Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Patrick Parenteau , Vermont Law School and Rachel Stevens , Vermont Law School. Puerto Rico adopted laws that called for generating 15% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, 40% by 2025, 60% by 2040 and 100% by 2050. Federal law requires weighing the options. Advancing the public interest.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 26, 2023

In response to the federal government’s new plan to prepare workers for the energy transition , Premier Danielle Smith replied , “We are not going to be shutting down our oil and natural gas industry. The problem is that, while such words may pay lip service to Albertan oil and gas workers, they don’t serve them in reality.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2020

million by 2025 and 3 million by 2030. Current funding plans from the CEC and utilities are expected to add another 117,000 Level 2 chargers and 4,300 DC fast chargers by 2025 — enough to close in on, but still not reach, the goal of 240,000 Level 2 chargers and 10,000 fast chargers by mid-decade that was set by former Gov.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As an alternative to landfill, which is due to be phased out, the GAYA chain is positioned as the channel of reference for making use of non-recyclable waste to produce a storable renewable gas, which can substitute for natural gas and as such has multiple end uses, in sectors such as sustainable mobility, industry and the tertiary sector.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

California regulators have allocated $45 million to incentives for heat pump water heaters through 2025, in another step on the path toward the state's 2045 carbon neutrality goal. Around 90 percent (PDF) of the furnaces and water heaters in California are fueled by natural gas or propane. million in total.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

The lonely well pad houses four natural gas wells that records show were initially drilled in 2011 but sat inactive for years after that. Though it has applied for them, the company behind this operation has yet to receive the permits it is required by law to construct or operate the engines to power a cryptocurrency mine.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Schumer’s office, the two-year extension of the federal Investment Tax Credit for solar projects will retain the current 26 percent credit for projects that begin construction through the end of 2022, rather than expiring at the end of 2020 as they would have under existing law. These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Costs of clean power A recent Clean Energy Canada report, A Renewables Powerhouse , looked at the costs of producing power from wind and solar in Alberta and Ontario compared to gas power. Solar power is already cheaper than natural gas power in Alberta and is on track to be 16% less expensive by the end of the decade.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Washington Governor Jay Inslee acknowledged a shortfall during a press conference last month: “Even with our best-in-the-nation laws, and even with federal action, we don’t have enough on the books today to actually reduce carbon at the pace we need to.”. Legislators in Washington state and Oregon approved long-stymied climate bills.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Now, in its eventual internal-combustion phaseout, GM can’t seem to make EVs fast enough, and 30 new models are lined up for the market for 2025. million in Neighborhood Grants.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

The plant which was filed with the State Corporation Commission, was the company’s second update since the VCEA became law. Natural gas provided another 19.1%, while wind and hydroelectric power made up the rest. Facilities must be at least 50 MW in size and achieve a commercial operation date of no later than Dec.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2020

Last week, duel announcements from the two public utilities commissions, the bodies that regulate the states' electricity and natural gas infrastructure (among other things), revealed the "competition" is not very close. New York is focused on incentivizing fuel switching, while California is focused on restricting new natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

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. ING’s climate policy is miles away from what is necessary to achieve the 1.5°C

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 1, 2021

In June, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) narrowly approved the construction of a new 42” diameter gas pipeline that will connect shale wells in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Ohio to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Gulf Coast, carrying over a billion cubic feet of fracked gas to be transported overseas every day.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Plenty of industry observers and critics have pointed out the gaps between utilities’ 2050 net-zero carbon goals and their short- and long-term resource plans, many of which call for continued buildout of natural gas-fired power plants. Natural gas and oil pipelines also saw setbacks. East Coast.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

percent of electricity in 2019 from gas and 22 percent from nuclear, with the remainder from coal and solar. But instead of a long-term carbon commitment, NextEra pledged to reduce its carbon emissions rate 67 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. It generated 73.6 Berkshire Hathaway Energy. PacifiCorp has a plan to build 4.3

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

This has helped push Florida ahead of California for utility-scale solar development projections through 2025, but made it difficult for third-party solar developers to enter the market. Dominion's generation fleet centers around nuclear and gas. Then there's PacifiCorp, which serves about 1.9

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Clean Energy Trust

JUNE 9, 2020

These deployments will help enable utilities to close natural gas plants as they work towards the state’s clean energy standard of 50% by 2030 and 100% by 2045. Link Meanwhile, some states are passing laws forbidding local bans on natural gas connections. Link Interesting autonomy application: the “middle mile.”

