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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.” ExxonMobil Corp.

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The Trump Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment?

Vermont Law

As CEO of Exxon Mobil, the world’s largest publicly-traded oil business, Tillerson’s 2016 compensation was $24.3 Trump, the fact that each month is warmer than the same month the previous year has nothing to do with the adverse consequences associated with spewing obscene amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.

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Special Policy News #7: The Transition

ESA

Estenoz led Everglades restoration initiatives in the Interior Department during the Obama administration and received ESA’s 2016 Regional Policy Award. Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere reach record high – The Guardian. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Request for Nominations. US emissions dropped 1.7

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Policy News: May 6, 2021

ESA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently announced the expansion of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, nearly tripling the size of the sanctuary. Members of Congress have introduced similar legislation during every Congress since 2016. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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