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The politics of (bad) policy design: French solar panels and Northern Irish boilers

Environmental Europe

As one previous post on this blog detailed, the current political turmoil in Northern Ireland was sparked by a subsidy for renewable energy production. Though it is tempting to blame political carelessness, the ongoing RHI scandal prompts a broader reflection about renewable energy policy instruments. data: SOeS ). speculative ones.

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Two Years of Title III: Helms-Burton Lawsuits Continue to Face Legal Obstacles

Arnold Porter

John Bellinger previously served as the Legal Adviser to the State Department from 2005 to 2009. Ambassador Tom Shannon previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs during the same period and as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 to 2018. Herederos sued Teck Resources Ltd.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court said the plaintiff had not alleged an injury connected to any particular action or law and that her allegations instead suggested disagreements with the defendants’ policy positions, which made her claims nonjusticiable political questions. The anti-backsliding study was due in June 2009, 18 months after EISA’s enactment.

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