Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Acoel

JUNE 30, 2021

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Heidi B. Environmental counsel must be strategic and look at holistic risk and opportunity rather than just interpret existing regulations relating to the Clean Air Act or RCRA. As new facilities are built or lines expanded, is the GHG emission and climate change impact considered up-front?

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

million for PFAS clean-up. It also directs the Department of Defense to ensure that its core processes fully consider and make adjustments to account for climate change and ensure the climate resilience of DoD assets. House votes to ‘disapprove’ of entering Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, defying Gov.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 3, 2018

The SAFE Vehicle Rule proposes changes to EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions standards and DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light duty vehicles in model years (MY) 2021 through 2025. The rule will substantially increase vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. borders.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

These state-level “Climate Superfund” bills are modeled on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which imposes liability on multiple parties, including the generators of waste, for the cleanup of contaminated sites.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

"Natural gas pipelines are ubiquitous in our neighborhoods, cities, parks and rural communities and pipeline leaks are both safety risks, and a source of methane pollution that accelerates climate change,” said Erin Murphy, Senior Attorney for Environmental Defense Fund.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) is a regional blueprint prepared by the SCAQMD for achieving the standards. One of the most significant air quality challenges in the Basin is reducing emissions of the ozone precursor nitrogen oxides (NO x ) to meet the ozone standard attainment deadlines.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

More plastic means more pollution—for the climate, coastal communities and our ocean. billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions into our atmosphere—the equivalent of 300 coal-fired power plants—and these facilities are sited in predominantly low-income communities and communities of color. redlining.)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

greenhouse gas emissions, more than the electric power sector. EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. I’m an appellate litigator with a focus on climate and Clean Air Act cases.

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MGKF Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

On February 22, 2021, the D.C. Circuit granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) motion to stay the vacatur of the Trump administration’s Clean Power Plan Repeal Rule until EPA conducts further rulemaking on the issue in the case of American Lung Association v. 19-1140 (D.C.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 149. With respect to climate change, the D.C.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 25, 2022

EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Our client is Tom Jorling, a former Senate staffer and EPA official who was directly involved in drafting the Act in 1970. (We

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Columbia Climate Law

AUGUST 26, 2020

Since January 2017, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University has been tracking the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to rewrite federal climate change policy and deconstruct climate governance. The White House, Washington, D.C. Source: Cezary P , Creative Commons.

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Columbia Climate Law

APRIL 1, 2020

The COVID-19 policy defines “routine requirements” to include those imposed by EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), under which approximately 9,000 entities are required to report annually on their greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (Inventory).

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 145. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 146. May 17, 2021). May 24, 2021).

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 148. July 15, 2021). and non-U.S.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. In 2021 the Biden Administration reversed the Trump-era rollbacks and instituted the strictest-ever vehicle GHG emissions standards in a move aimed at preventing 3.1

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The New York Times reported last week that the Biden administration is preparing to restore California’s waiver to set greenhouse gas auto emissions standards stricter than the federal government’s rules. Nichols Campus in Riverside in December 2021. It’s the latest episode in a regulatory saga stretching back to the George W.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on April 26, 2021 that it is formally reconsidering the Trump Administration’s withdrawal of a waiver of preemption that previously allowed California to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cars and light trucks.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The updates, which supplement proposed standards EPA released in November 2021, reflect input and feedback from a broad range of stakeholders and nearly half a million public comments. can take in the short term to slow the rate of climate change. can take in the short term to slow the rate of climate change.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 30, 2021

If there was any question that the judiciary was a coequal and political branch of government, last Friday after President Biden was wheels up to attend the COP26 Glasgow climate conference, the Supreme Court agreed to review the Environmental Protections Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

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ESA

JANUARY 18, 2022

Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. Pennsylvania governor vetoes measure stopping the state from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. 20-21 to discuss measuring and monitoring greenhouse gases and accelerating innovation in energy technologies.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 147. June 15, 2021). June 16, 2021).

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Law Columbia

APRIL 23, 2021

On April 1, 2021, a unanimous Second Circuit panel dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York City against a handful of fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change harms under state public nuisance and trespass law. As my collaborators and I argue in our book, these criteria are satisfied in the case of climate change.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

In rejecting EPA’s plan to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, the Court stated that “agency decisions of vast economic and political significance” (i.e., those that pose “major questions”) must be made “pursuant to a clear delegation” from Congress.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Remaining Spending Bills for FY 2021. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology holds second meeting of the administration, focused on climate, energy and the environment. White House to roll out ‘climate framework.’ by Jean Chemnick, E&E News, 10/21/2021.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Global Climate Talks Commence in Glasgow. World leaders, diplomats and members of civic society from across the world convened in Glasgow, Scotland for the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), Oct. NOAA also received $20 for climate change education activities.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

Please join ESA in sharing lessons learned from the 2021 United Nations Conference of the Parties Meeting (also known as COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, and actions we can take going forward as a professional society Jan. Government report on how climate change affects people and places in the United States. 27 at 11:00am eastern.

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

Kapnick most recently worked as a senior climate scientist and sustainability strategist for asset and wealth management at J.P. Morgan and was a deputy division leader at NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory until 2021. Ninth Circuit denies oil giants’ appeal in climate change lawsuit – Courthouse News.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In this issue: White House revisiting Trump-era NEPA rule to consider all climate impacts. Proposed changes would require developers to more carefully consider how their projects contribute to climate change and pollution. Landscape ecologist Lisa Schulte Moore receives 2021 MacArthur fellowship. Executive Branch.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. UN seeks input about possible topics for the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue. Research Policy: The House leadership unveiled the America COMPETES Act ( H.R. Innovation and Competition Act ( S. 1260 ), which passed the full Senate during summer 2021.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

’s delegation of federal Clean Air Act (CAA) authority for California to adopt regulations limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles and mandating the state’s steady transition from sales of conventional cars and light trucks to electric vehicles. EPA decision.)

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