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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging the cap-and-trade program had argued that it was not authorized by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and that the requirement to purchase emissions allowances constituted a tax that required approval by a two-thirds majority of the State legislature.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 For the first time, the pact calls for a “phase down” the use of coal and fossil fuel subsidies. Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by 2023. degrees Celsius. United States. 14, 2021.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

Big-ticket Interior rules: The Interior Department does not anticipate even providing advanced notice of a rule modifying the “fees, rents, royalties, and bonding requirements” for fossil fuel leasing until September and does not anticipate a proposed rule until May 2022. 1816 & H.R. This definition prohibits the U.S.

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