Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 24, 2022

Covered Entities : The Program regulates manufacturers, electricity importers, suppliers of natural gas, gasoline and other fuels, and CO2 suppliers that emit more than 25,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) annually. The Program has been linked with the Cap-and-Trade System of Québec since 2014. billion.

Carbon-neutral 52

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

However, it continues to burn coal and natural gas for baseload power and has not announced plans to phase out those power plants. In 2014, Minneapolis used the expiration of its franchise agreement with Xcel Energy to press the utility on clean energy. To me, that is really exciting.”.

Carbon 90

Carbon Fossil fuels Demand Wind power 90

Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

They’re moving, I think, wisely and also aggressively away from natural gas, and that’s helped to create an environment where geothermal makes a lot of sense,” said Michael Sachse, CEO of Dandelion Energy, a ground-source heat pump developer. Massachusetts law requires the state to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Cooling 80

Cooling Fossil fuels Technology Law 80

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

And its ambitions are grand, with a mandate for 100 percent carbon-free energy by 2045 matched by an impressive quiver of policies supporting DER growth, from laws requiring solar on all new homes starting next year to multi-billion dollar EV charging infrastructure investments.

Solar Energy Monitor 100

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 100

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the company’s just-published “ Energy Transition Progress report ” references chemicals right alongside “low carbon energy” and “renewable natural gas” as examples of the company’s stated commitment to lowering emissions. Credit: Beyond Plastics One such community is Convent, a majority Black town in St.

Sustainability 93

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 93

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 31, 2022

Austin Master receives truckloads of drill cuttings bored out of the Marcellus and Utica shale and of radioactive sludge that forms at the bottom of tanks and trucks that hold toxic liquids brought to the surface of fracked oil and gas wells.

Waste 98

Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Health 98

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In fact, when California passed its landmark 2006 climate law — which directed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020 — supporters claimed that it would save thousands of lives through improved air quality alone. How we invest our resources is really a reflection of our priorities.

Pollution 28

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 28

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

This month, EQT, the nation’s largest natural gas producer, plans to launch a pilot project that will certify it to start selling not just natural gas, but something it calls “responsibly sourced natural gas.”. stock and bond capital investment according to Morningstar, up from just 1 percent in 2014.

Fossil fuels 97

Fossil fuels Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 97

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Natura, which issues a regular environmental profit-and-loss statement , went carbon-neutral in 2007 and became the first public B Corporation in 2014. Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors; Detroit. LinkedIn | Company profile. million acres the 4.4

Sustainability 484

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 484

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Under growing pressure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, developers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are turning to questionable claims about “carbon neutrality,” “net-zero,” or “green LNG,” in order to pass muster with governments, investors, and society, who are becoming increasingly anxious about the climate crisis.

Carbon-neutral 98

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

Sewell, a 48-year-old businessman based in Midland, Texas, founded 7S Oil and Gas LLC in 2014. In Texas, property rights are split into two categories: the land on the surface and everything underground, including oil and natural gas. Then William “Gilligan” Sewell came along.

Methane 95

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 95

Grist

MAY 26, 2021

Aaron Mintzes, a senior policy council at the environmental nonprofit Earthworks, believes that there is “potential” to source minerals like rare earths from coal waste because there are already robust laws and policies in place to support its cleanup, including a requirement that the polluter pays a fee into a mine reclamation fund.

Waste 141

Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 141

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

Sewell, a 48-year-old businessman based in Midland, Texas, founded 7S Oil and Gas LLC in 2014. In Texas, property rights are split into two categories: the land on the surface and everything underground, including oil and natural gas. Then William “Gilligan” Sewell came along.

Methane 80

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 80

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Nitrogen dioxide was responsible for around 78,000 deaths in Europe in 2014, according to the European Environment Agency. Although heavy fuel oil is conventionally used in the shipping industry, Sleipnir operates on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with Marine Gas Oil (MGO) as pilot fuel and as a back-up.

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 78

DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

“Even the advocates of direct air capture technology acknowledge that they don’t anticipate that it would be at a scale to make any meaningful reduction in atmospheric CO2 levels until 2060, 2070 and beyond,” said Carroll Muffett, president of the environmental law nonprofit Center for International Environmental Law.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Carbon Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 98

DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

Olson is the executive director of the nonprofit law firm Our Children’s Trust, which has spearheaded youth climate change lawsuits across the United States. The company’s clients include electric utilities, energy traders in natural gas, and two petroleum companies, according to her deposition.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Law Politics 98

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Natura, which issues a regular environmental profit-and-loss statement , went carbon-neutral in 2007 and became the first public B Corporation in 2014. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Hyde, who went on to serve as the TCEQ’s executive director from 2014 to 2018, now works as a lobbyist for the petrochemical industry. In fact, the agency rarely fines companies that violate Texas air pollution laws. The process also released benzene and other naturally occurring compounds into the air and water.

