2014 Fossil Fuels Regulations Sea Level 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
Attorneys general (AGs) in the five states most vulnerable to climate change, however, are doing the exact opposite: Instead of defending their constituents, they are defending the fossil fuel industry. Here’s a roundup of what these AGs have been doing to make a bad situation worse.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 4, 2024
That 2013 headline resulted from the first effort to quantify emissions from the ‘carbon majors’ —fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers whose businesses have contributed an outsized amount of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Nearly two-thirds of industrial heat-trapping emissions can be traced to just 90 entities.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 22, 2023
Energy choices are key to climate resilience—but there’s resistance within state government Science tells us the extent and degree of future flooding depends on how fast we can reduce heat trapping emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. It cannot be a plan that reflects the opinions and interests of the powerful.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Dioxins are extremely toxic, even at low levels of exposure. The EPA needs stronger rules to prevent chemical disasters The sad reality is that stronger regulations could likely have prevented this disaster. And many of these facilities—but not all of them—are regulated under the RMP. They should be. We must demand better.
Vermont Law
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
rojects to reduce fossil fuel consumption. levels continue to increase faster than at any know. sea level rise. hidden” costs of fossil-fueled energy. Yet—climate change impacts are outpacing development of p. Since my 2012 “Fiddling as the World Floods and Burns” warnings, . cean acidity.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. The FWS concluded in 2008 that the trout should be listed but reversed course in 2014 and concluded that listing was no longer warranted. FEATURED CASE.
Law Columbia
JULY 2, 2021
Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. DECISIONS & SETTLEMENTS. On June 14, 2021, the U.S.
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