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Late 2018 — Bits and Pieces

Smith Enviorment

Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy. Executive Order 80 supports the 2015 Paris Agreement and sets several goals for the state to meet by 2025: Reduce state greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2005 levels.

2018 52
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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The City also alleged that the companies engaged in a “greenwashing” campaign by creating misleading impressions of the role of renewable energy in the companies’ businesses and of their efforts to reduce their carbon footprints. In effect, plaintiffs allege, this would allow Brazil to emit 400 million more tonnes by 2030.

2021 40
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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody).

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

An Oregon Circuit Court set aside the Oregon Secretary of State’s decision to reject two clean energy ballot initiatives and allowed the measures to be processed and circulated for the November 2020 election. Lawsuit Sought Critical Habitat Designation for Green Sea Turtles Whose Habitat Is Threatened by Sea Level Rise and Other Factors.

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