Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
24, 2016); Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. The court cited Healey’s participation in the AGs United for Clean Power Press Conference in March 2016 and her attendance at a pre-press conference closed-door meeting with a climate change activist and a lawyer with a “well-known global warming litigation practice.” 451962/2016 (N.Y.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
While they might seem like a small token of participation, “I Voted” stickers help normalize voting as an expected social norm – political scientists have highlighted that people are more likely to vote when they think that others around them vote, too. Back in 2016, the U.C.
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Circle of Blue
AUGUST 9, 2021
Bernal was politically-minded from a young age. But what galvanized her political consciousness were the Standing Rock protests, a sustained resistance movement of Native American communities against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, beginning in 2016. In order for the land to be fruitful, there needs to be water,” she said.
Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2023
As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. From 2007 to 2016, control of the Australian House and Senate were generally in the hands of different parties, and the two parties almost never agreed on climate issues. As in the U.S.,
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
My foray into Germany climate policy left me with unanswered questions: What was the politics behind Germany’s history of climate action? Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption.
Circle of Blue
MAY 23, 2022
A child collects drinking water in Rajasthan, India in 2016. Rehman urged political leaders to act on the issue, advocating for technology upgrades, ecosystem restoration in the Indus River Valley, and enforcing a 1991 accord that governs the distribution of water between Pakistan’s provinces. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
2016 SB 32. Effectively prohibited California utilities from using electricity from coal-fired generation. 2009 CARB established Low Carbon Fuel Standard for vehicles. 2011 CARB adopted cap and trade system. 2015 SB350. Renewable energy target raised to 50% by 2030. 2018 SB100. Required zero carbon emissions from power grid by 2045.
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