United States nears first major steps to control CO2 emissions
3 years, 4 months ago

United States nears first major steps to control CO2 emissions

Al Jazeera  

As scientists raise alarm on global warming, the US is close to adopting sweeping green energy and emissions measures. The United States is preparing to adopt a raft of new energy policies that will for the first time put the US – the world’s second-worst polluter after China – on a path to meeting its pledge to cut greenhouse emissions in half by 2035. Since taking office in January, President Joe Biden has rejoined the Paris climate accord – abandoned by his predecessor Donald Trump – and pledged to cut US greenhouse emissions 50 percent. Clean energy Major incentives and investments for new clean energy are contained in two major pieces of legislation now pending in Congress, a $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill and a $3.5 trillion budget policy. “In order to meet the US’s environmental goals, we have to electrify and clean our transportation system, starting from the light-duty vehicles to transit, heavy-duty and everything else,” said Gil Tal, director of electric vehicle research at the University of California-Davis.

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Half of world’s electricity will come from low-emission sources by 2030, IEA says
2 months, 1 week ago

Half of world’s electricity will come from low-emission sources by 2030, IEA says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world is moving rapidly towards a cleaner energy future, with low-emission sources like solar …

The US’s ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism
1 year, 4 months ago

The US’s ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism

The Hindu  

The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough. The Environmental Protection Agency in April announced new strict emissions limits that the agency says are vital to slowing climate change as people around the globe endure record-high temperatures, raging …

The EPA’s ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism
1 year, 4 months ago

The EPA’s ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism

Associated Press  

DETROIT — The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough. ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SAY IT’S NOT ENOUGH Pointing to surging temperatures and smoke from Canadian wildfires that fouled the air over parts of the U.S. this summer, Dan Becker, …

Biden administration announces sweeping car emissions proposal
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden administration announces sweeping car emissions proposal

Al Jazeera  

The US Environmental Protection Agency says the rules will dramatically slash emissions and reduce burden of pollution. The administration of President Joe Biden has proposed new automobile emissions standards that could result in about two thirds of all new vehicles sold in the United States being electric by 2032, in an ambitious bid to reduce emissions and air pollution. The …

The case for a comprehensive Indian climate bill
2 years, 4 months ago

The case for a comprehensive Indian climate bill

Live Mint  

The US recently passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 with an outlay of $370 billion for the decarbonization of its economy. The cabinet also approved India’s Nationally Determined Contributions, which included a commitment to reduce the emission intensity of the country’s gross domestic product by 45% by 2030 and achieve a cumulative 50% installed capacity for electric power from …

Federal study: New climate law to slice carbon pollution 40%
2 years, 4 months ago

Federal study: New climate law to slice carbon pollution 40%

Associated Press  

Clean energy incentives in the new spending package signed this week by President Joe Biden will trim America’s emissions of heat-trapping gases by about 1.1 billion tons by 2030, a new Department of Energy analysis shows. The first official federal calculations, shared with The Associated Press before its release Thursday, say that between the bill just signed and last year’s …

US House poised to pass sweeping climate bill to push American energy to go green
2 years, 4 months ago

US House poised to pass sweeping climate bill to push American energy to go green

Firstpost  

The crux of the long-delayed bill, singularly pushed by Democrats in a closely divided Congress, is to use incentives to spur investors to accelerate the expansion of clean energy such as wind and solar power, speeding the transition away from the oil, coal and gas that largely cause climate change Washington: After decades of inaction in the face of escalating …

Sweeping climate bill pushes American energy to go green
2 years, 4 months ago

Sweeping climate bill pushes American energy to go green

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — After decades of inaction in the face of escalating natural disasters and sustained global warming, Congress hopes to make clean energy so cheap in all aspects of life that it’s nearly irresistible. The climate bill is likely to spur billions in private investment, she said: “That’s what’s going to be so transformative.” The bill promotes vital technologies such …

US Senate approves bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs
2 years, 4 months ago

US Senate approves bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs

Al Jazeera  

Democrats in the United States have passed a sweeping $430bn bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices and raise some corporate taxes, in a major victory for President Joe Biden. “This bill is going to change America for decades.” Schumer said the legislation contains “the boldest clean energy package in American history” to fight climate change while reducing …

Democrats’ Climate Deal Puts U.S. Emissions Goals In Reach, 3 Separate Studies Show
2 years, 4 months ago

Democrats’ Climate Deal Puts U.S. Emissions Goals In Reach, 3 Separate Studies Show

