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Is the IMO Turning the Tide on Transition?

Chris Hall

The Clean Shipping Act would direct the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set increasingly stringent carbon intensity standards for shipping fuel by 2040, in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has estimated that maritime trade volumes will triple by 2050.

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Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 4, Episode 2 - Nitty Gritty on Net-Zero

3BL Media

So what that means is that even by addressing the smaller seeming sector, which is the heating and cooling sector, we have an outsized influence in how much we can mitigate climate change. At something called the CEQ, which is a, let's call it a climate portion of the White House, and made a lot of commitments.

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2024 Leadership Award Winners: Green California Schools & Higher Education Summit

Green Technology

The projects innovative approach includes a proof of concept, funded by grants from the Department of Water Resources and the EPA, which led to the development of data dashboards to monitor litter in the American River Basin.

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2024 Leadership Award Winners: Green California Schools & Higher Education Summit

Green Technology

The projects innovative approach includes a proof of concept, funded by grants from the Department of Water Resources and the EPA, which led to the development of data dashboards to monitor litter in the American River Basin.

Waste 52
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The oil industry says it might support a carbon tax – here’s why that could be good for producers and the public alike

Renewable Energy World

The oil industry’s lobbying arm, the American Petroleum Institute, suggested in a new draft statement that it might support Congress putting a price on carbon emissions to combat climate change, even though oil and gas are major sources of those greenhouse gas emissions. What will Congress do?

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3 cost-effective steps President Biden can take to accelerate a clean energy revolution

Renewable Energy World

While so many have spoken volumes about her work resurrecting the auto industry after the 2008 financial crisis, it was her efforts on the state level shepherding aggressive renewable energy policies which helped create 125,000 green jobs in Michigan. In Mr. Biden’s own words, climate change will have the urgency of a “day one” issue.

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The World’s Eyes on the USA as FSOC Agencies Engage on Climate Risk

Sustainability Update

We’re sharing the important background with you: You may recall that in May 2021, soon after taking office , The Biden-Harris Administration detailed the policies and actions of its “whole of government” approach to climate change in the “U.S. Climate-Related Risk Executive Order” (the “EO”) originally issued in May 2021.