Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This year, I had the honor to participate in two panel discussions on climate migration in my role as Climate Displacement Project Strategist at the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and a nonresident fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. The attention on climate migration this year was rightly placed.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 20, 2023

I moved to South Carolina only two months before Hurricane Matthew made headlines in October 2016 as the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in almost a decade. The horrible impacts of Matthew’s rainfall would soon be repeated by others, like Harvey (2017) and Florence (2018). Ultimately, Hurricane Matthew caused more than $16.5

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

AB 32 authorized CARB to adopt a market-based compliance mechanism with “declining annual aggregate emission limits for sources or categories of sources that emit greenhouse gas emissions” through 2020. billion funds have been invested into GHG-reducing projects. To date, $10.5

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 26, 2021

Working in both stills and video, Mendel’s intimate style of image-making and long-term commitment to socially engaged projects has earned international recognition. Lead image: © GIDEON MENDEL, Gideon Mendel at work on his Drowning World project in Chandajan Village in Assam State, India in September 2014. Courtesy of the artist.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

The case has its origins in the operation of the Oroville Dam on the Feather River, which is part of the large statewide plumbing system with the prosaic name of State Water Project (“SWP”). It was also undertaking environmental review under CEQA by preparing an EIR for the project. North Coast Railroad Authority (2017) 3 Cal.5th

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Department of Agriculture 2017 Census and U.S. Regulators have the authority to stem nonpoint pollution in two categories. . In many cases projects encompass multi-county and multi-community watersheds, and require residents to collaborate on cleanup plans and the cost of expensive engineering and construction. A last point.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2023

CBF scientists compile and examine the best available data and information for 13 indicators in three categories: pollution, habitat, and fisheries. Pollution In the pollution category nitrogen, toxics, and dissolved oxygen indicators were unchanged, the phosphorus indicator improved, and overall water clarity declined.

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In a 53-page published opinion filed October 8, 2021, the Fourth District Court of Appeal mostly affirmed, but reversed in part, a judgment in a CEQA action challenging two sets of projects of the City of San Diego to underground overhead utility wires in several neighborhoods. City of San Diego (2021) Cal.App.5th.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The researchers examined two categories of byproducts: minerals left by past mining and metallurgical industries in the commonwealth, and acid mine drainage treatment sludge, which is material that was originally leached from minerals in coal-bearing strata and precipitated from solution. Domestic Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain."

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

According to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Green Drop Report for 2022 – an audit of all wastewater treatment works in the country for the period July 2020 to June 2021 – Standerton wastewater treatment works is 164% over capacity, achieving an overall score of just 17%, which puts it into the ‘critical risk category.’

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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. While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Wind and solar farms often spark siting battles between local residents who welcome renewable energy projects and their neighbors who are concerned about visual or other impacts. The Sabin Center’s Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative provides pro bono legal counsel to community members who support renewable energy projects.) .

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Ivy Protocol

JULY 25, 2023

A shared ambition to secure funding for high-integrity carbon projects while adhering to a mitigation hierarchy. The Bigger Picture: Conservation and More Companies need to view the projects as more than just sources of carbon offsets. The paper further classifies claim deceptiveness into five categories (see fig. Sobral, A.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 2, 2023

In a published opinion filed December 6, 2022, the Third District Court of Appeal reversed in part and affirmed in part the trial court’s judgment denying writ petitions in consolidated actions challenging the EIR for a major state government project affecting the Historic State Capitol Building and Annex in Sacramento. Save Our Capitol!

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Science Blogs

AUGUST 21, 2017

A past NASA project, the Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (AQAST), was the genesis of the current HAQAST project. The AQAST project was an important way to connect the data to stakeholders. Mon, 08/21/2017 - 03:23. Categories. By kirod (not verified) on 27 Aug 2017 #permalink. lborkowski. air pollutants.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Climate justice is a category of environmental justice and recognizes that climate change impacts are not distributed or experienced equally, and as such, can exacerbate inequitable social conditions within and between countries. For example, in 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by hurricane Irma and Maria.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

million civil penalty and to implement procedures and educational and outreach projects to resolve alleged violations of TSCA Title IV, the EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule, and corresponding state and tribal regulations (the RRP Rules).[[N:United Home Depot) to pay a $20.75 N:United States v. 22, 2021).]] 14560 (Mar.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