Energy Monitor 83

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 83

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 23, 2022

liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports for Europe. It was 2014 and “American gas” would save Europe from being dependent on Russian gas imports. Europe still imports more than 40 percent of its gas from Russia, and the American fossil fuel industry is still pushing the U.S. Have a tip or idea? Get in touch.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Natural gas Europe Energy 98

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For more on the climate implications of CCS, see DeSmog’s accompanying news analysis: How Carbon Capture And Storage Projects Are Driving New Oil and Gas Extraction Globally. Terrell Natural Gas Processing Plant (“Val Verde”) Operator: Occidental Petroleum, 1972-present Location: Southeast of Ft. What CCS Projects Promise.

Fossil fuels 145

Fossil fuels Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 145

Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

It contains natural gas, helium, and carbon dioxide. Once separated from carbon dioxide, natural gas is used for heating and cooking in homes and sold to power plants to generate electricity. After oil prices plunged below $100 per barrel in 2014, enhanced oil recovery lost its allure. Trump signed it into law.

Carbon-negative 78

Carbon-negative Carbon Fossil fuels Technology 78

R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 28, 2021

That’s a recipe for higher oil prices, and subsequently higher gasoline and natural gas prices. Consumers saw that, as gasoline prices rose to their highest levels since 2014. Europe’s natural gas crisis. Europe suffered from a natural gas shortage this year. The 2021 Infrastructure Bill.

Natural gas 60

Natural gas Energy Energy COP 60

Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

coal first and then later oil and natural gas?to Between just 1987 and 2014 it was about the same mass: 743 billion tons. Based on EPA data in 2016, the transportation sector and electricity production in the USA each produced 28% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, with industry coming in close behind at 22%.

Climate change 40

Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming Pollution 40

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

More recently, with fracking, the United States has become the world’s largest gas producer and a major exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG). It wants to muscle in on Europe’s huge market, displacing Russian gas. With the decommissioning of coal and nuclear power stations, utilities turned to natural gas.

Politics 80

Politics Europe Natural gas Construction 80

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The carbon dioxide then is compressed and transported to sites where it is either stored underground, injected into oil and gas deposits for enhanced oil recovery, or used for a limited number of other applications such as beverage carbonation. A natural gas demonstration plant in Texas tests carbon capture technology.

Carbon 98

Carbon Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

Historically in the northern bands, operators drilled primarily for natural gas. Under federal law, agencies are required to conduct tribal consultation on projects and plans like this one. Different plan alternatives create a drilling buffer of two to 10 miles from the edges of the park’s boundary.

Methane 52

Methane Health Government Technology 52

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Over the past year, many professional services organizations that previously had little to say publicly about their climate change strategy — from law firms to management consultants to ad agencies — found themselves under closer scrutiny not just for their own footprint but for supporting some of the biggest climate deniers around.

Sustainability 546

Sustainability Plastics Organic Retail 546

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Those and other provisions in Virginia’s sweeping Clean Economy Act now face political uncertainty, though policy experts predict that much of the 2020 law will be able to withstand a partisan challenge thanks to Democrats’ narrow control of the state Senate. That would be my prediction.”. That doesn’t mean Republicans won’t try.

Law 83

Law Energy Energy Politics 83

GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

To turn her love of nature from a hobby into a career, Adams joined MetLife as a sustainability intern in 2014. Goksenin Ozturkeri’s interest in renewable energy dates back to his childhood in Turkey, a country that has long depended on natural gas imports, primarily from Russia, for much of its electricity.

Sustainability 108

Sustainability Carbon-neutral Waste Waste 108

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

Between 1998 and 2014, ExxonMobil and its foundation gave more than half a million dollars to the committee, which did not respond to a request for comment. In the storm’s aftermath, the city came out in staunch opposition to a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal off its coastline. In 2019, Ohioans weathered a $9.5

Fossil fuels 141

Fossil fuels Energy Energy Construction 141

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

So, “we still have parts of HB 6 on the books that have been shown by a court of law to not only have been moved forward illegally — but that remain in place because of the party in power — which are harming human health,” Leppla said. “If The group has also promoted state and local legislation labeling natural gas as “ green energy.”

Climate change 52

Climate change Law Fossil fuels Natural gas 52

Grist

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

In January 2014, power plants owned by Texas’ largest electricity producer buckled under frigid temperatures. In May 2014, the PUC sought changes that would require energy companies to identify and address all potential failure points, including any effects of “weather design limits.”. Luminant argued against the proposal.

Power grid 106

Power grid Natural gas Electricity Fossil fuels 106

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But at a time when the climate emergency is worsening and the Democrats’ climate agenda is sputtering, DeFazio’s anointed successor for his relatively safe Democratic seat is a candidate who has a long record of supporting Jordan Cove, the now-defunct liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project that southern Oregonians battled for more than 15 years.

Fossil fuels 84

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Politics Natural gas 84

Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost Emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has unveiled a new approach to environmental regulation and enforcement, which will see businesses given the choice to plant native trees instead of paying fines if they violate certain environmental laws.

Methane 62

Methane Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 62