Arnold Porter

JULY 16, 2021

Over the last several years the market has seen the increase of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures by public companies occur in fits and starts in reaction to pressures from a variety of constituents, including some of the largest institutional investors.

Climate Change 52

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

“There is, in fact, substantial scientific evidence that there’s a strong link between global warming and heat waves and coastal flooding from sea-level rise,” I said. Later in the hour, Tillerson told Rose that the federal government should end subsidies for renewable energy. “I His reply ?

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate emergency. Scientists estimate that emissions must be reduced by 45% by 2030, compared with 2010 levels, and from there to net zero emissions by 2050, if the world is to have a good chance of remaining within the 1.5C

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

The project will also contribute to “ carbon lock-in ” – the process by which expanding oil and gas infrastructure causes continued dependence on fossil fuels. This approach has been used to assess the responsibility of specific entities, such as national governments and carbon emitting companies, to climate change-related harms.

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Legal Planet

MAY 24, 2021

On Thursday the White House issued an Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk that outlines a key plank in the Biden Administration’s whole-of-government approach to addressing climate change.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

In 2022, Texas, along with several other states and industry groups representing fuel manufacturers (together, Petitioners), challenged EPA’s new emissions standards in court. The petitioners, joined by intervenor States and local governments, appealed this determination, and in Massachusetts v. The brief is available here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

He is now serving as a subject matter expert — so despite Mr. Bettencourt’s public advocacy for limited government, he must know he’s promoting a federal government program. The costs of increased risks from natural hazards—wildfires, floods and sea level rise— are driving insurers away.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

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. The fossil fuel companies asked the court to grant only a 30-day extension.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Attorneys general (AGs) in the five states most vulnerable to climate change, however, are doing the exact opposite: Instead of defending their constituents, they are defending the fossil fuel industry. By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. The Ninth Circuit found, however, that the plaintiffs had not established the redressability requirement for standing. Environmental Council of Sacramento v. County of Sacramento , No. C076888 (Cal.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 9, 2020

The governor of Florida uses a definition, the governments of New South Wales in Australia use different definitions. Michael: Okay, and I cite one scientist estimates there's 10 times more wood fuel in Australia's forests today than when Europeans arrived. I don't think it's necessarily deliberate, but I think that's the result.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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