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In the Midst of Climate Disaster, We Continue to Cater to Big Oil

Vermont Law

million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. A number of these species are already threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, and they all face the threat of a warming climate. But this approval goes directly against the pledge Biden made under the Paris Agreement to cut U.S.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs asserted Endangered Species Act claims, focusing on the federal agencies’ consideration of impacts on grizzly bears and bull trout; the plaintiffs alleged that bull trout are “particularly vulnerable” to climate change because they require cold water to spawn and rear. The groups alleged that the U.S.

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Policy News: October 25, 2021

ESA

Ahead of COP, ESA issued a statement calling on world leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow to pledge immediate action to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gas emissions that limits rising temperatures to 1.5? 12 in Glasgow, Scotland. 8, 2021.

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