Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

The Supreme Court sharply limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to slash carbon pollution from power plants. The justices told EPA that it can set carbon emissions standards based only on interventions at individual power plants. The Supreme Court is ignoring the science on health.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The committee followed up that hearing —during which the executives disingenuously denied funding such a campaign—with another hearing on February 8 focusing on the oil companies’ inadequate plans to cut their carbon emissions. By contrast, the second-largest funder of climate disinformation, ExxonMobil, spent $39.2

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Legal Planet

JULY 19, 2022

That would still allow some important actions that would help reduce carbon emissions. The most significant action was the passage of the Defense Authorization Act of 2017, HR 1810. recognizes the urgent need to cut carbon emissions – a signal to the international community as well as courts and agencies in the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In any case, I’m skeptical that the GOP would be willing to hand the Biden administration another big climate accomplishment, despite the urgent need to cut carbon emissions. More than 70 percent of the climate litigation cases filed in the United States since 2017 have cited UCS research. Our work is having a major impact.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 7, 2022

Countless research has warned of the climate catastrophe that will happen if anthropogenic carbon emissions continue to rise: sea-level rise will accelerate, tropical storms will occur in greater number with greater severity, and droughts will grow harsher and longer. (1) Hill, et al., 11, 2022); see generally G. Anastario, et.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S. 25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. And this came after the share of green jobs in all of China’s recruitment had actually been falling since 2017. in 2015 to 13.3%

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Unfortunately, the topic of climate change has been heavily politicized and used to draw yet another line in the sand between what are portrayed as ideologically divergent and mutually-exclusive political views. Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change. Farmers struggle to break into booming carbon-credit market.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Pruitt was, at the time, suing the EPA over regulations aimed at curtailing emissions and proudly stated he was “a leading advocate against the EPA’s activist agenda.”. [8]. The Senate confirmed this nomination in 2017. [9]. Pruitt first worked in private practice before pursuing politics. [10]. 1, 2017).

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 2, 2022

On November 22, 2022, sixteen municipalities of Puerto Rico filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in Puerto Rico seeking to hold coal, oil, and gas companies liable for losses resulting from storms during the 2017 hurricane season and ongoing economic losses since that time. In Municipalities of Puerto Rico v.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While the resolution is not legally binding, it represents a significant political statement that could shape global standards. The claimants argued that the States violated the Convention on the Rights of the Child and their rights to life, health, and culture, by not taking effective actions to reduce their carbon emissions.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 16, 2018

In deciding on necessity issues so closely related to systemic political choices, juries are essentially deliberating on policy issues, which implicates difficult questions of majority rule and separation of powers. So actions taken to curtail some carbon emissions, but not all, might still suffice. has been sorely lacking.”.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

The environmental impacts of coal power – from local air and water pollution to carbon emissions – have made the project controversial. “We He also stated that the country would increase support for low-carbon energy in developing countries. This project was approved in 2017, long before the Chinese president’s proclamation.”

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

United States: Tesla employees protest mass firings at Fremont factory Jennifer Elias | Silicon Valley Business Journal | October 24, 2017 Following firings at Tesla, employees rallied outside of its Fremont Factory claiming they were unfairly fired. A father and son say they faced daily racial epithets.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Haven't we actually moved beyond relying on government to reduce carbon emissions? A few months ago, you could read all sorts of exhortations about the apparent, or at least impending, decoupling of carbon emissions and economic growth rates. Fri, 09/15/2017 - 04:27. Communication and Politics. Consequences.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

United States: Tesla employees protest mass firings at Fremont factory Jennifer Elias | Silicon Valley Business Journal | October 24, 2017 Following firings at Tesla, employees rallied outside of its Fremont Factory claiming they were unfairly fired. A father and son say they faced daily racial epithets.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

