2008 Legal Pollution Reference 
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OCTOBER 14, 2009
2009), reproduced from Ramanathan and Feng (2008) Click to enlarge. A binding legal agreement exists that can cut HFCs now—the Montreal Protocol ozone treaty—and many alternatives to HFCs have already been developed and are waiting for the right regulatory incentive from the Montreal Protocol to be deployed. From Molina et al.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
collectively referred to here as Volkswagen). The allegations cover roughly 482,000 diesel passenger cars sold in the United States since 2008. The alleged violations do not present a safety hazard; the cars remain legal to drive and resell. Affected diesel models include: Jetta (Model Years 2009 – 2015).
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MARCH 6, 2010
reforestation); Limiting deforestation by purchasing forested property and preserving the forests with legal and enforcement mechanisms; Setting aside croplands from agricultural production to rebuild carbon in the soil and vegetation; and. Transaction costs generally refer to the costs associated with an exchange of goods or services.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 22, 2010
In contrast, project developers determine offset emission data by comparing the expected reduced, avoided, or sequestered GHG emissions against a projected, business-as-usual scenario (sometimes referred to as a counter-factual scenario). REFERENCES. Offset Quality Initiative, Ensuring Offset Quality (July 2008), available at: [link].
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
California will be able to keep in place and enforce programs to address smog and other forms of air pollution caused by motor vehicles. criteria pollutants. -Ed.] Bush administration denied California’s waiver in 2008 and California challenged that decision, but the case was never decided. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
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APRIL 10, 2010
Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. The first auction for allowances was held on September 25, 2008.
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