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Deciphering the ‘SPM AR6 WG1’ code

Real Climate

There is no doubt that we have changed Earth’s climate through our activities on a broad range of aspects that includes consequences for the atmosphere, the oceans, snow, ice, Earth’s fauna and ecosystems. The cause of our changing climate is the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations that we have released into the air.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Rhode Island Federal Court Denied Motion to Stay Remand Order in Rhode Island’s Climate Change Case. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

The forest product company had alleged that Greenpeace’s campaign labeling the company a “Forest Destroyer” and a major contributor to climate change was “malicious, false, misleading, and without any reasonable factual basis.” Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Incorporated v. Delta Stewardship Council Cases , Nos.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Said EPA Endangered Species Determinations for 2019 Renewable Fuel Rule Were Arbitrary and Capricious. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2019 rule setting renewable fuel volumes in the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard Program. Mayorkas , No. 20-55777 (9th Cir. July 19, 2021). July 16, 2021).

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Senate Committees Hear Familiar Pro/Con Comments On Economic, Environmental Impacts Of EQB’s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants - RGGI

PA Environment Daily

Republicans said the final regulations will increase the cost of electricity for individuals and businesses, have a negative impact on jobs and will not significantly reduce carbon pollution. RGGI was a bad idea in 2019, and in 2022, it is potentially a tragic idea. Read more here. Here are the opening remarks-- Sen. Read more here. **The

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Identifying the Means to an End: The Role of the Social Cost of Carbon

Arnold Porter

The SCC is a metric that seeks to capture all of the costs that emitting a ton of carbon dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane) imposes on society by contributing to climate change over the hundreds of years it remains in the atmosphere. 2019); Birckhead v. 2019); Sierra Club v.