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Guest Commentary: Czech Republic-Poland’s dispute over the Turów mine

Law Columbia

In 2015, it requested an extension of the concession for six years. The fund supports coal-dependent regions in the EU that have committed to reducing coal mining and burning due to the need for climate protection. This blog post analyzes the climate implications of the case. Course of the case. 71-72 ).

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Precautionary Principle : Often a hot topic and subject to furious debate, this international standard promotes the concept through The Rio Declaration that to protect an environment, a precautionary approach must be applied according to their capability.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

Neidell, Shinsuke Uchida, and Marcella Veronesi, “Be Cautious with the Precautionary Principle: Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident” (Working Paper 26395, National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, MA, October 2019), [link] [25] Breakthrough Energy Sciences, “Modeling Clean Energy for the U.S.,” 1510028112.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Lawsuit Filed Challenging 2015 Determination that Listing Sonoran Desert Tortoise as Endangered or Threatened Was Not Warranted. Fish and Wildlife’s October 2015 decision that listing of the Sonoran desert tortoise under the Endangered Species Act was “not warranted.” Hoffman , No. 4:19-cv-00074 (D. Utah, filed Sept.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Supreme Court of Mexico Rejected Ethanol Fuel Content Hike, Citing Precautionary Principle and Right to a Healthy Environment. The Court concluded that the precautionary principle and the right to a healthy environment require consideration of ethanol’s environmental risks, including its contributions to greenhouse gas emissions.

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