Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 16, 2019

In 2018, a host of lawsuits wound their way through the courts seeking an answer, including several from localities and states alleging the responsibility of fossil fuel companies. But what actions does the law require these facilities to take on their own to prepare for climate change and should those requirements be set higher?

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Since March 2018, a team led by Licai Deng from the National Astronomical Observatories of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been monitoring cloudiness, night-sky brightness, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction at “Summit C” on Saishiteng Mountain, which lies some 4200 m above sea level. Michael Ashley.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

These new approaches include asserting new legal theories to creatively applying long-recognized doctrine rooted in the common law. In an unusual approach to an environmental law issue, they have brought claims grounded in the Constitution and the public trust doctrine. As recently as November, 21, 2018, the U.S. Martin Act.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2022

While having only 8% of stocks experiencing overfishing remains near an all-time low, this percentage has largely stayed the same for a decade, even though the law requires an immediate end to overfishing. It was first rebuilt in 2013, was declared overfished again in 2018, and has been rebuilt again in 2021. What does this mean?

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Global warming is leading to sea-level rise on an unprecedented scale, according to IPCC scientists. Between 2006 and 2016 sea levels globally rose 2.5 At the same time, the seas are warmer than they used to be, which can lead to more tropical storms and a higher risk of coastal flooding. metres by 2100. (In

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to the US EPA, environmental justice is “ the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies ”. Baptiste, A., Martyr-Koller, R., World Health Organization.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

This year promises to be the ‘Year of Climate’ in international courts and tribunals with opinions slated to be coming down from the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and the International Court of Justice.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

On December 28, 2018, California adopted comprehensive amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines , which include a suite of provisions aimed at improving the analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change impacts in state environmental reviews. By Jessica Wentz. GHG Emissions Analysis.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

In just five years, from 2018 through 2022, wildfires scorched 38.3 Phillips, who has a doctorate degree in ecology from the University of Georgia, was a Kendall fellow at UCS from 2018 to 2020 and then a researcher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. million acres across the country.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

Each bill addresses emissions over roughly the same period—2000 to 2018 in Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York, and 2000 to 2019 in Vermont. No federal statutes explicitly preempt state Climate Superfund laws, and different U.S. In 2023, the Supreme Court of Hawaii held the opposite in City & County of Honolulu v.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The project, which is supported by Governor Newsom, seeks to safeguard California’s water supply against the challenges posed by climate change, sea-level rise, earthquakes, and extreme weather fluctuations. The Delta Conveyance Project is a proposal for a new 44.6

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

Many of these are related to climate change, for example, flood zones, sea-level rise, and storm surge based on hurricane categories. Number of days until power was restored after Hurricane María by Census Tract (between February and August 2018). Map provided by Dr Marcel Castro-Sitiriche.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 20, 2023

The horrible impacts of Matthew’s rainfall would soon be repeated by others, like Harvey (2017) and Florence (2018). Coastal flooding : Sea levels are rising as the ocean heats up and polar ice melts. Higher seas mean higher storm surge and more coastal flooding leading to coastal community and ecosystem damage.

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Law Columbia

JULY 14, 2021

Much of the existing energy infrastructure is in flood-prone areas or at risk of sea-level rise, storm surge and tsunamis. This is despite the fact that the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act allows for the use of funds for alternative technologies, such as on-site solar, plus storage that would keep the lights on at night.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. 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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

There is, in fact, substantial scientific evidence that there’s a strong link between global warming and heat waves and coastal flooding from sea-level rise,” I said. Its 2018 campaign to kill a federal income tax credit for electric vehicle buyers, trotting out the same phony argument it made against wind tax breaks.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In 2018, the Colombian Supreme Court. rejecting the claims brought by the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) that Exxon had violated the Martin Act, the strongest securities fraud law in the nation. These cases are based on state common law theories of public nuisance, trespass, negligence, failure to warn and other torts.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

However, detection and attribution methods can also be used to quantify the relationship between a specific GHG contribution and specific consequences of climate change, such as temperature and sea level rise. Less sea ice also means that bears must swim longer distances, which poses a drowning risk to young cubs.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. In ruling on the challenge to the 2018 rule, the D.C.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 145. 21-8001 (D.C.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The cities also have filed a motion to amend their complaints to withdraw federal common law public nuisance claims that they added after the district court denied remand.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

The costs of increased risks from natural hazards—wildfires, floods and sea level rise— are driving insurers away. An even bleaker picture exists in Florida , where a dozen insurance companies have abandoned homeowners. We should all expect—rather, demand —opportunities to provide meaningful input into a state climate action plan.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

FERC previously issued a Notice of Inquiry on the same topic in 2018. See Certification of New Interstate Natural Gas Facilities , 163 FERC ¶ 61,042 (2018) (2018 NOI).]] 5.903 billion MT CO 2 e in 2018); and (2) total emissions in the relevant state. ocean acidification, sea-level rise, or storm events).

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. First Circuit Certified State Law Preemption Questions in Case Challenging Local Ordinance Prohibiting Crude Oil Loading at Harbor. and non-U.S. 19-50178 (5th Cir.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The rule took effect on January 17, 2017; on June 15, 2017, BLM issued a notice of postponement of January 17, 2018 compliance dates.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

According to the nonpartisan National Association of Attorneys General, a state attorney general’s job is to represent the public interest—not private, special interests—by, among other things, “enforcing federal and state environmental laws.” When Moody ran for attorney general in 2018, she promised she wouldn’t politicize the office.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Million In Darby, Upland, Upper Providence Twps -- Western PA Conservancy Newsletter: Volunteers Plant Trees, Federal Infrastructure Law Great News, Fallingwater Winter Walks -- Dept. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4

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Legal Planet

JUNE 14, 2021

In 2018, for example, the American Association for the Advancement of Science ( AAAS ) noted that there was generous funding for “solar technology (including photovoltaics R&D), manufacturing programs, and vehicle technology (including battery tech, electrification, and advanced engines).

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