Climate Change, Industry, Legal and Waste

Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Global Energy

Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Noting the references in scientific and policy literature to the need for fast-action mitigation to help avoid DAI and abrupt climate changes, the authors define “fast-action” to include regulatory measures that can begin within 2–3 years, be substantially implemented in 5–10 years, and produce a climate response within decades.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Pollution Ozone

Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation Awarding C$37.5 Million in Funding for Renewable Energy Projects from Biofuels to Home Generation

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2010

Alberta, Canada’s Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCMEC) Corporation is awarding more than C$37.5 million) to five Alberta-based renewable energy projects including waste to biofuels and energy, concentrating solar power, biogas and home generation. million (US$36.6 City of Medicine Hat , C$3 million (US$2.9

Climate Change

Climate Change Corporation Renewable Climate

EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Estimating the magnitude of costs associated with future climate change impacts is very uncertain. —Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe. The recognized benefits of industrial facilities, including manufacturing products, employment and tax revenues, are not addressed in the report.

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Pollution 2009 Europe Industrial

Automakers whine about €15B fine they knew they’d risk for pushing gas cars

Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

If an automaker fails to meet this legal target, which was established in 2017 , it may have to pay a fine of €95 per gram of CO2 per car. At issue are Europe’s 2025 CO2 targets, and a penalty calculated based on fleet average CO2 emissions per automaker. By 2025, automakers are supposed sell vehicles with average emissions of 93.6g/km

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Gas Cars CO2 Climate Change

Tesla formally wins final environmental approval to open Gigafactory Berlin

Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2022

The past two years, after all, required the State Office of the Environment to not only inspect and approve the factory itself, but also the entire industrial area with several large-scale facilities. In times of climate crisis, the availability of water will play an increasingly important role for future developments and settlements.

Tesla

Tesla Water Pollution Environment

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Under the cap-and-trade system, industries regulated by it—the largest being power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement—are given limits on their total emissions, and companies can purchase emission reductions from others in lieu of reducing emissions themselves.

Carbon

Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions

Massachusetts sets state GHG emissions limit for 2020 at 25% below 1990 levels, releases plan with additional measures, including Pay As You Drive auto insurance

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2010

The 136-page Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020 contains a portfolio of established and new measures that reduce energy waste, save money, and stimulate the adoption of clean energy technologies, thereby creating jobs at the same time that they reduce GHG emissions. insurance industry to make this payment. Transportation.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts 2020 Emissions Auto

Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry. Coal burning emitted some 475 tonnes of mercury in 2010, the majority of which is from power generation and industrial use. Use of coal for power generation and industry is increasing, especially in Asia.

Mercury

Mercury Emissions 2013 Global

EPA proposes new standards to reduce methane and VOCs emissions from oil and gas industry

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its latest set of proposed standards to reduce emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the oil and natural gas industry. The proposal also includes incentives to spur the oil and gas industry to minimize leaks.

EPA

EPA Oil Gas Industrial

Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

Just two people live in its 3000+ energy-wasting square feet. I would have thought we would be beyond that point and further along in understanding the solar industry, but apparently I’m wrong. The city attorney asked me if I would dismiss my case if the city of Torrance would change their rules. No, it’s still fresh.

Solar

Solar Installation California Building

Among incredibly stupid court opinions, overturning Chevron takes the cake

Baua Electric

JUNE 28, 2024

Just two days after issuing an opinion that would legalize the kind of corrupt bribes that they themselves have taken , the US “Supreme” Court issued an opinion today in Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo that would invalidate a previous ruling, Chevron v Natural Resources Defense Council.

Chevron

Chevron Congress EPA Pollution

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels. Reductions in Emissions.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. Sources: In 2012–electricity generators and large industrial sources.

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda

Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation Awarding C$37.5 Million in Funding for Renewable Energy Projects from Biofuels to Home Generation

EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

Automakers whine about €15B fine they knew they’d risk for pushing gas cars

Tesla formally wins final environmental approval to open Gigafactory Berlin

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Massachusetts sets state GHG emissions limit for 2020 at 25% below 1990 levels, releases plan with additional measures, including Pay As You Drive auto insurance

Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

EPA proposes new standards to reduce methane and VOCs emissions from oil and gas industry

Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Among incredibly stupid court opinions, overturning Chevron takes the cake

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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