a Montana court on Monday, “and yet Montana continues to aggressively pursue an expansion of fossil fuel utilization and production.” climate lawsuit led by young people to go to trial , and the first U.S.

Fossil fuels 91

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. million acres the 4.4 million acres it protects in the Amazon. and Canadian cities.

Sustainability 28

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

Julia Olson, the lawyer who took Curry’s deposition, has described her as “the number one climate skeptic scientist that the Republicans go to for testimony in Congress, that the fossil fuel industry goes to.” She does not have a leg to stand on,” climate scientist Kevin Trenberth told DeSmog.

Climate change 98

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Climate action honors that legacy — because climate change is as stark an inequality issue as it gets and requires every bit as much doggedness to address. Climate action honors that legacy — because climate change is as stark an inequality issue as it gets and requires every bit as much doggedness to address.

Global warming 36

Global warming Law Climate change Fossil fuels 36

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Climate action honors that legacy — because climate change is as stark an inequality issue as it gets and requires every bit as much doggedness to address. Climate action honors that legacy — because climate change is as stark an inequality issue as it gets and requires every bit as much doggedness to address.

Law 28

Law Climate change Global warming Fossil fuels 28

Green Technology

JUNE 7, 2018

To promote uniformity, the law generally bars states from regulating car emissions. But when the Clean Air Act was passed, California was already developing innovative laws and standards to address its unique air pollution problems. California has set ambitions goals for slowing climate change. In 2007, under George W.

Law 55

Law Pollution Transportation Climate change 55

Grist

JANUARY 23, 2020

After Toledo’s water crisis, Ohio went further, passing a law that prohibits farms in the western Lake Erie region from applying fertilizer on frozen or rain-saturated soil. In this 2007 photo, hogs are shown in a pen at a 4,800-head swine farm in Amanda, Ohio. Kiichiro Sato / AP Photo. Lake Erie, on the other hand? “And

Agriculture 119

Agriculture Pollution Soil Health 119

Unsustainable

AUGUST 23, 2019

Globalisation was effective during the transition that appeared after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall, but since the global financial crisis began in 2007 the world economy has been hanging on the cliff, struggling to get up. Financial crisis, indeed, the outcome of Washington Consensus and finally inequality, too.

Investment 40

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On Tuesday, the United States government published the Fifth National Climate Assessment — an exhaustive summary of the leading research on climate change and how it affects life in every part of the country. That’s partly the result of more Americans feeling the effects of climate change in their daily lives.

Home Energy Monitoring 130

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 130

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 9, 2021

by Richard Schmalensee, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management and Davide Schoenbrod, Professor, New York Law School. With the election of President Joe Biden and rising public concern about climate change, Washington seems increasingly likely to act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Carbon 87

Carbon Organic Climate change Health 87

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

An April 2016 briefing document titled “Princeton Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI)” outlines recommendations, as summarized by former BP executive Lamar McKay, from the university initiative to BP executives on climate change and the energy transition. The statement that I want a 100% renewable energy system is not sufficient.

Carbon 98

Carbon Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

Renewable Energy World

JUNE 8, 2021

An ambitious measure to convert Virginia’s fleet of 17,000 diesel-powered school buses to quieter and cleaner electric models over a decade was praised by health and environmental advocates when it passed the General Assembly at the end of February. She noted that Virginia has no law outlining when a school bus should be retired.

Electricity 58

Electricity Transportation Law Pollution 58

Charged

MAY 18, 2021

The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, and in 2007, the Supreme Court basically said that greenhouse gases are pollutants, and if they endanger public health and the environment, [the EPA can] regulate them. We used our existing laws to set standards that were complementary. That’s where the CAFE standards originate.

Pollution 57

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