Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

On Friday, EPA announced that it was reconsidering its 2020 decision to leave the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone unchanged. The notice does not identify any specific perceived flaws in the 2020 decision. The reconsideration will be based on the existing record. Still whistling in the wind , I fear.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Student in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University As the urgent need to take tough action towards climate mitigation and sustainability gathers pressure, for most major power-holders today, including the markets, institutions, government agencies, media and countries, environmentalism has perhaps become the biggest fashion fad.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

By Dr Romain Mauger, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability (GCELS) On 19 November 2020, the Conseil d’Etat (the French supreme administrative court) issued a historic ruling in the Commune de Grande Synthe case , potentially the first step towards a landmark climate litigation outcome in France.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The movement follows a worldwide upsurge in climate change-related cases, which have more than doubled since 2015. The court also ordered the State, considered remiss, to release the resources of the Climate Fund , a government program that aims to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Brazil) is also noteworthy.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The previous warmest January was recorded three years ago, January 2020, showing that extreme weather events and temperature records are being broken on a more and more frequent basis. During the 2015 UN climate summit, COP19, held in Paris – the world’s nations agreed to set a target to keep temperatures from rising above 1.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Representatives Scott Peters (D-California) and María Elvira Salazar (R-Florida), the NCARS bill would improve how the federal government prepares and responds to extreme weather and climate-related disasters. Over a decade, from 2007-2017 , the direct costs of extreme weather events to the federal government was $350 billion.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. The government has even tried to retrain some herders to work as ranchers, but there is little known about the progress of this initiative. We want the government to help us. By 2020, the village has disappeared.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2022

On January 25, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee heard from several witnesses from Central Pennsylvania reporting that State Government has refused to pay stormwater management fees designed to help the Commonwealth meet Chesapeake Bay cleanup obligations and for other areas of the state. That’s exactly what’s happening.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

3), upheld the City of Livermore’s (“City”) approval of a 130-unit affordable housing project on a downtown infill site and its accompanying determination that the project was CEQA-exempt under Government Code section 65457 (“Section 65457”). ( Save Livermore Downtown v. 2015) 62 Cal.4th City of Livermore (2023) __ Cal.App.5th__

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 31, 2015

On May 24, 2015 Pope Francis used his. Religious and social leaders are taking steps to push governments around the world to take action and protect our atmosphere. Pope Francis’ 2015 Encyclical: The Environmental Reader’s Digest Version. He linked science, morality and church doctrine to do so. By Ashton Roberts. encyclical.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Q: The Brazilian government knows about these gains thanks to satellite data from Brazil’s space research agency. That’s something we at the GCF Task Force are very focused on with respect to engagement between subnational governments and Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Gray: Yes, for sure.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Still, given the potential for even more serious damage in the future, government at all levels is taking action to address the issue. Going into 2020, anticipated federal regulation will significantly affect the nation’s response to the Emerald Ash Borer and aquatic invasives in ballast water. 2015 ruling. APHIS website. ,

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

Last spring, we released a report – Paying Polluters: Federal Financial Support to Oil and Gas in 2020 – that revealed the federal government announced a minimum of nearly $18 billion to the oil and gas sector in 2020. billion in 2020 through CEWS. This measure resulted in $20 million in foregone revenue in 2020.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Recent & Ongoing Campaigns Greenpeace stage ‘socially distanced protest’ at BP AGM Allister Thomas | Energy Voice | May 27, 2020 Greenpeace is staging a “socially distanced protest” outside BP’s London headquarters as the energy giant is due to begin its annual general meeting. Federal Government (via USA SPENDING).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

Mining giants told to pay $9.7bn over Brazil dam disaster BBC PaulaR Wed, 01/31/2024 - 13:57 Saturday, January 27, 2024 Read more Peter Hoskins A federal judge in Brazil has ordered mining giants BHP, Vale and their Samarco iron ore joint venture to pay 47.6bn reais ($9.67bn) in damages over a deadly dam burst in 2015. Corporation Vale S.A.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Updated analysis from 2020 shows that emissions traced to the 88 largest carbon producers contributed approximately 60 percent?of of the observed rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide and 52 percent of the rise in global average temperatures between 1880 and 2015. The transition to 100-percent renewables is possible.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 18, 2023

The federal government has the power to give people more and better choices about what we eat, and this year presents an excellent opportunity for positive change. The federal government should expand funding that promotes access to local markets, and continue robust evaluation of LAMP to fully understand its benefits for communities.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. Read more here. -- FY 2020-21 $48.8 This, in spite of the fact the PA Supreme Court has specifically declared $1.3 Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

“Although Indonesia’s total deforestation has declined annually since 2015, these findings emphasise the continued need for strong land use planning to ensure mining does not destroy forests or violate community rights,” says Hariadi Kartodihardjo, professor of forest policy at Bogor Agricultural University, West Java.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The region will need to change its industrial structure and energy mix to meet national carbon targets, requiring policy and financial support from central government. It also missed energy consumption and intensity targets in the 13th Five Year Plan (2015-2020). There were no improvements in 2020. By Gao Baiyu.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Founded in 1942 as a state-owned enterprise by the Brazilian government, it was originally named Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD). It was partially privatized in 1997 but the Brazilian government retains control. The Fundão disaster led to an initial R$20 billion ($4.8

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 20, 2022

Although total pollution incidents declined, the EA wrote that trends had not improved since 2015 and compliance with permits to discharge wastewater had worsened since 2020. California has not made significant strides to reduce urban water use, and consequently, residents could face tighter government restrictions. 90 PERCENT.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 15, 2021

Multiple stocks had been designated overfished, and the Federal Government had declared the fishery an economic disaster. We wanted to see how fishermen and probable fishing behavior changed between 2015-2020. ” — Marissa Paulling. The Port of Ilwaco, located at the mouth of the Columbia River in Ilwaco, Washington.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable. Since assuming elected office in 2020, Rep. Nelson has been supportive of municipal efforts to transition local government facilities to 100% clean and renewable energy.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

For the work, Kajita followed in Koshiba’s footsteps and in 2015 shared half that year’s physics Nobel with the neutrino physicist Arthur McDonald “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass”. In 2020 he was nominated by the other SCJ members as its president. “I

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this case, environmental and human rights organizations, including Greenpeace and Oxfam (“the plaintiffs”), had taken legal action against the Government of Spain, alleging inadequate action on climate change. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Whether government policy complements the private sector muffles the private sector’s efforts continues to be a major research topic. My students are studying this hypothesis in the developing world and investigating what frictions (such as government policy) inhibit adaptation from taking place. Why reward “bad behavior”?

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As a result, he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2015. The court determined that government agents had failed to give Miranda warnings in a custodial interrogation, and that the client's trial lawyer had acted unreasonably by failing to seek suppression of the un-Mirandized statements.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

in 2015 to 13.3% In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. The bump may be linked to China’s commitment, made in September 2020, to reach carbon neutrality before 2060.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Bay Area Air Quality Management District (2015) 62 Cal.4th My December 18, 2015 post on the case can be found here. City of Berkeley (2015) 60 Cal.4th My March 3, 2015 post on the case can be found here. County of Stanislaus (2020) 10 Cal.5th My August 28, 2020 post on the case can be found here.

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