Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

By 2035, those emissions reductions will be 43-45% below 2004 levels. Federal subsidies create new national political dynamics. An article published in Science , a top scientific journal, used nine independent models to estimate the IRA’s effect. In the power sector, by 2035, emissions will 66-87% below 2005 levels.

2005 278

2005 2030 Electricity 2004 278

Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 1, 2021

While the idea of ESG began in 2004 with a United Nations initiative to influence capital in non-Western markets, in 2021 the legal and political institutions in the United States and the EU are demanding those ideas be implemented by businesses posthaste.

Paris Agreement 52

Paris Agreement Law 2002 2004 52

Law Columbia

APRIL 8, 2022

Second, it could influence decisions by administrative and judicial bodies, for example with regard to the approval of specific projects, such as oil and gas infrastructure and undertakings not in line with the Paris Agreement (see Section 3 below).

Environmental Protection 96

Environmental Protection Climate Change Paris Agreement Law 96

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

752 (2004), and concluded that “in light of the informational role served by MEPA review, the line that must be drawn requires a ‘reasonably close causal relationship’ between the environmental effect and the alleged cause.” Plan B Earth Sued UK Government for Human Rights Harms Stemming from Failure to Meet Paris Agreement Commitments.

2021 40

2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

2020 40

2020 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse 40