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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

In a separate but similar Ninth Circuit appeal, the federal government filed a brief on October 18 urging the court to overturn a district court decision vacating the listing of a ringed seal subspecies as threatened based on climate change threats through the end of the century. Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. Ruffatto , No.

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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020

Environmental Progress

Despite investing nearly a half-trillion dollars, Germany still generated just 42 percent of its electricity from non-hydro renewables last year, as compared to the 72 percent France generated from nuclear. Despite their substantial negative environmental impact, the federal government has repeatedly given the wind industry special rights.

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