Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2023

Additionally, ITLOS can also apply rules of reference , referred to as “generally recognized international rules and standards” or “global rules and standards,” which exist in other sources of law incorporated into UNCLOS by reference ( see, e.g., Articles 207-2012 UNCLOS ). These rules are, in effect, binding norms incorporated into UNCLOS.

Climate Change 98

Climate Change Law Paris Agreement Ocean 98

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 17, 2013

In other words, rather than just considering the greenhouse gas emissions from individual projects, environmental impact statements are now regularly considering how a proposed project will be affected by anticipated sea level rise, increased storm surges, more intense heat waves, and the like. 2012 CEQR Technical Manual , at 18-2.

Sea Level 40

Sea Level Climate Change 2013 2012 40

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Some environmentalists also look favorably upon seawater desalination; they want to conserve the Earth’s freshwater for other species and other beneficial use. One can also imagine more stringent regulations being proposed regarding ocean and coastal ecosystems as these environmental impacts are studied more. rising sea-levels.

Ocean 40

Ocean 2015 Cooling 2012 40

HumanNature

JANUARY 26, 2024

Credit: Rodale Institute My earlier example of soil ecology does not do justice to what functions soil organisms provide; a more comprehensive list includes improvement of soil fertility via nutrient transformation, soil aggregation, pathogen suppression, carbon storage, biofilm formation, water cycling, and temperature regulation 2.

2023 110

2023 Atmosphere Sea Level Deforestation 110

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. Environmental Groups Challenged Delay in Enforcement of Landfill Methane Regulations. 16-1-01001-5 (Wash. verdict June 7, 2017; sentencing June 23, 2017).

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40

Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

in 2012: “In an increasingly carbon- constrained world, our existing environmental laws and regulatory process no longer achieve their underlying goals of long-term ecosystem conservation. Since my 2012 “Fiddling as the World Floods and Burns” warnings, . levels continue to increase faster than at any know. cean acidity.

Ocean 52

Ocean Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2012 52

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The court was not persuaded by the plaintiffs’ contention that the FWS had concluded that conservation projects would outpace climate change effects on the trout or by the argument that the FWS erred by abandoning a finding in its 2008 determination that climate change constituted a “severe” threat to the trout that exacerbates other threats.

2019 40

2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40