Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
As an archipelago, Indonesia is at the prey of sea level rise. Jakarta, a city of ten million, is only two feet above sea level. Indonesia’s 2021 climate pledge under the Paris Agreement was to reduce emissions from 2020-2030 by 29%. This was an increased unconditional commitment compared to the 2010 pledge of 26%.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
Mississippi: Lynn Fitch The sea level off the coast of Mississippi—the fifth hottest state—is rising more rapidly than in most other coastal areas, largely because the land is sinking. Hurricanes or no hurricanes, Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch, who took office in January 2020, takes a dim view of federal action on climate change.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
ExxonMobil spent at least $39 million on some 70 of these organizations from 1998 through 2020, more than any funder besides Charles Koch and his brother David, co-owner of Koch Industries until his death in 2019. billion (in 2010 dollars) in federal tax breaks and subsidies for nearly 100 years.
CEQA Developments
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
The City certified an EIR in 2010 and approved a specific plan for certain land (Areas 3 and 4) next to the Bay, which allowed development of up to 1,260 residential units and a golf course and trails. It also discussed climate change and sea level rise impacts, noting the Bay level could rise as much as 5.5
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 22, 2023
The costs of increased risks from natural hazards—wildfires, floods and sea level rise— are driving insurers away. An even bleaker picture exists in Florida , where a dozen insurance companies have abandoned homeowners. New Hampshire’s 2009 Climate Action Plan is the product of a very diverse and thoughtful steering committee.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 16, 2023
Phillips, who has a doctorate degree in ecology from the University of Georgia, was a Kendall fellow at UCS from 2018 to 2020 and then a researcher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Wildfire smoke from the West Coast in 2020 degraded air quality in your hometown of Washington, D.C., percent of total emissions.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
May 1, 2020). 3, 2020; request for publication granted May 4, 2020). The dissenting judge would have found that the 2018 rule was an interpretive rule because it “did no more than articulate the EPA’s view of what was required by Mexichem in the ‘near term’ and pending further rulemaking.” Natural Resources Defense Council v.
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