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A Year After the Shell Ruling: Big Victories and Next Steps for Climate Litigation

Union of Concerned Scientists

Today marks one year since the precedent-setting court ruling in the Netherlands, which ordered Shell to cut its activities’ carbon emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels to align with the Paris climate agreement. In March, a first-of-its-kind case was announced against Shell’s board of directors.

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Disinformation Alert: Fossil Fuel Interests Preparing to Deploy False Claims about New EPA Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

These new protections will include updates to power plant standards on carbon emissions , mercury pollution , and toxic coal ash pollution , just to name a few. But in reality the proposed emission targets were achieved 11 years early in 2019—without the plan ever even taking effect. degrees Celsius.

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The huge carbon footprint of large-scale computing

Physics World

As the world grapples with the consequences of climate change, many scientists have begun to face up to the realities of their carbon emissions. A 2019 study ( Environ. This was almost three tonnes per scientist, or the average weekly emissions of the city of Edinburgh ( Nature 583 356 ). 10.1038/s41893-021-00823-2 ).

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

In 2019, the court dismissed almost all of the companies’ claims, except for a single defamation claim and a related claim under California’s Unfair Competition Law arising from allegations related to a single set of statements. argued that the agreements and related arrangements conflicted with and were an obstacle to U.S.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. 37-2019-00053964-CU-TT-CTL (Cal. 37-2019-00053679-CU-TT-CTL (Cal. Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C. Morena United v. filed Apr.

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Banking Against Science: Financial Institutions Continue to Fund Climate Destruction

Union of Concerned Scientists

Five years ago, the World Bank said it would end investments in oil and gas extraction by 2019. World Bank President David Malpass , appointed in 2019 by climate-denying President Trump, damaged that organization’s credibility even further this fall by refusing, in a public forum, to acknowledge that human activities cause climate change.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

A day after the court’s decision, BLM published a proposed rule to temporarily suspend or delay certain requirements until January 17, 2019. Challenge to Settlement in Utility Rate-Setting Case in New Mexico Cited Failure to Quantify Coal Plant’s Carbon Emission Risks. California v. Bureau of Land Management , Nos.

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