Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The biggest success of the United Nations climate convening (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, last year was the creation of the Loss and Damage Fund, intended to provide resources to climate-vulnerable, low-income countries to help them cope with the extreme impacts of climate change.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The fossil fuel industry has long been the main driver of climate change, but Big Oil’s CEOs and profiteers would like you to believe that it is a part of the solution. Environmental Defence has been calling on the federal government to stand up to Big Oil and hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its pollution.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – We are disappointed to see the Ontario government make unsupported claims about the proposed federal clean electricity regulations. In 2017, our grid was 96 percent non-emitting.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 15, 2024

Since starting with Environmental Defence in January, I’ve been grappling with an updated version of those song lyrics: “Why we must talk about climate change when everything is burning?” Given the human cost of climate change, you might think that talking about it while it is ravishing our nation would be easy.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 30, 2023

But such a question is not an optimal proxy for a sea level rise hazard disclosure because FEMA’s maps only reflect past flood experience rather than “ the degree to which climate change and sea-level rise are expected to heighten the risk of flooding and expand the areas that will be subject to flooding in the future.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

In Northern California, the Tubbs Fires effects on Santa Rosa in 2017 and the Camp Fire, which burned the entire town of Paradise only a year later, were among the first wildfires known to cause widespread drinking water contamination in cities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Representatives Scott Peters (D-California) and María Elvira Salazar (R-Florida), the NCARS bill would improve how the federal government prepares and responds to extreme weather and climate-related disasters. Over a decade, from 2007-2017 , the direct costs of extreme weather events to the federal government was $350 billion.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Both are leading scholars in their fields, exceptional classroom educators, and leaders of public interest initiatives that are shaping climate change and environmental law and policy in California, the U.S., Wang is a leading expert on environmental governance and the law and politics of China. Through the project, Prof.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

State-level Green Amendments allow states to create environmental safeguards for their citizens above and beyond what the federal government provides. This was a major win for the citizens of Hawaii and shows the power that Green Amendments can have in forcing state governments to protect their natural environments.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

AUGUST 11, 2021

In a series of pieces, I have explored how the for profit insurance industry can accelerate climate change adaptation progress. Here is my 2017 co -authored Harvard Business Review piece. Here is my recent RMS interview.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. As a result, between 2005 and 2017 greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s electricity system dropped by 93 per cent.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Superfund Me: A High-Level Overview of Climate Change Superfund Bills Written by Erin Evans and Dayna Smith Recent state-level Climate Superfund legislation seeks to hold climate polluters liable and shift climate change legal policies from simply adaptive and preventive policies to ones demanding payback by top contributors.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

PennFuture celebrated 25 years of fighting climate change and industrial pollution by holding anniversary celebrations in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to honor seven Pennsylvanians for their contributions to restoring and protecting the environment. from Villanova University School of Law.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

But in fact, gas power plants are unreliable in extreme temperatures, which—thanks to climate change—have been occurring more frequently. Gas, which now generates 40 percent of US electricity, is considered by some to be critical to maintain grid reliability. VY: They do.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution. In our government, it will be a priority to avoid this destruction and to have development that is compatible with the environment.”. By Francisco Parra Galaz

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

Whether climate change impacts to Montana’s environment can be measured incrementally. Whether climate impacts and effects in Montana can be attributed to Montana’s fossil fuel activities. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. They are: Whether Plaintiffs’ injuries are mischaracterized or inaccurate.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 5, 2025

It is now celebrated in more than 150 countries and involves governments, schools , companies and individuals. It harms wildlife, pollutes drinking water and contributes to climate change. Kenya remains a leader, having banned plastic bags in 2017. Photo Credit: MART PRODUCTION What is World Environment Day?

