Legal Planet

MAY 14, 2024

The background of this litigation–which was filed in federal district court in Oregon in 2015–has been analyzed at length in past Legal Planet posts authored by me and several of my Legal Planet colleagues. The first time the Court of Appeals so ruled, in 2020, it did so in a closely-divided, in-depth decision.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As we head into 2020, the upcoming presidential election in the United States looms large. The Top 10 Environmental Watch List is not about politics on its face, but as any 1L taking Constitutional Law can tell you, law and politics are fruit of the same tree. 2020 will prove a test in more ways than one.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

My foray into Germany climate policy left me with unanswered questions: What was the politics behind Germany’s history of climate action? New rates are large enough to spark expansion of renewable industry. Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Renewables are 42% of electricity.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Required state to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and gave broad authority to CARB to implement the standard. 2015 SB350. Required CARB to create an inventory of GHG emissions. Effectively prohibited California utilities from using electricity from coal-fired generation. 2011 CARB adopted cap and trade system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2023

A political tug of war Historically, efforts to strengthen the ground-level ozone standard have been undermined by political and corporate motivations. In 2015, the American Thoracic Society cited several studies documenting adverse respiratory health effects at levels of exposure exceeding 60 ppb.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2024

At this year’s annual general meetings, major investor-owned fossil fuel corporations are facing fewer climate-related shareholder proposals than at any time since the adoption of the Paris climate agreement in 2015. But that doesn’t mean they’re under less pressure over their role in driving the climate crisis.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In 2020, we presented the results of our 2018 survey to a team at the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigating scientific integrity violations and political interference at public health agencies. We also published the results of our 2018 survey in the journal PLoS One in 2020.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

On March 27, 2020, following years of research and evaluation, and months of compromise, professional staff at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy completed the final permit conditions for livestock farmers to manage manure and other wastes produced by the state’s 291 concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

At least partly—if not largely—because the AGs and their political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), receive substantial financial support from fossil fuel companies, electric utilities, and their respective trade groups. How has Paxton responded?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 8, 2022

Even though gun violence is now the leading cause of death for children in the United States, overtaking car accidents in 2020, the use of federal funding has been prohibited to investigate the role of gun violence or possible means of reducing death and injuries from guns. Cars vs. guns. graphic: cdc.gov.

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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. degrees goal is threatened by political inaction.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward. ” Energy Policy 140 (2020): 111428. Nature Clim Change 8, 161–165 (2018).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Since the death of Charles Koch’s brother David in 2019, the Charles Koch Foundation has continued to finance this disinformation campaign, giving more than $17 million to 23 groups in 2019 and 2020 , pushing the Koch grand total north of $162 million. million on some 70 denier groups from 1998 through 2020. million and Chevron’s $39.47

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The political environment remains volatile and deeply divided. Shortages of basic consumer goods made supply chain a household word in 2020, but the risks exposed by the pandemic of course extend well beyond toilet paper and PPE. While vaccines offer the promise of normality, the pandemic continues to rage on. N:Apple, Inc.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 31, 2015

On May 24, 2015 Pope Francis used his. as a vehicle to call for a sweeping transformation of politics, economics, and lifestyles to tackle environmental degradation and climate change. there is an urgent need for politics and economics to enter into a frank dialogue in the service of life, especially human life.” encyclical.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

degrees Fahrenheit) is a target to limit global-average heating that was adopted by nations in the 2015 Paris Agreement. C is a political target, not a scientifically determined limit. So, I asked him what we should make of this alarming but confusing development in the study of global temperatures. Q: What exactly is the 1.5

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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HumanNature

MARCH 15, 2024

Therefore, the study and possible solutions of global energy transition should consider biological and natural processes as well as the socio economic and political trade-offs. The political economy of the ‘just transition’. Energy transition is a complex and non-linear process with multiple questions and interdependent factors.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

2015 Paris Agreement adopted with strong U.S. 2020 U.S. EPA, striking one part of an EPA permitting program covering carbon emissions from new pollution source, but upholding most of the program. Clean Power Plan issued, then stayed by Supreme Court. 2017 Trump announces U.S. withdrawal from Paris Agreement.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

APRIL 13, 2021

I agree with him that too few climate economists work on political economy issues. I have published a 2013 paper and a 2015 political economy paper on carbon tax voting. My 2011 paper with Matt Kotchen on political economy of regulation was discussed by Rush Limbaugh on his radio show! Noah Smith ignores this point.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

Sadly, the process of setting an outdoor ozone pollution standard has a long history of being undermined by political leaders under the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations. In 2015, when the EPA set what is now our current ozone standard of 70 ppb, the agency chose to ignore CASAC’s concerns about setting the standard at such a high level.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 1, 2023

For instance, at the US Fish and Wildlife Service, 72 percent (140 respondents) said they felt they had been adequately trained on scientific integrity policies, an increase of 16 percent compared to our 2018 results (56 percent, 189 respondents), and an increase of 40 percent compared to results from 2015 (32 percent, 250 respondents).

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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 decision was made in a lawsuit filed by four political parties (PSB et al. The timing of these climate disputes is not accidental. Brazil) is also noteworthy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

According to US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment, by January 2020, assets using sustainable investing strategies represented a third of all US assets under professional management. LP: Investor demand for ESG products has increased dramatically, and asset managers are listening.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Kahn, 2015. Kahn & Hyungsik Roger Moon, 2020. Do political connections help or hinder urban economic growth? Evidence from Beijing ," Real Estate Economics , American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 41(1), pages 1-28, March. Costa & Matthew E. 105(5), pages 564-569, May. Seungwoo Chin & Matthew E.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

We watched, consumed, and internalized conflict as the pandemic layered social, political, economic, and climate crises. Some warn that the meaning of “resilience” has been diluted for “maladaptive political means and thus hamper the effectiveness of genuine attempts to mitigate damage” (Soubry & Sherren, 2022, p.1).

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Legal Planet

MAY 30, 2024

EPA moves to delay implementation of 2015 air quality standards limiting smog. Also, EPA and Army Corps of Engineers repeal Obama’s WOTUS rule and issue a new role removing from protection for wetlands and many small streams 2020 February. Trump proposes cutting EPA funding by 30%.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 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. Employment Practices BP protest.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

Earlier in his political career, Bettencourt served as Republican House Majority Leader, and as the public face of the conservative agenda in the state’s House of Representatives. Bettencourt, encouraged New Hampshire residents to go out and buy flood insurance.

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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. Employment Practices BP protest.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The group said funding to diminish runoff and nutrient pollution would need to increase to $26 million annually from 2020 to 2040. million in Ohio in 2020. But they’re not politically inclined to do anything about it frankly, because those are their voters. That’s more than three times the $7.5 EQIP spending totaled $25.5

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coca-Cola plant employees protest, demanding better health care agreement in midst of pandemic Roxanne Elias | WTOL 11 | November 3, 2020 Workers at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in north Toledo are on strike, already planning for the days ahead after they walked off the job just after midnight Sunday.

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