Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

Spring is a time of new beginnings, and this spring scientists are calling for financial institutions to start doing their part to limit the worst impacts of climate change and hasten a just, equitable transition to clean energy. Those three alone borrowed more than $200 billion between 2016 and 2021. degrees Celsius (2.7

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In response to the report, the bank told TBIJ that its investments remain “science-based,” under a presumption that “net zero-aligned scenarios require continued, though declining, financing of fossil fuel supplies to meet energy demand, security, and affordability during the transition.” It was another corporate spit in the face of science.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D. Murray Energy Sought Supreme Court Review of Fourth Circuit’s Dismissal of Clean Air Act Jobs Study Case. Foster , No. decision Sept. 29, 2017; verdict Oct.

2017

Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2021

Because of this decentralization in energy policy, it’s hard to see the complete picture. While by no means exhaustive, the information that I collected helps tell the story of energy policy on the ground across America during the Trump Administration from 2016-2020. This led to progressive policies in unlikely places.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citi, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley together funded fossil-fuel expansion for the top 100 fossil-fuel companies, to the tune of $445 billion from 2016 to 2021. These six banks alone were responsible for a third of the $1.3 trillion of global investments in the top 100 fossil fuel companies.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2024

And this month, congressional leaders called on US Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate ExxonMobil, other major oil and gas companies, and two of their trade associations for their decades-long climate disinformation campaign—including claims and actions since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

JANUARY 25, 2022

The challenge originates with the Obama Administration’s 2015 Clean Power Plan , which required states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants by 32 percent (below 2005 levels) by 2030, in line with the national commitment under the Paris Agreement. The Clean Power Plan never went into effect.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2024

Unlike 2016, when the outcome was a complete surprise to many people, we’re in a position to think ahead about possible policy shifts and possible responses. That was also Trump’s view in 2016. We can also expect Trump to follow through on his pledge to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. climate policy.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. All five have signed the Paris Agreement but, according to petitioners, none have made or kept commitments that align with keeping temperature rise under 2 degrees Celsius.

2019

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Oregon Court Reinstated Clean Energy Ballot Initiatives. An Oregon Circuit Court set aside the Oregon Secretary of State’s decision to reject two clean energy ballot initiatives and allowed the measures to be processed and circulated for the November 2020 election. Golden State Environmental Justice Alliance v.

2020

Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

Gunasekara is a Visiting Fellow in the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at The Heritage Foundation. She calls herself “the chief-architect” of the Paris Agreement withdrawal while at the EPA, where she “set a record for cutting red tape while minimizing unnecessary interference from the federal bureaucracy.” Bernard L.

2024

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

In an unpublished decision, the Ninth Circuit said its 2016 opinion reversing a district court’s striking down of the listing of the bearded seal adjudicated the same issues and was the controlling law of the circuit. California Federal Court Ordered Publication of Obama-Era Energy Conservation Standards in Federal Register.

2018

ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The UN website describes the aim of the meeting, “The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.” President Obama recommended a mining withdrawal in this area in 2016, but the Trump administration stopped that process.

2021

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. 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. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. .

2021

Legal Planet

JANUARY 20, 2025

Your money needs to be going to clean energy all those things. George: Your Op Ed lays out how in 2016, when you were leading negotiations with Canadian provinces to write a national climate plan, oil industry players were publicly supportive but working against us from the inside. The clean energy revolution is going to win.

Paris Agreement