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Navigating the Intersection of Climate Change and the Law of the Sea: Exploring the ITLOS Advisory Opinion’s Substantive Content

Law Columbia

The Lost Link Between UNCLOS and Climate Change: Substantive Parts of the COSIS Advisory Opinion Questions In 2019, the IPCC put into evidence the importance of the oceans in the climate change regime. This effectively brought climate change to the realm of UNCLOS, which does not expressly deal with the issue.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

On October 1, 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied fossil fuel companies’ motion for a stay pending their appeal of the district court order remanding Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against the companies to state court. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

11] Part of the reason for inadequate in-state electricity supply in California last August was that state regulators had closed in-state baseload power plants. 13] California regulators in 2020 over-estimated the contribution they could reasonably expect from renewables. 52] And from 2010 to 2019, consumers from across the U.S.

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The global conversation about solar geoengineering just changed at the UN Environment Assembly. Here’s how.

Legal Planet

As in 2019, when the Swiss brought forward a similar draft, the proposals this year were dramatically watered down over a series of negotiations. In 2019 the US argued that any assessment should be located in the IPCC and not UNEP. A better regulated space could also help ensure wider involvement in research. Business as usual?

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Federal Court Denied Motions to Dismiss Challenges to 2019 Presidential Permit for Keystone XL. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. 1:19-cv-03018 (D.D.C.). Trump , No.

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