Legal Planet

JULY 19, 2022

I wrote several blog posts about the idea of a climate emergency in 2019. In 2019, I was worried that using this precedent to fight climate change will require some real soul-searching. That would still allow some important actions that would help reduce carbon emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study. Writ large, transportation is responsible for 29 percent of US carbon emissions—more than any other sector—and car and truck emissions today represent 81 percent of the US transportation sector’s global warming pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Fossil fuel power plant owners are facing increased accountability for their air and water pollution, including from a new round of environmental and public health protections that are being rolled out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

Environmental groups say the ruling in Sackett v EPA is so sweeping, that the result may be even worse than when the Trump administration tried to gut the Clean Water Act in 2019. In this latest case, the high court didn’t even bother with narrow buffer zones. The evidence could not be clearer that the Earth really is quite sick.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

The Supreme Court sharply limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to slash carbon pollution from power plants. The justices told EPA that it can set carbon emissions standards based only on interventions at individual power plants. A dagger against environmental protection.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The committee followed up that hearing —during which the executives disingenuously denied funding such a campaign—with another hearing on February 8 focusing on the oil companies’ inadequate plans to cut their carbon emissions. By contrast, the second-largest funder of climate disinformation, ExxonMobil, spent $39.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

He was on to something And the lobsterman was correct: we can blame carbon emissions for ocean acidification and warming in the Gulf of Maine. The Maine Climate Council went to work in 2019 because of the significant climate impacts to the people in Maine as well as to the natural resources on which people depend.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2022

“This collaboration with Constellation is an exciting next step toward meeting our environmental goals of reaching 100% renewable purchased electricity by 2025 and reducing carbon emissions and energy use 75% by 2035.” Environmental Protection Agency. With an estimated capacity of 1.3

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. At issue in this case is whether and how the EPA can set standards for carbon emissions at power plants.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In its strategic plan, “Working Together,” EPA even explains that environmental protection is a shared responsibility among the states, tribes, and the federal government. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration has committed the US to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. The Oil Spills of Ogoniland Amelia Collins | The Ecologist | May 17, 2019 Oil still contaminates the Niger Delta, over two decades after Shell was first called out for its destruction of the land.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Senators requested an IFO review after the Department of Environmental Protection refused an invitation to testify before the before the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, of which Sen. And zero carbon emissions will be removed from the atmosphere. per short ton.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. The Oil Spills of Ogoniland Amelia Collins | The Ecologist | May 17, 2019 Oil still contaminates the Niger Delta, over two decades after Shell was first called out for its destruction of the land.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. The Oil Spills of Ogoniland Amelia Collins | The Ecologist | May 17, 2019 Oil still contaminates the Niger Delta, over two decades after Shell was first called out for its destruction of the land.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. The Oil Spills of Ogoniland Amelia Collins | The Ecologist | May 17, 2019 Oil still contaminates the Niger Delta, over two decades after Shell was first called out for its destruction of the land.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. The Oil Spills of Ogoniland Amelia Collins | The Ecologist | May 17, 2019 Oil still contaminates the Niger Delta, over two decades after Shell was first called out for its destruction of the land.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. The Oil Spills of Ogoniland Amelia Collins | The Ecologist | May 17, 2019 Oil still contaminates the Niger Delta, over two decades after Shell was first called out for its destruction of the land.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. The Oil Spills of Ogoniland Amelia Collins | The Ecologist | May 17, 2019 Oil still contaminates the Niger Delta, over two decades after Shell was first called out for its destruction of the land.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

In fact, natural gas operators have supported significant fee increases to fund additional oversight by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), transparently disclosed chemical use prior to it becoming law, adhered to stricter setback requirements, and pioneered innovative water recycling and reuse practices, to name a few.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

My name is Michael Shellenberger, and I am Founder and President of Environmental Progress, an independent and nonprofit research organization. [1] American farmers are world leaders in innovation, productivity, and environmental protection. In 2019 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change warned that warming of 1.5

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The post further explores the potential implications of this clarification for climate litigation, while highlighting the key provisions that underscore the responsibilities of states in safeguarding children’s rights within the ever-evolving environmental landscape. Background Sacchi et al. Argentina et al.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The National Development and Reform Commission’s Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection said in a statement that energy intensity increased 9.5% between 2016 and 2019, and total energy consumption also rose far more than permitted by the 13th FYP targets. If it benefits, it has to help cut carbon.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On October 3, 2019, Gov. Wolf issued an executive order directing DEP, under its existing statutory authority, to prepare a proposed regulation establishing a Carbon Pollution Reduction Program for power plants compatible with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Royal Dutch Shell plc to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030, relative to 2019, across all activities, including its subsidiaries and both its own emissions and end-use emissions (Scope 1, 2 and 3). Perhaps the most significant decision in climate litigation in 2021 came from the Netherlands.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

“There's also a low methane rating, which is really designed to evaluate methane emissions on operations, both at a site and a facility level. Methane, the largest component of natural gas, traps up to 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Applegate noted the U.S. Read more here - supplemental EPA rule.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

United Nations General Debate – New York, September 24, 2019. During his United Nations (“UN”) Speech, Brazil President Bolsonaro made clear his government’s commitment to environmental protection and sustainable development to benefit Brazil and the world. President Bolsonaro at opening of the 74. solemn commitment.”

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Their quest has just received a jolt of legitimacy from President Joe Biden’s massive climate plan, which calls on a greater nationwide effort to capture, store and re-use carbon dioxide. In the battle to slow global warming, carbon dioxide is the chief target. from 1990–2019. Studies by the U.S. Pennsylvania is banking on it.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

She was appointed by the outgoing government of Sebastián Piñera as a coordinator of the scientific advisory committee for COP25, which was originally due to be hosted in Chile in 2019. In January of this year alone, 160 GWh were “lost”, more than the total registered in all of 2019.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Oil giant Total is being sued by cities and NGOs for not fighting climate change hard enough Francois de Beaupuy | Fortune | January 28, 2020 Oil giant Total SA is being sued by 14 local governments and a handful of non-governmental organizations in France for not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions and fight global warming.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

1 Comment / March 2, 2021 Navajo Generating Station shut down in 2019 and is now being dismantled. Indigenous groups across the continents put themselves at the front lines of environmental protection, often at great personal and community risk. What Happens with the Colorado River Water It Used? Brett Walton. Laura Gersony.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

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. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee, offered remarks at the end of the hearing.

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