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Thomas Clarke
Daniel Firger
over 11 years ago
Energy
Oil, Gas and Energy Law Blog
Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: New Report Published on Carbon Offshoring: The Legal and Regulatory Framework for U.S. Coal Exports
By Daniel Firger, Associate Director, Center for Climate Change, Columbia Law School Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel, releasing far higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and conventional air pollutants-including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide...
Malcolm Dowden
over 12 years ago
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Energy Reduction Verification and the UK’s mandatory energy efficiency scheme
By Malcolm Dowden, Solicitor and Environmental Law Consultant The UK Environment Agency’s CRC Project Executive Andrew Hitchings has confirmed the British Standards Institute’s ‘Kitemark’ scheme for Energy Reduction Verification...
International & Foreign Law Community Staff
over 12 years ago
International Law
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2009 sees no growth in CO2; first time since 1992
AMSTERDAM - (AP) The world's industrial emissions of climate-changing carbon dioxide held steady last year, as recession slowed production in rich countries while growth in China and India made up the difference, a leading monitoring agency reported...
Russell Prugh
over 12 years ago
Environmental
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Marten Law: Responding to Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Three Questions for Companies in the Oil and Gas Industry
By Russell Prugh, Associate, Marten Law PLLC “The effects of coming greenhouse gas (GHG) regulation will be felt across a broad spectrum of the oil and gas industry. Exploration, development, production, refining, and transportation face restrictions...
Russell Prugh
over 13 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Commentary
Marten Law: EPA Releases Additional Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Rules for Three Industry Sectors
By Russell Prugh, Marten Law PLLC "On March 22, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released proposed regulations for mandatory monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in three sectors: oil and natural gas production...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 12 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
Solar cells are becoming less expensive
"The future, according to MiaSolé, a Californian start-up, is unrolling at one centimetre a second in a bland-looking building in Silicon Valley. Despite the location, and the fact that most other solar cells are made from silicon, MiaSolé's...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 13 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
Aerosols reactions can impact global warming assessment, yet they are often not a significant factor in models
Some so-called greenhouse gases trap heat and boost the planet's surface temperature, which keeps the Earth habitable. Past climatic events have shown that temperatures can move into ranges that would be harmful to current biota, including humans...
Steven M. Siros
over 11 years ago
Environmental
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DOE Identifies Possible Carbon Sequestration Storage Sites
By Steven M. Siros, Partner, Jenner & Block On May 1, 2012, the Department of Energy released the North American Storage Atlas that maps the potential carbon dioxide storage capacity in North America. According to the Atlas , there is at least...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 12 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
Because some ships may be less carbon intensive than others, customers can influence emissions
"If the shipping industry were a country, it would be the sixth-biggest industrial carbon emitter in the world. Whereas big countries have plans for cutting emissions, shipping does not. The UN climate talks in Cancún are unlikely to change...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 13 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
Electric cars may entail more than putting an electric motor where the internal combustion engine goes
The replacement of the internal combustion engine and drive-train with electric motor(s), batteries, and control systems is leading to a rethink of the way in which cars are designed and manufactured. One of the proposals, which dates from the turn of...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
Area from Massachusetts to North Carolina Faces Accelerating Sea Level Increase
Climate change has, on average, raised the surface of the world's oceans in recent decades by melting glaciers and causing seawater to expand as it warms. But the rise has not been uniform, just like the increase in ocean temperature. As noted in...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 12 years ago
Environmental
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Data from crop trials demonstrates threat climate change poses to crops
Serendipity has helped more than a few scientists with insights and discoveries. Researchers were chatting, and realized that data from work one of them was focused upon various crop trials spread across southern and eastern Africa, if correlated with...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 12 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
California sets forth indicators of disproportionate impacts of climate change on environmental justice communities
To assist Cal-EPA with the examination of potential environmental justice concerns associated with climate change, Cal-EPA requested the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) [best known for its role in setting drinking water related...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 12 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
23% of global CO2 emissions were produced in one country to make goods for use in another country
Much attention has been focused on the localized production of CO2, and its contribution to global warming. What is missing from an understanding of CO2 production is the extent to which the generation of CO2 is related to the creation of goods in one...
Colleen Theron
over 13 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
COP15 will not change climate change reporting requirements for companies
By Colleen Theron, Environmental solicitor and consultant. Despite the inconclusive outcome of COP15 and the significant issues facing countries in the coming year to implement a legally binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), a...
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