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Enviromental Defense
JULY 5, 2024
There’s a direct line of culpability between fossil fuel corporations and climate change – it’s why so many oil and gas CEOs have topped our list of Climate Villains. But they aren’t the only powerful players who shoulder responsibility for keeping us hooked on fossil fuels, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Law Columbia
MAY 8, 2024
Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. The ABA House of Delegates, the ABA’s policy making body, adopted resolutions urging action on climate change in 2008 and 2019. In the U.S.,
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A Greener Life
JUNE 24, 2022
In the 1960s climate change was not really a significant concern, not even amongst environmentalists – this was despite the fact that the Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1896 was the first to claim that emissions from fossil fuels might eventually result in enhanced global warming. This has since changed many times.
Clean Energy Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
This strategy aims for net zero emissions by around 2050 and includes shorter-term goals of cutting emissions by at least 20% and aiming for a 30% reduction by 2030, relative to 2008 levels. signing of all the financing agreements) has been made prior to December 2021. beyond those that have already been signed by December 2023).
A Greener Life
APRIL 15, 2022
Without further action, shipping emissions are projected to rise by at worst 30% by 2050, compared to 2008 levels. Global shipping emissions need to reach net-zero by mid-century to achieve the Paris Agreement goals. And the production of sustainable fuels must ramp up. above pre-industrial levels. Currently less than 0.2
Vermont Law
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. international climate change agreement. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. the Paris Agreement. federal government. Clean Power Plan.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 18, 2021
And aluminum prices are higher than at any time since the financial crisis of 2008. But there is one clear parallel that is worth emphasizing: the current crisis, like the crisis of the 1970s, is a crisis of the fossil fuel energy system. Fossil fuel supporters have been quick to say “I told you so.” In the U.S.,
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