2016 Carbon Emissions Politics Sea Level 
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. Sea level rise, coastal flooding and erosion due to more extreme storms have drastically affected traditional food gardens and plantations, and damaged coconut groves.
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance. 451962/2016 (N.Y. The standards and guidelines were published on August 29, 2016. The court indicated that the attorney general had broad power to propound the interrogatories.
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Legal Planet
JULY 28, 2022
There’s people living in Livingston Parish, for example, flooded in 2016, whose lives — everything in their life was destroyed,” he said. billion to help communities deal with risks from heat waves, sea-level rise, and flooding. Even if we manage to curb carbon emissions by midcentury, the need for adaptation will only escalate.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016. But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions. But before he was able to do that in my imaginary scenario, I corrected the record.
Law Columbia
MAY 7, 2021
Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants’ environmental assessment understated traffic levels as well as carbon emissions.
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. At the same time, routine flooding is already a major problem.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.
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