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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. The FWS concluded in 2008 that the trout should be listed but reversed course in 2014 and concluded that listing was no longer warranted. West Virginia v. 15-1363 et al. filed Sept.

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Report from COP22: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Call to Action

Law Columbia

As Minister Mitchell noted, “with eighty percent of [The Bahama’s] land within five feet or three meters of the sea, the sea level rise [caused by climate change] threatens our very existence.”. to increase [its] level of commitment” under the Paris Agreement.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

A climate change-related argument rejected by the trial court—that sea level rise projections in the Plan were too high and not based on best available science—did not appear to have been before the appellate court. Briefs Filed in Challenges to ACE Rule and Clean Power Plan Repeal. Delta Stewardship Council Cases , Nos.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court said the Commission’s staff “used well-accepted scientific methodology” and that the Commission “provided ample explanation” for the conclusion that a higher projected level of sea-level rise was more appropriate than the level for which homeowners’ consultant advocated.

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