2016 Carbon Emissions Law Politics 
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. Required the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to set standards for greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) new vehicles. 2016 SB 32. Required zero carbon emissions from power grid by 2045.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. Note: the estimates of 1990 emissions that I found are not entirely consistent, with one estimate closer to 1.2 Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. trillion tons.]
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Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2023
On a per capita basis, Australia’s carbon emissions are even higher than the United States. As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. This March, Australia adopted a follow-up law to implement these targets. As in the U.S.,
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
In contrast to civil, political, and economic rights, cultural rights have been side-lined and neglected in dialogues about climate policy and human rights. The foundational document of international human rights law is the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. 24, 2016); Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. Here are the additions to the U.S. Alaska Oil & Gas Association v.
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
In the first few months, he will have to implement a new law on climate change, reform the law governing water use and tackle a mega-drought so severe that it has even cast doubt on the country’s commitment to close its coal-fired power plants. Also on the agenda is an increase in fuel tax for industries and big polluters.
Vermont Law
MARCH 16, 2018
By Dan Wilcox, Senior Notes Editor, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Long recognized in both American and English common law, the defense rests on the claim that an otherwise illegal act is legally excusable as necessary to avoid a greater harm. So actions taken to curtail some carbon emissions, but not all, might still suffice.
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