United States: Tesla employees protest mass firings at Fremont factory Jennifer Elias | Silicon Valley Business Journal | October 24, 2017 Following firings at Tesla, employees rallied outside of its Fremont Factory claiming they were unfairly fired. A father and son say they faced daily racial epithets.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Although politics is a new world for her, she has been involved in a number of different capacities for some time. For Marcelo Mena, himself a former Minister for the Environment (2017–2018), “water scarcity must be tackled through inter-sectoral coordination.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi after that hearing I noted that I am aware that Congressional hearings involve some political theater. However, I am not a political appointee. I did not expect to be drawn into political theater that violates basic civility. That may be the case.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

United States: Tesla employees protest mass firings at Fremont factory Jennifer Elias | Silicon Valley Business Journal | October 24, 2017 Following firings at Tesla, employees rallied outside of its Fremont Factory claiming they were unfairly fired. A father and son say they faced daily racial epithets.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

United States: Tesla employees protest mass firings at Fremont factory Jennifer Elias | Silicon Valley Business Journal | October 24, 2017 Following firings at Tesla, employees rallied outside of its Fremont Factory claiming they were unfairly fired. A father and son say they faced daily racial epithets.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 1, 2023

United States: Tesla employees protest mass firings at Fremont factory Jennifer Elias | Silicon Valley Business Journal | October 24, 2017 Following firings at Tesla, employees rallied outside of its Fremont Factory claiming they were unfairly fired. A father and son say they faced daily racial epithets.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

United States: Tesla employees protest mass firings at Fremont factory Jennifer Elias | Silicon Valley Business Journal | October 24, 2017 Following firings at Tesla, employees rallied outside of its Fremont Factory claiming they were unfairly fired. A father and son say they faced daily racial epithets.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Activists Spill Symbolic Oil at the Louvre to Protest Its Sponsorship Deal Claire Voon | HyperAllergic | March 9, 2017 Protestors dressed in all black staged a dramatic performance at the Louvre last Sunday to pressure the museum to cut its 20-year-long ties with French multinational oil and gas company Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 21, 2021

IBAMA “present quite different typology and structure, specialized instruments and distinct political-legal approaches, in addition to the fact that their object, cause of action and demands do not coincide.” Brazil seeks to combat deforestation with the aim of reducing carbon emissions and achieving the Brazilian climate target.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2022

What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

And now, I participated in a seminar that PJM was part of in New York City, and one of the comments made is the political policies that we as legislators in the various states associated with PJM probably give to PJM. "In "Obviously, that doesn't add up quite, but there's a little bit of renewables included in that. “We Yaw praised.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

In 2017, the upper-class residents of Cape Cod, for example, defeated an effort by a wind developer to build a 130-turbine farm, despite the developer having spent $100 million on the project. The good news is that recent and historical events show that economic growth can actually lower carbon emissions.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Activists Spill Symbolic Oil at the Louvre to Protest Its Sponsorship Deal Claire Voon | HyperAllergic | March 9, 2017 Protestors dressed in all black staged a dramatic performance at the Louvre last Sunday to pressure the museum to cut its 20-year-long ties with French multinational oil and gas company Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Activists Spill Symbolic Oil at the Louvre to Protest Its Sponsorship Deal Claire Voon | HyperAllergic | March 9, 2017 Protestors dressed in all black staged a dramatic performance at the Louvre last Sunday to pressure the museum to cut its 20-year-long ties with French multinational oil and gas company Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Activists Spill Symbolic Oil at the Louvre to Protest Its Sponsorship Deal Claire Voon | HyperAllergic | March 9, 2017 Protestors dressed in all black staged a dramatic performance at the Louvre last Sunday to pressure the museum to cut its 20-year-long ties with French multinational oil and gas company Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Activists Spill Symbolic Oil at the Louvre to Protest Its Sponsorship Deal Claire Voon | HyperAllergic | March 9, 2017 Protestors dressed in all black staged a dramatic performance at the Louvre last Sunday to pressure the museum to cut its 20-year-long ties with French multinational oil and gas company Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Science Blogs

AUGUST 29, 2017

This embryonic sector is less interested in mitigating global warming, a certain degree of which is now baked into our ecosystem over the next few decades regardless of what we do about our carbon emissions, than in helping communities and corporations anticipate the effects of that warming and minimize the consequences. Consequences.

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