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The potential climate and economic benefits of the surprise reconciliation package Democrats unveiled last week and are likely to pass as soon as this weekend are starting to come into a clearer view. Researchers have crunched the numbers to forecast how the more than 100 climate provisions in the $740 billion deal, called the Inflation Reduction Act, …

Here’s what’s in the Senate’s $369 billion climate and energy bill
2 years, 4 months ago

Here’s what’s in the Senate’s $369 billion climate and energy bill

Salon  

It's been a dangerously hot, rainy, fiery summer in the United States. And it contains a bounty of new funding for clean energy, mostly in the form of tax credits for businesses and individuals that would substantially reduce the nation's reliance on dirty fuels. There's also a whole slew of new tax credits that will help other forms of clean …

The New Climate Bill’s Secret Weapon? Tax Credits
2 years, 4 months ago

The New Climate Bill’s Secret Weapon? Tax Credits

Wired  

On Wednesday, Democrats in the United States Senate announced they’d finally come to an agreement on a major climate bill, tucked inside the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. It would allocate $369 billion toward energy security and climate action, juice domestic manufacturing of clean energy technologies like wind and solar power, steel communities against climate change, and prepare American agriculture …

Unexpected deal would boost Biden pledge on climate change
2 years, 4 months ago

Unexpected deal would boost Biden pledge on climate change

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — An unexpected deal reached by Senate Democrats would be the most ambitious action ever taken by the United States to address global warming and could help President Joe Biden come close to meeting his pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, experts said Thursday, as they sifted through a massive bill that revives action on …

US Lawmakers Introduce New Bill to Help Charge Up India's Pursuit of Clean Energy Goals
2 years, 6 months ago

US Lawmakers Introduce New Bill to Help Charge Up India's Pursuit of Clean Energy Goals

News 18  

A bill has been introduced in the US Congress by two American lawmakers, Scott Peters and Ami Bera, to provide resources to help India switch to clean energy. The Prioritizing Clean Energy and Climate Cooperation with India Act proposes that the US-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership be established as the primary forum for clean energy technology cooperation. …

Switching to zero-emission cars and trucks could save over 100,000 lives over the next three decades
2 years, 8 months ago

Switching to zero-emission cars and trucks could save over 100,000 lives over the next three decades

Salon  

More than 100,000 lives could be saved over the next 30 years if the United States switches to zero-emission vehicles powered by a zero-emission grid, according to a new report by the American Lung Association. For its analysis, the American Lung Association envisioned a future where all new passenger vehicles are zero-emission by 2035, all new heavy-duty vehicles, like trucks …

2021 was a landmark year for energy efficiency legislation in US states
2 years, 10 months ago

2021 was a landmark year for energy efficiency legislation in US states

Salon  

Last year was rocky – to say the least. The nonprofit research organization's annual Energy Efficiency Scorecard Progress Report found that in 2021 at least a dozen states passed new clean energy legislation or adopted new energy-saving standards. Seven states – Massachusetts, Illinois, Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington – passed new energy laws that named electrification as a …

US climate pledge faces test in Senate with global impact
3 years, 1 month ago

US climate pledge faces test in Senate with global impact

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — After talking the climate talk at U.N. negotiations in Scotland, the Biden administration now tests whether a divided United States can walk the climate walk: push a massive investment for a new era of clean energy through the narrowest of margins in the Senate. “The problem is that when you have these storms that are coming with such …

Efforts to cut car, plane and ship emissions get small boost
3 years, 1 month ago

Efforts to cut car, plane and ship emissions get small boost

Associated Press  

GLASGOW, Scotland — Several countries and companies announced plans Wednesday to stop selling cars that run on gasoline or diesel over the next two decades, as part of efforts to clamp down on a significant source of planet-warming emissions. “This welcome move signals that a growing number of countries, auto makers and transportation providers are joining the global push for …

Nearly 1 billion tons of carbon emissions per year could be cut by Democrats’ climate provisions, analysis finds
3 years, 3 months ago

Nearly 1 billion tons of carbon emissions per year could be cut by Democrats’ climate provisions, analysis finds

CNN  

CNN — Six major climate provisions in congressional Democrats’ massive budget bill could slash US greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 1 billion tons per year by 2030, a new analysis from the nonpartisan Rhodium Group found. “It would be the single largest action the federal government’s ever taken to deal with climate change.” Rhodium’s findings are consistent with other analyses …

