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30 Years of U.S. Climate Policy

Legal Planet

EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, established in litigation in 2007, now seems beyond question. 2007 Supreme Court decides Massachusetts v. 2011 Supreme Court decides AEP case, barring lawsuits against carbon emitters using the federal common law of nuisance. But the rollbacks have never been complete.

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Texas Supreme Court to Review Approval of Injection Well Permit

Energy & the Law

December 2007: TCEQ contested-case permit hearing. January 13, 2011: the RRC rescinds its no-harm letter. + February 17, 2011: TCEQ issues an order approving the application. April 2, 2011: TCEQ reissues the order. September 16, 2005: RRC no-harm letter. April 2008: ALJ recommends that the permit be issued.

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Results of a 2020 UK survey for the use of online treatment monitoring solutions for IMRT/VMAT

Physics World

Having undertaken his physics degree at Imperial College London in 2005, Simon completed his medical physics Master’s at the University of Surrey with distinction in 2007 and underwent practical training at St George’s University NHS Trust, The Royal Marsden Hospital, and Royal Surrey County Hospital.

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What is happening in the Atlantic Ocean to the AMOC?

Real Climate

2011; Garzoli et al. 2007) and later confirmed by Drijfhout et al. 2011), could be related to a bias in the northward freshwater transport in the South Atlantic by the meridional overturning circulation. Here a quote from Liu et al. 1999; Huisman et al. 2010; Hawkins et al. 2011a,b; Bryden et al.

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No Word on Climate from Presidential Candidates Stumping in New Hampshire Amid Record Global Heat

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2011 I invited Reagan-era economist Art Laffer to speak to a hall filled exclusively with New Hampshire Republicans, both leaders and rank and file conservatives. His address focused on corporate taxes, and he shared his expert opinion that a carbon tax had a legitimate place in our national revenue system.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

Since 2007, when he ran unsuccessfully for state senator, the industry has been his top industrial sector donor, contributing more than $875,000 to his campaigns, according to OpenSecrets data. Landry’s deep ties to the oil and gas industry predate his time as Louisiana’s AG. No surprise, Fitch is an oil and gas industry favorite.

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Latest IPCC Report Urges Us To Act On Climate Change

Edouard Stenger

When I started covering climate change on this blog in 2007, climate change was a distant threat. C above 1850–1900 in 2011–2020 this is not any more the case. Our lives are already upended by climate change catastrophes… And this could be just the start if we were too keep on doing business as usual.