Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Note: On September 26, 2019, the Vanuatu Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a workshop on seeking an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice. By Michael B. Professor Michael Gerrard gave a presentation about the legal and procedural issues that would be involved.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 16, 2021

During the past 30 years of extensive political debate around global climate change, participants have largely ignored the role that curbing population growth could play in dealing with it. 3 from IPCC, Fifth Assessment Report, Mitigation Report, Summary for Policymakers (2014). Figure SPM.3

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HumanNature

APRIL 16, 2024

Rising sea levels, a consequence of climate change, pose a significant threat to coastal communities worldwide. Advocate for climate change policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow sea level rise. 58, 2014. [2] 4] IPCC, “Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Climate change touches many aspects of our lives, including the food on our plates. Many of our foods are vulnerable as climate impacts worsen, from staple crops like maize to much-loved treats like coffee and chocolate. Climate change is making the ocean warmer, more acidic and lower in oxygen.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

For Canada’s major oil and gas producers, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a get-out-of-jail-free card, which allows them to keep on polluting while appearing as though they are taking the threat of climate change seriously. The Carbon Capture Facility at the Boundary Dam Power Plant in Saskatchewan went into service in 2014.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

I followed with great interest the launch of the sixth assessment report Working Group 1 (The Physical Science Basis) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on August 9th. The cause of our changing climate is the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations that we have released into the air.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). Source: Data from IPCC (2014), Rogelj et al (2018), and IPCC (2021). Nature Climate Change. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. IPCC (2014) Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. References.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

A decade ago, Australia had a climate tax. That was repealed in 2014, and the ensuing period saw little progress. Climate had played a significant role in the election, and Labor was committed to to climate action. On a per capita basis, Australia’s carbon emissions are even higher than the United States.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 14, 2022

The United States and China, the world’s two leading greenhouse gas emitters, are each responsible for more than $1.8 trillion of global income losses from 1990 to 2014, according to a new study that links the emissions in individual countries to the economic impacts of climate change … Continue reading U.S.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

On March 9, 2023, the Japanese Supreme Court refused to hear the first climate change litigation brought before it without specifying substantive reasons. The Plaintiffs in the Kobe Civil Case claimed a violation of personal rights to life, bodily integrity and health on account of climate change. Kobelco Power Kobe No.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

A New Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania Climate and Energy Survey found 77 percent of Pennsylvanians believe climate change is a serious or very serious problem 55 percent believe human activity-- such as burning fossil fuels-- is the reason for the earth getting warmer.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2022

term, even for the very low greenhouse gas emissions scenario.” As of today, the “extent and magnitude of climate change impacts are larger than estimated in previous assessments.” C in the near?term, Using carbon capture, we may be able come back to that level even if we temporarily exceed it.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

On October 4, Pittsburgh-based UPMC announced they intend to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% within the next eight years across its footprint. The reductions are one component of the recently signed Health Care Sector Climate Pledge , an initiative led by the White House and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 7, 2024

used the words “ climate change ” expressly. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the global average temperature has already risen by 1.1°C To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the IPCC recommends limiting the temperature rise to 1.5°C,

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

When I was growing up, climate change wouldn’t have qualified as a typical topic of conversation around the dinner table, let alone soil health or the ability of soils to store carbon. billion USD to support the USDA’s efforts to mitigate climate change via agricultural soils. Not so in the modern day, however.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

CO2 is the primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities by burning fossil fuels and contributes to global warming by trapping heat in the atmosphere. He spent 12 years as a carbon capture researcher at the NETL before leaving in 2014 for entrepreneurial ventures. Dr. Luebke holds a Ph.D.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 17, 2015

T oday, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is releasing a set of model protocols for assessing the impacts of climate change on the built environment under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and state equivalents. 24, 2014). Last year, the U.S. 77,802, 77,828 (Dec.

