Climate Change, 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

IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Simple, effective solutions that can help lessen the impact of climate change already exist. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change. The whole world is one grid.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Coal Grid

Tesla formally wins final environmental approval to open Gigafactory Berlin

Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2022

“As a high-performing state administration, you have always focused on the technical requirements, the high level of protection of the environment, the protection of the general public and the neighborhood from dangers, even under the pressure of great public interest and unreasonable harassment as well as the legal certainty of the procedure.

Tesla

Tesla Water Pollution Germany

Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Clean Manufacturing – Further reducing the environmental footprint of Ford’s operations through renewable energy, sustainable water and wastewater management, waste management, and energy-efficient buildings.

Financing

Financing Ford Clean Cleaning

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change. One question is who will be responsible for verifying changes in carbon, which raises questions about the role of a regulatory agency for accrediting claimed changes in carbon levels from an activity.

Carbon

Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions

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. The report does not assess whether the emissions from industrial facilities are consistent with the legal permitting conditions for the operation of these plants.

Pollution

Pollution 2009 Europe Industrial

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. Transportation. The state is targeting a 7.6%

Massachusetts

Massachusetts 2020 Emissions Auto

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. The city attorney asked me if I would dismiss my case if the city of Torrance would change their rules. I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. It’s just this mind-blowing waste of time.

Solar

Solar Installation California Building

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. Contaminated sites, including old mines, landfills, and waste disposal locations, release 8 - 33 tonnes per year. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge.

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 gas and hydrocarbons can then be treated and used or sold, avoiding the waste of natural resources that cannot be renewed. The estimated climate benefits reflect a net reduction in climate change damages, which include human health impacts, property damages from flood risk, and the value of ecosystem services, among other effects.

EPA

EPA Oil Gas Industrial

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

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. It’s about time we changed course. 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

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. As Senators Graham, Kerry and Lieberman try to resuscitate the climate change bill by introducing a revised bill in mid-to-late April, twenty-three U.S. nationals and legal residents. Measurement.

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

Former EPA exec Margo Oge explains the new federal emissions rules

Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2022

For me, the most important thing is that there is an urgency across the planet to address climate change. I think it’s one thing to have a commitment for 2030 and 2035, and it’s another thing to have to meet legal requirements and standards. The courts put them on hold, all these legal challenges. It has been on hold.

EPA

EPA Emissions Standards Legal

EV Driven

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

IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

Tesla formally wins final environmental approval to open Gigafactory Berlin

Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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

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

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

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

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

Former EPA exec Margo Oge explains the new federal emissions rules

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