Is Net Zero by 2050 Still Possible? Yes, But It’ll Cost 19% More
Governments and companies need to spend an extra $34 trillion on the clean energy transition between now and 2050 to reach net-zero emissions, according to BloombergNEF.
The EPA warned on Monday that cyberattacks against drinking water systems are on the rise, and that hostile nations may have already embedded the ability to disable systems in the future.
Public power utilities, wildlife advocates, tribes, and local elected officials are among the diverse groups lobbying Congress to end hydropower production at eight dams the Army Corps of Engineers operates in the Willamette River Basin.
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Two Maryland climate deception cases will continue to proceed toward the discovery process, according to a ruling that denies energy industry requests to have the cases tossed.
In Nevada, can a balance be struck between an endangered toad species and the pressing need to address climate change? The future of NEPA, a 54-year-old environmental law, may hold the answer.
Governments and companies need to spend an extra $34 trillion on the clean energy transition between now and 2050 to reach net-zero emissions, according to BloombergNEF.
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Investors of oil and gas giant Shell voted Tuesday against a shareholder proposal wanting the company to disclose its plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement’s goals.
Public power utilities, wildlife advocates, tribes, and local elected officials are among the diverse groups lobbying Congress to end hydropower production at eight dams the Army Corps of Engineers operates in the Willamette River Basin.
The vast amount of power required by energy-intensive AI models is prompting tech firms to invest in their own energy infrastructure. But it may be too little, too late to prevent another wave of commodity-driven inflation – a backdrop that’s very favorable for the energy and utility sectors, and negative for high-duration tech stocks.
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Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense case in the hush-money trial on Monday without calling the former president to the witness stand.
Eva Temkin has joined Arnold & Porter as a partner with the firm’s life sciences and healthcare regulatory practice in Washington, the firm said Tuesday.
US prosecutors have charged Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange with espionage offenses over his role in the release of classified documents with the help of US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. But the case has dragged on for years, with Assange’s lawyers persuading British judges to delay handing him over to US authorities over concerns he may not get a fair trial, might be a suicide risk or may face potentially inhumane conditions in a US jail.
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Regulators have targeted violators as varied as a small dog-fence business to tractor company Kubota and a t-shirt maker that sold ‘FJB’ shirts to critics of President Joe Biden. The heightened focus coincides with a broader administration push for companies to keep more manufacturing in America.
OpenAI is shuffling its policy team amid other personnel changes at the artificial intelligence startup.
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