House lawmakers release early details of program that would overhaul electricity sector and slash fossil fuel emissions
3 years, 3 months ago

House lawmakers release early details of program that would overhaul electricity sector and slash fossil fuel emissions

CNN  

CNN — Lawmakers in the House released early details of a clean electricity program Thursday, which Democrats say would slash fossil fuel emissions by moving the US electric grid to 80% clean energy, like solar and wind. “It turns out we can use clean electricity to clean up our transportation, our buildings and even part of heavy industry.” The clean …

Reconciliation, infrastructure bills will mostly meet Biden’s climate emissions goals, Schumer says
3 years, 4 months ago

Reconciliation, infrastructure bills will mostly meet Biden’s climate emissions goals, Schumer says

CNN  

CNN — An analysis from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office estimates that combined, the bipartisan infrastructure bill and $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill can meet the majority of President Joe Biden’s target to drastically slash emissions by the end of the decade. Though the analysis Schumer cites combines the impacts of both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the reconciliation …

What’s inside the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill
3 years, 4 months ago

What’s inside the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate has passed a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan plan to rebuild roads and bridges, modernize public works systems and boost broadband internet, among other improvements to the nation’s infrastructure. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said just before the bill passed on Tuesday that the legislation is “a decades-overdue step to revitalize America’s infrastructure and give our workers, …

There's A Big Push For Electric Cars, With The White House Teaming Up With Automakers
3 years, 4 months ago

There's A Big Push For Electric Cars, With The White House Teaming Up With Automakers

NPR  

There's A Big Push For Electric Cars, With The White House Teaming Up With Automakers Enlarge this image toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Major automakers and the Biden administration are mapping out a route toward a future where Americans drive a lot more electric vehicles. A voluntary pledge to boost electric vehicle sales …

Bipartisan bill leaves out key climate, clean energy steps
3 years, 4 months ago

Bipartisan bill leaves out key climate, clean energy steps

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package unveiled by the Senate includes more than $150 billion to boost clean energy and promote “climate resilience” by making schools, ports and other structures better able to withstand extreme weather events such as storms and wildfires. While the bipartisan plan is “a good start,” lawmakers will “deal with the climate crisis in …

New infrastructure deal must focus on climate,...
3 years, 5 months ago

New infrastructure deal must focus on climate,...

Daily Mail  

Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a bipartisan infrastructure plan cut out some of President Joe Biden's key climate initiatives. Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a bipartisan infrastructure plan …

Instead of panicking, fight climate change with innovation
3 years, 9 months ago

Instead of panicking, fight climate change with innovation

China Daily  

Across the world, politicians are going out of their way to promise fantastically expensive climate policies. US President Joe Biden has promised to spend $500 billion each year on climate policies－about 13 percent of the entire federal revenue. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that of the 128 analyzed climate policies, all made us poorer. Tellingly, European Commission …

Instead of panicking, fight climate change with innovation
3 years, 9 months ago

Instead of panicking, fight climate change with innovation

China Daily  

Across the world, politicians are going out of their way to promise fantastically expensive climate policies. US President Joe Biden has promised to spend $500 billion each year on climate policies－about 13 percent of the entire federal revenue. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that of the 128 analyzed climate policies, all made us poorer. Tellingly, European Commission …

Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die
3 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

LA Times  

The numbers paint a daunting picture. What will it take to throttle back the gas burners and expand exponentially the number of vehicles that run on electric batteries, hydrogen fuel cells or other non-fossil energy sources? Political will, strong government thumbs on the scale to favor zero-emission vehicles over gas burners, and increased spending on developing and producing clean energy …

Climate change: World won’t hit climate goals unless energy innovation is rapidly accelerated
4 years, 5 months ago

Climate change: World won’t hit climate goals unless energy innovation is rapidly accelerated

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Solar and wind power are booming. “The message is very clear: in the absence of much faster clean energy innovation, achieving net-zero goals in 2050 will be all but impossible,” Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director, said in a statement. Still, the IEA said there are “no single or simple solutions to putting the world …

Want jobs and clean energy? This overlooked technology could deliver both
4 years, 5 months ago

Want jobs and clean energy? This overlooked technology could deliver both

LA Times  

Sunrise Powerlink carves a twisting path through the deserts and mountains of Southern California, skirting the U.S.-Mexico border and cutting through a national forest on its 117-mile path from the rural Imperial Valley to urban San Diego County. “If you’re looking at infrastructure spending, the electric grid is the most fundamental infrastructure there is,” said Cheryl LaFleur, who served nine …

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