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For its electric business, the new net zero goal will include greenhouse gas emissions from the power it purchases for resale, from the procurement of fossil fuels used for generation, and from the electricity purchased for its own use. Clean Oceans Initiative doubles funding goal to €4bn by 2025.

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Grist

APRIL 8, 2022

For the world to have even a sliver of a chance to meet its goals under the Paris Agreement, the scientists warned, emissions must peak no later than 2025 and then enter a precipitously steep decline. It doesn’t contradict the laws of chemistry and physics to get to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees.). “It Luckily for humanity, 1.5

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Ireland's new coalition government has vowed to drastically strengthen the country's climate plans, promising to pass a new net zero emissions law within 100 days and deliver an ambitious green recovery plan. Analysts predict Spain's remaining coal power stations could close down as early as 2025. complete renewables mega-deal.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025. Amid that soul searching, one of the largest law partnerships in the world, Baker McKenzie, named its first chief sustainability officer, Alyssa Auberger. "For

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It’s a complex process that can be hard to make sense of from the outside, but it’s how international law and institutions help solve problems that no single country can fix on its own. I worked for the United Nations for several years as a law and policy adviser and have been involved in international negotiations.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

Businesses leaders urge EU committees to champion Nature Restoration Law An alliance of 12 major business networks is this week urging key European Parliament committees to support and strengthen a proposed Nature Restoration Law, which if passed would set out legally binding goals for restoring ecosystems and biodiversity.

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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.

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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. Half of all ARBOCs must provide direct environmental benefits to the state of California.

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38 North Solutions

MAY 3, 2024

Expired since 2013, the law provides $10 billion in credits for qualifying advanced energy projects, $4 billion of which must be allocated projects located in energy communities. For round two, the Treasury Department is making $6 billion available, with $2.5 billion set aside for projects in energy communities.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JANUARY 5, 2021

Early coverage has focused on the 2050 “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions target, but the real import of the act is likely to be in the myriad ways it updates existing policies to keep bottom-up pressure towards achieving that goal. or otherwise shake things up.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Most recently, Barudin led a tribal task force with the nonprofit group Vote Solar to support New Mexico's new law enabling tribes and pueblos to access community solar programs. Marta Misiulaityt?

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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.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

The company confirmed late last month that it was now aiming to end engagement worldwide with those companies most exposed to coal mining by 2025 at the latest. Anheuser-Busch has this week announced it is transitioning more than 180 trucks - representing approximately 30 per cent of its dedicated US fleet - to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

If LaBarge had gone ahead, it would have been one of the largest carbon-capture projects operated solely by Exxon, making up almost 20% of the company’s new emission-reduction efforts out to 2025 (2 million metric tons). It contains natural gas, helium, and carbon dioxide. Trump signed it into law. Just do it?

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

On December 18, 2020, the day when the public consultation came to a close, “the gas bloc” — Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia — submitted an unofficial document expressing their concerns to the European Commission.

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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.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Meanwhile, demand for coal, oil and natural gas fall by 80 per cent, 60 per cent and 45 per cent, respectively, by 2060 compared with last year. Ford said its Tennessee factory - called Blue Oval City - will cover a six-square-mile area and build next-generation electric pickup trucks and batteries from 2025.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

It allowed the state to “remedy discrimination against, or under-representations of, disadvantaged groups as documented in a valid disparity study or proven court of law.” This affects not only issues like education, but the states policies and resource allocations related to issues like climate, energy and the environment.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

The company already plans to store 2M tonnes of CO2 per year beginning in 2025 for Linde’s blue hydrogen and nitrogen facility in Beaumont, Texas and has purchased a geologic permanent storage site in Louisiana. Source: Natural Gas Intelligence IRA enticement: The EOR to CCS pipeline?

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