Acoel

AUGUST 14, 2023

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Steven Miano I recently had the opportunity to speak at a State University of New York (SUNY) conference for a group of exceptional primary and high school Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teachers. Efforts to advance alternative energy technologies (wind, solar, etc.), So what’s next?

Law

Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

The SEC has now signaled that it will finalize the proposed climate disclosure rules in October 2023. The proposal requires companies to report information related to “Scope 1” direct carbon emissions (think fuel use and greenhouse gases), “Scope 2” indirect carbon emissions (e.g.,

Carbon Emissions

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Issued on: 02/10/2023 - 14:20Modified: 02/10/2023 - 14:19 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the Clean Air Act, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9

2013

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the Clean Air Act, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9

2013

Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa Global Witness PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:39 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9

2013

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.

2013

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.

2013

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Globally, fine particulate pollution and ozone are tied to more than 8 million deaths each year according to a 2023 study in the British Medical Journal. That includes 5 million deaths linked to breathing in the emissions of fossil fuels. Then there is the 2023 ruling in Sackett v EPA.

Ozone

ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The plan requires the states to reduce their consumption by 500,000-acre feet in 2022 and 2023. IPBES is also seeking external reviewers of the draft deliverables for sections of the IPBES rolling work program up to 2030 and the workplans for IPBES task forces for the intersessional period 2022–2023. Comments are due Jan.

2021

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. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

Fossil Fuels

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. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

Fossil Fuels

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. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

In this opinion dealing with a fairly technical issue under the Clean Air Act, Justice Stevens strengthened judicial deference to administrative agencies. This case was a deviation from Scalia’s pattern: he voted to uphold EPA’s air quality standards. 1322 (2023) (Justice Alito). NRDC, 467 U.S.

Law

Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

In the year 2023, the U.S. still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. So, EPA and the states have a shared responsibility to regulate “existing sources” — primarily power plants— under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.

Clean Air Act

ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

Senate Releases FY 2023 Spending Bills. Spending bills for fiscal years FY 2022 and FY 2023 have fallen short of appropriating the amount included in similar authorizing legislation. The House and Senate had been negotiating a compromise between the America COMPETES Act and the Senate’s U.S. billion over the next five years.

2022

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The pact recognizes that world’s countries would need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 levels to limit warming to 1.5 Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by 2023. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

2021

ESA

JULY 18, 2022

House is expected to pass all fiscal year 2023 spending bills before the August recess. Court strikes down Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. The bill increases the authorized funding level for the Climate Adaptation Science Centers from $97 million in FY 2023 to $145 million in FY $145 million in FY 2027.

2022

ESA

JULY 1, 2022

The Supreme Court decision severely hinders the efforts of the United States to reduce emissions. Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. The Supreme Court will hear this case, which pertains to the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the definition of the Waters of the U.S.

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