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Corporate Climate Disclosure Rule Could Make the World a Little Less Dangerous

Union of Concerned Scientists

The rule also bases its emissions disclosure standards on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, which classifies emissions in three categories. Finally, UCS endorsed the Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 and testified before Congress on the risks climate change posed to the US financial sector.

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Spaceflight and the Environment: NASA’s NEPA Process

Vermont Law

Congress enacted the. There are several categories of actions that NASA would not need conduct a full NEPA analysis, unless extraordinary circumstances arise. The Stakes are Out of This World: How to Fix the Space Act of 2015. by Hunter Sutherland. What is NEPA? National Environmental Policy Act. significantly affect.

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Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court

The Energy Law Blog

The Supreme Court has recognized a small category of state-law claims that “arise under federal law” for purposes of federal question jurisdiction, “because federal law is a necessary element of the. claim for relief.” Minton , 568 U.S. 251, 258 (2013) (citing Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. 308, 314 (2005)). 3d 805 (7th Cir.

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A 133 Billion Pound Burden—Who’s Doing the Heavy Lifting?

Vermont Law

Next to paper, food waste is the second largest category sent to landfills—it accounts for 18% of the waste stream. Almost 100% of food insecure households in 2015 were worried their food would run out, could not afford to buy balanced meals, cut the size of their meals, and/or skipped meals.

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DOJ Defeats Motion to Dismiss in Precedent-Setting Criminal Wage-Fixing Case

Arnold Porter

N:In re High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation 2015 WL 5159441 (N.D. 2, 2015).]] and in October 2019, Doha Mekki, then Counsel to the AAG, testified before Congress about the harms to competition in the labor market and the DOJ’s response.[[N: 19, 2018).]]

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What’s Up With Water – June 28, 2021

Circle of Blue

The Global Witness data found that 40 percent of all victims in 2019 were Indigenous, and more than a third of the attacks between 2015 and 2019 targeted Indigenous peoples. ———. More than a quarter of the region is considered to be in exceptional drought, which is the worst category in the U.S. Drought Monitor.

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U.S. Supreme Court v. EPA Climate Rule

Smith Enviorment

In 2015, EPA proposed CO2 emission limits for new power plants based on a combination of the use of high efficiency processes and carbon capture technology. But when EPA has set a standard for new sources of a pollutant, Section 111(d) allows EPA to direct states to set performance standards for existing sources in the same category.