A Greener Life

JUNE 24, 2022

In June 1979, atmospheric carbon stood at 339ppm, just below the 350ppm level scientists believe to be safe. When I turned 25 in 2005, the then warmest year on record was recorded. In 2008, the year before I turned 30, the UK government introduced the world’s first legally binding climate change legislation the Climate Change Act.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 10, 2021

To the extent those sectors continue emitting carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, those gases will need to be captured prior to release into the atmosphere. Another option is to store the carbon dioxide in a way that prevents its release (or re-release) into the atmosphere. federal government controls approximately 1.7

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 31, 2021

In some cases, such as Governor Schwarzenegger’s 2005 executive order on GHG emission reduction , the Legislature establishes these targets in statute. An administration reluctant to collaborate with federal agencies, local and tribal governments, and stakeholders (e.g., State Adaptation Strategy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 20, 2023

This new research found that ExxonMobil’s climate projections from its internally developed models accurately projected the temperature rise that has happened since then and that its calculations were in line with independent research produced at the time by academic and government scientists.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 1, 2022

With the federal government and state of Maryland each having announced within days of each other, the mandated disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we have received, maybe not surprising, many calls in the last two weeks inquiring “what are GHGs?” Simply put, gases that trap heat in the atmosphere (.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. The most devastating, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, was the costliest natural disaster in US history, killing nearly 1,200 Louisianans and causing more than $160 billion in damage. How has Paxton responded?

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

They cover six primary areas where climate-related risk should be managed: governance; policies, procedures, and limits; strategic planning; risk management; data, risk measurement, and reporting; and scenario analysis. The Act’s regulations were last updated in 2005.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

But in the long term, they see increasingly strong government climate policies continuing to pop up and understand that if they are going to achieve their goal of keeping the country dependent on their product, they need to keep prices at a socially acceptable level so that people don’t switch to other technologies that are cheaper—and cleaner.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The consequences of heirs’ property In situations where natural disasters such as hurricanes and tornadoes occur and impact the properties, these families have difficulty accessing FEMA funds or government assistance. The commission will be comprised of members from select nonprofit organizations, judges, and government officials.

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Acoel

JULY 5, 2022

Under both mechanisms EPA could issue a call for states to submit implementation plans (“SIPS”) which would include each state’s laws and regulations designed to achieve those reductions – i.e. a 45% reduction of total emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 and emissions neutrality by 2050.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

White House Office of Science and Technology seeks input about how the federal government can advance equity in science and technology. could cut emissions 80 percent below 2005 levels by 2050. would meet Biden’s commitment to cut emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Scientific Community. ESA and COP26.

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

The ideas of Thomas Malthus (center) were used by British governments to justify the Irish Famine, 1845-1848 (left) and Bengali Famine, 1943-1945 (right) before becoming the basis for 20th Century environmentalism. That talk helped the [National Center for Atmospheric Research] scientists to see the big picture clearly and early on.”

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

The government could explore two broad options for putting more land under conservation: either expanding protections for land and water already under federal oversight or offering monetary incentives and guidance to private entities and local governments to voluntarily conserve their land, according to the report. “As

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ESA

AUGUST 29, 2022

Over the long term, OSTP will continue to coordinate with federal agencies to ensure that government public access policies adapt to new technologies and emerging needs.”. Joe Manchin (D-WV), the bill will reduce carbon emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030. More information: OSTP Free Access Memo : [link].

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Other developments in climate change cases brought by local and state governments in the past month include: Fossil fuel companies appealing the District of Hawaii’s remand order in cases brought by the City and County of Honolulu and the County of Maui asked the Ninth Circuit for a 60-day extension of time in which to file their opening brief.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

32] Part of the reason the planet is greening stems from greater carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and greater planetary warming. [33] Governments and farmers have known what “biosecurity” measures to take for decades, and enacted them, partly, in response to the 2005 avian flu (H5N1) epidemic. 2] James C. 3] Max Roser et al.,

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court said its August 2017 decision rejecting challenges under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Natural Gas Act to DOE’s authorization of LNG exports at another Texas facility largely governed the resolution of the instant cases. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , No. 1:17 -cv-02031 (D.D.C.,

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