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Land-Use and Climate Change Growing urban populations are accelerating land-use change (LUC) around the globe, as witnessed in the Front Range of Colorado 1–3. In recent history, we have witnessed LUC exacerbating climate change due to disturbed soils, development of greenhouse gas (GHG) producing land uses, and more 4.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Likewise, the country has started to implement programs to mitigate GHG emissions and to promote REDD+ projects , all intending to achieve climate-related goals. Colombia ’s Legal Climate Framework Colombia’s climate change laws are extensive and align with its open commitment to fight climate change and its devastating effects.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On November 24, Queen’s Park Today reported that in response to the Ontario Liberal Party’s campaign proposal to offer electric vehicle incentives, Minister Piccini claimed the Progressive Conservative government policies have already led to “a 210 per cent increase in EV (electric vehicle) sales year over year from Q2 2020 to Q2 2021.”.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

As with many environmental issues, when it comes to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this is no ordinary election. . For the past four years, Ontario has been failing on climate change. Completely electrifying government fleets by 2030. Establish Ontario’s first Youth Climate Corps.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As a government delegate, I have been involved in the UN climate negotiation process since 2017 to uphold Bangladesh’s and the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group’s position. SEC Armadillo, Glasgow. By Finlay McWalter at English Wikipedia. – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0, [link].

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The biggest barrier to climate action in Canada is the oil and gas lobby. For decades the fossil fuel lobby has masterfully weakened, derailed, and outright blocked government climate policy. The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Brazil: When a court accepts the legally disruptive nature of climate change. The decision suggests that courts can reconcile the legally disruptive nature of climate change with the fundamental role that adjudication plays in maintaining the stability of legal orders, and it could influence other cases and decisions across the world.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

To avoid the worst potential consequences of climate change, we will have to transform the transportation and electric power sectors in tandem. We conducted an analysis in 2017 that found that it was cheaper to charge an EV than fill up a gasoline car in the 50 largest US cities.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. Amendments to the Climate Action Law are adopted, setting a binding 2045 date for carbon neutrality, with a 2031 target of a 65% emissions reduction compared with 1990.

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Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2023

As the frequency and number of climate change cases continue to rise, a robust body of legal precedent is forming, shaping a well-defined field of climate law. The Report builds upon previous reports from 2017 and 2020 , providing a comprehensive update on the current state of, and trends in, climate change litigation worldwide.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

Outspoken climate denier Joe Oliver is retiring from his position as Chair of the Board of Directors of Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) which operates Ontario’s electricity system and manages power generation. Oliver is also currently on the board of High Arctic Energy Services, a Canadian oil drilling company.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

We first created this graphic in 2017. In the past few months, while monitoring of the tailings has been halted during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal government, Alberta government, and industry groups have been meeting to talk about clean-up solutions. What are tailings ponds? . times the size of Washington D.C!

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

It’s an expert, hours-long guided excursion across Lenawee County during which Taylor explains the cross-cutting complexities, underperforming government programs, ineffective conservation investments, and cascading ecological and health threats from liquid manure that aren’t visible but exist everywhere across her region’s bucolic landscape.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 4, 2021

A new study published in the journal Nature found that climate change is causing oxygen levels in lakes around the world to fall, suffocating wildlife and threatening drinking water supplies. The study analyzed dissolved oxygen and temperature profiles for 393 lakes between 1941 and 2017. 393 LAKES .

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

But all Climate Villains have a kryptonite and Pierce can be stopped by climate heroes that fight for a cap on industry emissions. Take action by telling the government to hold the oil and gas sector accountable for its pollution by urgently implementing a cap on emissions. Is that you? million gas cars.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 6, 2024

Oil and gas CEOs claim to care about climate change, but their actions paint a different picture. Oil and gas production remains the largest source of climate pollution in Canada, at 31% of the whole country’s emissions. Many of these companies lobby the government heavily to oppose emissions reduction.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This “plan to plan” indicates that the provincial government has come a long way from the ideologically-driven cancellation of over 750 clean power projects and the days of removing EV chargers. This speaks to the undeniable opportunity presented by the energy transition. This new document is also very thin on details.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this case, environmental and human rights organizations, including Greenpeace and Oxfam (“the plaintiffs”), had taken legal action against the Government of Spain, alleging inadequate action on climate change. The PNIEC and the Law on Climate Change include a target of GHG emission reduction of 23% by 2030 compared to 1990.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

How would such a legal system work, and could giving rights to nature help in the legal battle against climate change? Over the last decade, courts, legislatures and various bodies of government in countries around the world have sought and won ecosystem protection through nature rights. A few case studies offer some insight.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 10, 2022

An income-based billing system was eventually embraced in a different city: Philadelphia, which debuted its Tiered Assistance Program in 2017, on the order of the City Council. Any assistance program will have to clear legal hurdles like the Headlee amendment, which limits the ability of local governments to raise taxes. Brett Walton.

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