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STAFF NEWS: JACOB ELKIN JOINS THE SABIN CENTER AS NEW CLIMATE LAW FELLOW & MARIA ANTONIA TIGRE AS GLOBAL CLIMATE LITIGATION FELLOW

Law Columbia

This month , Jacob Elkin joins the Sabin Center as the 2021-2022 Climate Law Fellow. Jacob graduated from Columbia Law School in 2021, where he was awarded the Alfred S. Jacob graduated from Columbia Law School in 2021, where he was awarded the Alfred S. He holds a B.A.

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Climate Litigation and Children’s Rights: Unpacking the CRC’s New General Comment

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26 (GC26) on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. In 2021, the CRC dismissed the complaints since the petitioners had failed to exhaust domestic legal remedies at the national level. Background Sacchi et al. Argentina et al. Argentina et al. ).

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An encroaching desert intensifies Nigeria’s farmer-herder crisis

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How climate change and human activity are driving violence between farming and pastoralist communities. 15, 2021, incident that harmed Mikaila and another farmer is just one in a larger pattern of growing hostilities between herders and farmers in this region. By Kunle Adebajo and Murtala Abdullahi, CCIJ — April 14, 2022.

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Historically Excluded from Colorado River policy, tribes want a say in how the dwindling resource is used.

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Some tribal leaders view those promises as lip service and sent a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in November asking for legal changes to ensure tribes are included in the negotiations. The project was made possible by a grant from the Water Foundation with additional support from INN.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.23.22

PA Environment Daily

House returns to session April 25, 26, 27 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Attorney General’s Office Reported To Be Investigating Conventional Oil & Gas Operators For Illegally Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater [PaEN] -- U.S.

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Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Elects EPA Administrator As Chair, Starts Discussion On Steps Needed For States To Get Closer To Meeting 2025 Pollution Reduction Milestones

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On October 11, members of the Chesapeake Executive Council met for their annual meeting and elected EPA Administrator Michael Regan chair and began the discussion of the steps needed for states to get closer to meeting the 2025 pollution reduction milestones. A record number of county-level partners are implementing changes on the ground.

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Guest Essay: Embrace The Renewable Energy Future Now Before It's Too Late

PA Environment Daily

By Ralph Kisberg, Responsible Decarbonization Alliance This guest essay first appeared in the Daily Item on September 11, 2022 -- While the majority of Pennsylvanians want the nation to seriously address climate change, close to half of all federal legislators and substantially more than half the legislators in our statehouse are not yet on board.