These are projects that are too expensive or require a large and diverse group of collaborators that can only be assembled as an international project,” said Rush Holt, a former Democratic congressman who is now the head of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Fri, 09/15/2017 - 04:27. Categories.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The dimensions of global urban expansion: Estimates and projections for all countries, 2000–2050. Generic methodologies applicable to multiple land-use categories. Natural Capital Project. Ecological Modelling 345 , 30–40 (2017). 122 , (2017). Works Cited Angel, S., Blei, A. & & Potere, D. InVEST 3.8.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Pursuant to President Trump's Executive Order 13783 , CEQ withdrew the final Obama guidance in April 2017. In addition, the announcement makes clear that agencies must analyze both a project's (or program's) potential effects on climate change and the effects of the climate change on the project (or program).[[N: 10,252 (Feb.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

EPA’s entry in the agenda projects December for a final rule; NHTSA’s entry does not list a date for finalization. It changed long-time agency policy to allow major sources of pollution to reclassify as area sources, a category with fewer regulatory requirements, once their emissions fell below a certain threshold. 140 ) from Sens.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The findings of these most recent studies corroborate a 2017 study, for example, that examined birth certificates for all 1.1 It also offers a review of trends in research findings. That in the Compendium we have many studies, both from Pennsylvania and from other places, that corroborate and support those findings. Why Does It Matter?

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court said it was not arbitrary or capricious to rely on climate change models that projected through 2100. A few days after the California court issued its order, North Dakota and Texas asked the Wyoming federal court to lift a stay that the court had imposed in December 2017. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Perry , No.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

2017); Robinson Twp. There is a greater potential, however, that courts could nullify any attempt by the legislature to exempt specific projects or categories of governmental action from environmental review. In two relatively recent cases, however, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court disavowed the Payne test. Envt’l Def. 3d 911 (Pa.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

In October 2017, RGGI, Inc. The report estimates that “[t]he lifetime effects of these investments are projected to save 28 million MMBtu of fossil fuel energy and 9 million MWh of electricity, avoiding the release of 5.3 The report breaks down these investments into four categories. As of 2017, some $3.4

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

billion for national service programs to carry out projects related to climate resilience and mitigation. The bill repeals section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. or WOTUS. “In

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

After concluding in 2011 that listing of the Pacific walrus was warranted due to threats that included sea-ice loss through 2100, the FWS issued a final decision in October 2017 that the Pacific walrus no longer qualified as a threatened species. Federal Court Upheld Environmental Review for Forest Thinning Project. 20-cv-3060 (D.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

Even when Republicans controlled both the House and Senate in 2017 and 2018, Congress largely rejected these steep cuts. Ben Sasse (R-NE) doubling the authorized budget for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This amendment mirrors Coons’ Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act ( S.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

She previously worked as the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks director from 2017–2020 and was an assistant professor of law at the University of Montana. Jared Huffman (D-CA), authorizes a $50 million grant program to fund conservation, restoration and management projects focused on kelp forest ecosystems. 6617 ) Feb.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It entered into liquidation in January 2018 following a deterioration in cash flows in respect of several of its projects and an earlier announcement of an expected provision of £845 million in June 2017, causing its share price to fall significantly.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

This post covers from approximately mid-June, 2017 up to August 31, 2017. July 2017. . August 2017. . US energy agency asked scientists to scrub references to climate change: Researchers were told to censor descriptions of projects funded by a Department of Energy laboratory. Mon, 09/11/2017 - 09:20.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Ninth Circuit Reinstated Listing of Bearded Seal as Threatened Based on Climate Change Projections. Environmental groups had identified five categories of new information since the 2004 preparation of an EIS that they contended warranted supplemental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). United States v.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Chevron filed the third-party complaint in December 2017 against the company—of which the Norwegian State is majority stakeholder—for indemnity and contribution. After Developers Terminated Methanol Terminal Project, Ninth Circuit Granted Motions to Dismiss Appeals. Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment v. 21-4069 (10th Cir.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

N: Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures , June 2017.Another California Legislation. Other states are also looking to regulate climate risk for financial institutions.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In 2017, the TCFD issued recommendations following a long consultation process between business and financial leaders on how to effectively communicate climate-related information. One of the most prominent is the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) established by the Financial Stability Board.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 5, 2023

In the weeks after Sonoma County’s catastrophic 2017 Tubbs Fire, the rebuilding of one hard-hit Santa Rosa neighbourhood began almost immediately. A Category 5 hurricane striking, say, the center of the Miami-Dade area would be a shock of a different magnitude. People take pride in persisting in the face of adversity.

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Environmental Science

JULY 29, 2018

When animals have attributes in several classes, how do we go about determining in which category they belong (the platypus, for example, is a mammal but lays eggs in its reproduction process - unique in mammals)? Animal Taxonomy. How do we classify animals? Humans love putting things in neat little boxes. Climate Change.

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