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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update

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The Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update takes an all-of-the-above approach to decarbonize California. On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update for public review and comment. By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Brian McCall.

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As EU Weans Itself From Russian Energy, U.S. Shale Gas Industry Pushes New LNG Export Plant in Pennsylvania

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billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 2)

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On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update for public review and comment. Our first post on this topic discusses CARB’s ultimate selection of the third scenario, which adopts a carbon neutrality target for 2045 instead of 2035, as the best among the four.

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This NGO Won a Climate Case Against Shell. Its Next Target? Dutch Bank ING

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liquefied natural gas (LNG). In a letter addressed to ING CEO Steven van Rijswijk and the first step in litigation, Milieudefensie says it believes the bank is in breach of its “duty of care” obligation under Dutch law. By ING’s own measure, it is responsible for 61 megatonnes of financed emissions in 2022.

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Want to avoid greenwashing? Be clear about what it means

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These definitions, coupled with new anti-greenwashing laws , are meant to help suss out bad actors. Environment Program's Emissions Gap Report 2022. "We While companies should be trying to phase out carbon to achieve these net-zero commitments, Sick noted that life doesn't work without carbon.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 3)

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update (Draft Scoping Plan) for public review and comment. Our first post in this series discusses CARB’s Proposed Scenario to achieve the state’s GHG targets, which adopts a carbon neutrality target for 2045. By Joshua T.

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New York Climate Action Council Approves Draft Scoping Plan to Achieve the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions

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The Climate Act requires that the scoping plan “inform the state energy planning board’s adoption of a state energy plan,” and the State’s energy law requires that all state entities must make “any energy-related action[s] or decision[s] … reasonably consistent with the. The Council must then issue its final Scoping Plan by the end of 2022.