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New Research Shows Direct Link Between Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Polar Bear Decline

Inside Climate News

Scientists say their findings could help close a legal loophole that enables the federal government to avoid considering greenhouse gas emissions impacts on threatened and endangered species.

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Normal Farm Practices Board shuts down greenhouse biodigester

Law of the Lands

On November 8, 2018, the Board issued its Reasons for Decision in a case involving allegations of disturbances due to odour, flies, dust, light, noise and vibration arising from the operation of a biodigester at a large greenhouse operation. The Application was brought by a number of residents living in the vicinity of the operation in 2015.

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A $1 Billion Investment in the ‘New Forest Economy’

Legal Planet

WRI also found that greenhouse gas emissions from tropical deforestation in 2022 were equivalent to those of India (the third largest emitting country in the world!). Urgent Need for Investment The world continues to lose tropical forests at an alarming rate.

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DEP Climate Change Committee To Discuss Scope Of Next Climate Impacts Assessment Report, Climate Action Plan Feb. 21

PA Environment Daily

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on February 21 to discuss a proposed scope of work for the 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment and state Climate Action Plan as required by Act 70 of 2008.

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The Human Right to a Stable Climate

Union of Concerned Scientists

It acknowledges that “the global nature of climate change calls for the widest possible cooperation by all countries” and outlines the objective of stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that prevents dangerous interference with the climate system.

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What Is the UK Doing to Stop Climate Change?

Climate Change Blawg

Greenhouse gasses, global warming, and catastrophic climate change have been subjects of controversy for decades, and time is running out, but the UK is making impressive strides in its efforts to protect the planet. 2008 Climate Change Act An Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Climate Change Act 2008 is a landmark […].

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Interrogating Preemption and Coherence with Other Domestic Regimes

Law Columbia

This post is the third in a series of blogs that address specific legal features of the rule: Part One offered a summary of the final rule, and delved into the materiality threshold that was added throughout the rule, including for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosure.

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