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Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

Legal Planet

What’s most remarkable is that the decision calls for a 45% reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions–of not only its own but also those of its customers–within less than a decade. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) forced the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. These lawsuits face three key barriers.

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Degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands

Our Environment

Rising sea levels and increased intensity of storm surges are playing a considerable role in the degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands. Illustrating the variation in sea levels from 1993 – 2018. Photo credit. Written by: Jack McCulloch. Shows a generally increasing trend. Source: NASA (August 2018).

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Climate change horror stories from around the world

Edouard Stenger

It is worth noting that if all ice melt in Antarctica, sea level would rise by 60 meters (around 200 feet). This could increase the speed of climate change even more as this greenhouse gas is 24 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Time is running out… Image credits: European Space Agency, Lake Chad, 2007.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. 497 (2007), the Supreme Court reversed EPA’s denial. Bush had already “established a comprehensive global climate change policy.” EPA , 549 U.S.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

EPA lawsuit—Landry joined 18 other AGs, including Paxton and AGs from Mississippi and South Carolina, on a letter to two Senate committees urging them to vote against tighter restrictions on methane emissions, which are considerably worse for the climate than carbon dioxide.