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Energy news as COP23 is taking place in Germany

Edouard Stenger

To put this in perspective, Kees van der Leun tweeted last month, ” Annual global solar PV market hit the 1 GW mark in 2004. Meanwhile, as WRI reports , Brazil and Indonesia have seen higher levels of deforestation. However, we are barely reaching a third of the necessary carbon cuts to make the Paris Agreements a success.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court found that the plaintiffs pled plausible claims under the Commerce Clause and Property Clause that President Trump exceeded his legal authority when he issued the permit, as well as claims that the 2019 permit violated a 2004 executive order that established a permitting process for cross-border pipelines.

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