Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

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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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

United Nations General Debate – New York, September 24, 2019. by world leaders regarding the Bolsonaro administration’s inaction to prevent or stop the burning of the Amazon rainforest—. These criticisms arose over a concern for conserving the Amazon’s carbon sequestration potential and its abundant biodiversity. contributing.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While the CRC rejected the youth petitioners’ claim as inadmissible, it found that each State has duties to address climate harm outside its own territory, and therefore can be held responsible for the negative impact of its carbon emissions on the rights of children within and outside its territory. In Future Generations v.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Federal Court Denied Motions to Dismiss Challenges to 2019 Presidential Permit for Keystone XL. The federal district court for the District of Montana denied motions to dismiss and for a preliminary injunction in litigation challenging a presidential permit issued in 2019 for a cross-border segment of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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