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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court found that a 2012 no-jeopardy determination was unsupported, arbitrary, and capricious because it did not account for the owl’s recovery. Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C. s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) statute­—i.e.,

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Court Said Climate Scientist Provided Sufficient Evidence of Actual Malice for Blog Authors but Not for Publisher. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C. Courts of Appeal Received New Briefs on Removal Issues in State and Local Climate Cases. Spain approved the National Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030 in March 2021.

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Ask a Scientist: In Moments of Despair, Climate Progress Can Keep Hope Alive

Union of Concerned Scientists

To get an assessment of the progress thus far, as well as an idea if what has to happen next, I turned to two of my colleagues in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Climate & Energy Program: Principal Climate Scientist Rachel Licker and Transmission Policy Manager Sam Gomberg. How cool is that?