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Smoke in Our Eyes: National Park Grandeur Degraded by Global Warming

Union of Concerned Scientists

The view of Yosemite Valley has repeatedly been obscured by wildfire smoke, including in 2018 , 2020 , and last year, when fires forced park closures and evacuations. It makes them ripe for disproportional impacts from climate change, relative to the nation in general. This is happening in a national park,” he said.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court stated that the issue arose “because a necessary and critical element of the hydrological damage caused by defendants’ alleged conduct is the rising sea level along the Pacific coast and in the San Francisco Bay, both of which are navigable waters of the United States.” 27, 2018; request for supplemental briefing Feb.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act. Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit. 15-1363 et al. The court said EPA should have consulted with the U.S. California v.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. EPA’s 2018 rule also suspended the prohibition for companies currently using ozone-depleting substances. In ruling on the challenge to the 2018 rule, the D.C. The court also rejected the contention that the 2018 rule was not final action.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

National Audubon Society alleged that the rule “vastly expands potential sand mining projects in delicate coastal barriers” and further alleged that coastal barriers would become even more important due to climate change and were expected to mitigate $108 billion of sea level rise and flooding damages over the next 50 years.

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