Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2]

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Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Economic costs notwithstanding, the precautionary principle applied in cases like Pfizer Animal Health v. The principle is that uncertainty in scientific evidence does not justify a delay in measures to protect the environment. Council of the European Union(2002) undergirds Greenlands ban on uranium mining.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2024

When Trump first took office in 2017, coal use was just under 60 million tons a year. According to a recent report , coal-fired power plants have immense piles of coal 138 million tons, equal to the entire output of Appalachia. Theres a reason for that: coal plants arent burning as much coal as they used to.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The court noted that the administrative record currently documented the Corps’ decision to reissue NWP 12 in 2017. Supreme Court of Mexico Rejected Ethanol Fuel Content Hike, Citing Precautionary Principle and Right to a Healthy Environment. Ruling on Modification to Ethanol Fuel Rule , 610/2019 (Supreme Court of Mexico).

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