Ocean Conservancy
DECEMBER 15, 2023
This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a critical law that protects our country’s most imperiled species on land and at sea. or And the fossil fuel industry has more than 3,500 structures used for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico alone.
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Thus, there is a clear causal connection between the emissions attributable to the Willow project, sea ice loss, and adverse effects on species. It can therefore be argued that the effect on those species from GHG emissions is “reasonably certain to occur” even if the effect is relatively small or unquantifiable.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
That includes 5 million deaths linked to breathing in the emissions of fossil fuels. In the January arguments, he bemoaned an atmosphere where “automatically whatever the agency says, wins.” Justice Neil Gorsuch has already said that Chevron should be overturned, denigrating government scientists as bureaucrats.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone.
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
A magistrate judge in the federal district court for the District of Oregon granted motions by three trade groups to withdraw from the lawsuit seeking to hold the United States liable for its actions and inaction leading to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 126.
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Based Fossil Fuel Companies Filed Motions to Dismiss New York City’s Climate Change Lawsuit.
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