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HumanNature

APRIL 28, 2022

Many argue that this is one of the most intrusive things we can do to combat climate change. Getting ready to plant a ponderosa pine seedling in a post-burn landscape As human-caused climate change continues to warm the planet, plants and animals may no longer be suited to the climate conditions where they currently grow.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Under the Paris Agreement, countries will need to track greenhouse gas emissions at the level of individual ‘super emitters’, such as power plants, in close-to-real time. By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer. w power station in central Poland. Image credit: Pawel Brzozowski / Shutterstock.com. chatów power plant in Poland.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Sea level rise within the Pacific has already surpassed the 2007 estimate from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and further predictions infer a further 2m increase within the century. [1] Ideally, the best way to save these islands is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Coastal change in the Pacific Islands.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 12, 2021

Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, New IPCC Report Finds – The climate crisis will jeopardize key sources of fresh water and make extreme weather events more severe. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of the world’s leading climate scientists, released its sixth climate assessment on Monday.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 30, 2023

CAPP is well known for lobbying the government directly against climate action and against the industry’s own highly promoted net-zero targets. But that’s not all, they’re also investing heavily in advertising campaigns, both traditional and on social media, to weaken public support for climate policy.

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Real Climate

JULY 24, 2023

The AMOC has repeatedly shown major instabilities in recent Earth history , for example during the Last Ice Age, prompting concerns about its stability under future global warming, see e.g. Broecker 1987 who warned about “unpleasant surprises in the greenhouse”. For more on this see my Review Paper in Nature. Here a quote from Liu et al.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

Take Action: Tell Enbridge shareholders that you care about climate change and want Enbridge to stop lying about the cost and climate pollution associated with gas. Natural” gas is a fossil fuel that’s bad for the climate and harmful to human health, but you wouldn’t know it from the gas industry’s branding.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 18, 2023

Yet climate change and human environmental impacts threaten our long-term food security. This variation on the iconic US advertising slogan from the beef industry may sound funny, but it’s no joke that the current agriculture system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollution.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

State program leaders point out that the DDRDP and AMMP programs have provided some of the most cost-effective GHG emissions reductions of the entire Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund portfolio.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In a previous blog post , I briefly reviewed some of the innovative strategies to reduce methane emissions from agricultural livestock and rice operations, which have the potential to combat a significant source of global greenhouse gas emissions. This appears to be the only national level agricultural methane target currently in law.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

4] As our climate is warming due to rising emissions of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere, extreme weather events and intense variations in temperature are becoming more frequent. [5]. 12] This issue is not just stuck to California, climate change will lead to more wildfires in most areas around the globe.[13]

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 27, 2023

One is Alex Pourbaix is the CEO of Cenovus, one of the biggest oil sands producers, who is regularly in the media talking about energy and climate change politics. Fossil fuels are the main cause of the climate crisis, and the biggest threats to a stable climate is the continued production and consumption of them.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 29, 2022

From our work on shipping emissions, plastic pollution, ocean climate justice and ghost gear, the need for greater action is clear to us at Ocean Conservancy. billion were made, bringing the total to more than 1,800 total commitments worth approximately $108 billion since 2014. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments. On the same day at COP28, the Indian government submitted its third “National Communication” to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Since 2007, only 2009, 2013 and 2014 had more ice at the end of the melt season. Unless and until we get a handle on climate change, these trends are likely to continue. As a result, this year’s sea ice minimum left the Arctic Ocean with a higher-than-usual amount of ice coverage when compared to the last fifteen years.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

In addition to wetlands impacts, the groups allege that the LNG terminal and an associated pipeline would have a “staggering” impact on the climate in the form of greenhouse gas emissions. 4, 2014), Docket No. 19, 2014), Docket No. 1451 et seq.). [3] 3] 15 U.S.C. 717b(a), (e). [4] 4] Shell U.S. 2, 2015), Docket No.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Superior Court (2014) 59 Cal.4th My August 8, 2014 post on the case can be found here. CEQA analysis of GHG/climate change impacts is different – and difficult. The Supreme Court, in Tuolumne Jobs & Small Business Alliance v. CEQA’s “subsequent review” rules are elucidated.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 30, 2023

The President of the Energy Institute, a UK-based body, Juliet Davenport said : “Despite further strong growth in wind and solar in the power sector, overall global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions increased again. to its highest level since 2014. Coal stayed dominant at 34.5%, with consumption rising by 0.6%

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

Other programs, like the Alternative Fuel Rebate for consumers and the Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and made electric cars more accessible to Pennsylvania drivers. Looking to the future, the biggest threat to Pennsylvania's communities, public health, and environment is climate change.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 22, 2021

As you may remember, we weren’t overjoyed at the results last session , which settled on a profoundly underwhelming short term measure to address the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in addition to a diluted “ban” on heavy fuel oil (HFO) use in the Arctic that will only take effect in 2029.

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