Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Furthermore, the CRC underscored the foreseeable nature of harm stemming from states’ carbon emissions, supported by established scientific evidence. 12 (2009) (see §21). Notably, the CRC’s pronouncements on jurisdiction and extraterritorial responsibility contribute to these advancements.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Climate Change on the Docket. At issue in this case is whether and how the EPA can set standards for carbon emissions at power plants. This, of course, defies the scientific consensus about the damage carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels is doing to the planet. There is now a 99.9 After the Massachusetts v.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The plaintiffs alleged among other things that the defendants the two projects’ cumulative impacts on carbon emissions. California Appellate Court Rejected Challenges to Long-Term Management Plan for Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Among other provisions, the bill directs the Forest Service to create a voluntary carbon credit system in which non-federal entities can provide funds to the Forest Service to contract and implement projects designed to increase carbon sequestration or avoid carbon emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The committee followed up that hearing —during which the executives disingenuously denied funding such a campaign—with another hearing on February 8 focusing on the oil companies’ inadequate plans to cut their carbon emissions. Climate scientists, he added, “have these models that show it, but the models don’t work….”.

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