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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

24, 2016); Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. The court cited Healey’s participation in the AGs United for Clean Power Press Conference in March 2016 and her attendance at a pre-press conference closed-door meeting with a climate change activist and a lawyer with a “well-known global warming litigation practice.” opinion Oct.

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Climate leadership is now in Asia

Edouard Stenger

China’s coal consumption declined over three consecutive years (2013 to 2016), and a continued slow decline is expected. India has stated that its planned coal-fired power plants may not be needed. This amounts to over 115,000 new electric buses just in 2016 , an increase by a factor 70 in just three years!

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Climate Activists Argue Criminal Acts Legally Excusable Under Necessity Doctrine

Vermont Law

On October 11, 2016, in an effort known as #ShutItDown, a group dubbed the “Valve Turners” traveled to five remote locations in North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, and Washington, cut through locked enclosures, and turned the shut-off valves on five pipelines carrying tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada into the United States. Northeast Jud.

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How Biden’s Foreign-Policy Team Got Rich

Corp Watch

But when Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election, two departing Obama officials were anxious for work. USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. Trump’s win had caught them by surprise.

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Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

Corp Watch

USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. CNN found that the CAGE number “96214” on this piece of shrapnel belongs to Raytheon. Subsidiaries Click here for the latest list.

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The "Patriots" at Raytheon

Corp Watch

USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. CNN found that the CAGE number “96214” on this piece of shrapnel belongs to Raytheon. Subsidiaries Click here for the latest list.

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Ukraine conflict a boon for defense industry

Corp Watch

USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. CNN found that the CAGE number “96214” on this piece of shrapnel belongs to Raytheon. Subsidiaries Click here for the latest list.