A Greener Life

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Policymakers at COP26 must prioritise those displaced by disasters and climate change. Thirty years ago, in its 1990 assessment, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that large-scale human migration could be the single most significant impact of climate change.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision the US Supreme Court handed down in June curtailed strategies EPA can use to slow climate change, but its problematic implications stretch far beyond greenhouse gas reduction. The West Virginia v. Congress shares power with federal agencies. West Virginia v. EPA upends this arrangement.

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APRIL 17, 2022

With legislation that became law last week, without the Governor’s signature, Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. only days from now). only days from now).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 3, 2024

Former EPA Administrator Carol Browner denounced the Sackett decision as “a major blow to the landmark Clean Water Act and the federal government’s ability to protect our people from pollution and its negative health side effects.” The Sackett decision was a tremendous loss for everyone who depends on clean water—that is, for all of us.

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JANUARY 29, 2023

This blog post is a compilation of responses to the top 10 questions from our webinar last week, “ Does Your Lease Address New GHG Laws? ” The top 10 questions we received were: How does a building owner count its greenhouse gas emissions to report to the government under this new Maryland law ?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

You read this title and say to yourself, “There is no war in climate change!” Often the discussions on climate change center around the environmental effects. Experts do not attribute climate change as a direct cause of war, but it is a catalyst for conflict. that arose from climate change.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Part Two considered the future of the climate disclosure rule in the context of the SEC’s rulemaking process. Part Three, below, explores preemption questions in the context of other domestic frameworks: California’s climate-disclosure laws and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s GHG emissions reporting regime.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Despite heavy precipitation over the past year, California’s drought resilience remains in question, as critical infrastructure projects face staunch opposition and climate change increases the likelihood of extreme and prolonged droughts. The Delta Conveyance Project is a proposal for a new 44.6

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JANUARY 6, 2023

Persistent dry conditions are driving up the cost of water and prompting more resistance from government and citizens to new development. The source of concern, confrontation, and new practices is the deep drought that has settled on the Southwest since 2000 that is exacerbated by climate change.

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AUGUST 8, 2023

They would require that firms doing business in the state (with some exceptions) make climate disclosures similar to those under the expected SEC regulation and in some important ways would go further. [3] 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. The statute explicitly requires the State to reduce statewide GHG emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2031, a near term target unmatched by any other state.”.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

Exxon , the cities and towns allege that the fossil fuel companies were liable because they knowingly produced and marketed products that have caused climate change harms, while concealing and misrepresenting the associated dangers. In Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Summary of the complaint.

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MAY 11, 2022

For full disclosure, prior to joining the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law, I worked for CARB for more than a decade, although I did not have a role in writing the draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update. The views presented here are my own. ]. What is a Scoping Plan? Draft Plan at 19-21.)

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JULY 6, 2020

The ongoing threat of climate change leads to an increasing number of disasters every year. Farm animals are rarely beneficiaries of such provisions making them and the communities in which they live more vulnerable to the detrimental impacts of climate change. by Kerianne Morrissey .

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CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

DWR’s efforts in this regard took place from 2001 to 2006, involving “five federal agencies, five state agencies, seven local government entities, five Native American tribes, four local water agencies, and 13 nongovernmental organizations,” with three years of hearings and two years of negotiations. 791a et seq.).

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 26, 2023

There is a move toward all electric buildings as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. The state of Maryland is leading the way in this movement, including several local jurisdictions adopting all electric building code laws. So, again, the change to all electric buildings is not a simple issue.

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APRIL 13, 2022

As UCS has previously pointed out, today’s industrial corn and soybean farming practices tend to erode the soil, pollute drinking water supplies, fuel coastal dead zones, and leave farms and surrounding communities more vulnerable to climate change-related drought and flooding. It fell woefully short. Most corporations do that.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

student, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, India August 17, 2023 I. State of Karnataka , the Karnataka High Court ordered the handover of a restaurant building under forest conservation law violations. EcoPerspectives Blog The Fad of Ecotourism in India: Discovering Paradise to Creating Purgatory?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

As background, I am an invited expert reviewer of the next assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment.” My name is Michael Shellenberger, and I am Founder and President of Environmental Progress, an independent and nonprofit research organization.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Among the most critiqued aspects of the standards may be mandates that: Non-state actors cannot buy cheap carbon credits that often lack integrity instead of immediately cutting their own emissions across their value chain, (but the UN left Egypt having failed to reach any agreement on rules governing carbon credits).

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. There are no adequate records to indicate how the funds have been and are being spent.” The study also cited incidents of planes being used for joy rides. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. The group, called Reject Raytheon Asheville, was formed Nov.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. There are no adequate records to indicate how the funds have been and are being spent.” The study also cited incidents of planes being used for joy rides. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. The group, called Reject Raytheon Asheville, was formed Nov.

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Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Environmental Benefits : The primary goal of London’s LEZ, the world’s largest low emission zone, covering all London boroughs and much of the greater area, is to reduce GHG emissions from vehicles as part of a larger kingdom wide effort to fight climate change.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Appropriations: Congress is working this week to pass a short-term spending deal to keep the government open after the end of the fiscal year Sept. This is the first time that the United States has ratified a international climate treaty in thirty years. NSF to host lecture titled “Trends in U.S. Federal Register opportunities.

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JULY 12, 2021

It is likely that Congress will pass a temporary stop gap measure to buy more time for funding negotiations and avert a government shutdown. More news: Dispossessed, Again: Climate Change Hits Native Americans Especially Hard – The New York Times. EU countries approve landmark climate change law – Reuters.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. For example, in 1990, Raytheon pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining secret Air Force budget and planning documents. million to settle U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. For example, in 1990, Raytheon pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining secret Air Force budget and planning documents. million to settle U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. For example, in 1990, Raytheon pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining secret Air Force budget and planning documents. million to settle U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. For example, in 1990, Raytheon pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining secret Air Force budget and planning documents. million to settle U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. For example, in 1990, Raytheon pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining secret Air Force budget and planning documents. million to settle U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. For example, in 1990, Raytheon pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining secret Air Force budget and planning documents. million to settle U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. For example, in 1990, Raytheon pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining secret Air Force budget and planning documents. million to settle U.S.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Congress passes a deal to keep the government funded through Dec. The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. Lawyers for the government shared the Biden administration expects to issue a new Clean Water Act proposed rule by the end of the year. How Government Ends – Boston Review.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW Escapes Multiple Fines In EU Over Emissions Scandal Law 360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:26 Thursday, September 14, 2023 Read more Matthew Perlman Europe's top court ruled Wednesday that Volkswagen should not have to pay a €5 million ($5.3 Here, a critical retrospective of a German success story. but virtually nothing in Europe.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Observing that where an administrative remedy is provided it is a “jurisdictional prerequisite” that must be exhausted before courts will act (citing Citizens for Open Government v. City of Lodi (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th City and County of San Francisco (2021) 60 Cal.App.5th 5th 470, 492-493, my 4/13/21 post on which can be found here.)

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Activists throw cake amid protest at Volkswagen meeting DW | May 11, 2023 The climate change and human rights activists targeted Volkswagen executives at the German carmaker's AGM. The activists of the “Carfree Action” wanted to stick themselves to an assembly line and thus disrupt production. but virtually nothing in Europe.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Activists throw cake amid protest at Volkswagen meeting DW | May 11, 2023 The climate change and human rights activists targeted Volkswagen executives at the German carmaker's AGM. The activists of the “Carfree Action” wanted to stick themselves to an assembly line and thus disrupt production. but virtually nothing in Europe.

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