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No 3rd Runway at Vienna Airport Because Adverse Climate Impacts Outweigh Short-term Economic Benefits: Austrian Court (Updated)

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and 2.02% by 2025. Environmental protection is a right embodied in Austria’s constitution, in the constitution of the region of Lower Austria, and in the EU’s Human Rights Charter. After reviewing several estimates, the court concluded that a third runway would increase Austria’s annual CO2 emissions by between 1.79

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

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The petitioner in this case requests that the NPCC be updated according to the best available science and the IPCC’s sixth assessment report ( Climate Change 2021 ) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by the Brazilian government consistent with a 1.5 To align itself with the Paris Agreement, Brazil should actually increase its ambition.

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States Filling the Void on Climate Change

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12, 2015, 195 countries signed the historic Paris Agreement creating a firm foundation for meaningful action on climate change through. The agreement, which entered into force on Nov. stated, “The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created.”.

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Fuel Efficiency Standards Trumped?

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of total United States greenhouse gas emissions, with passenger cars and light-duty trucks being the largest source. of the Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to address this through emissions standards for air pollution from cars and trucks. Paris Agreement. Transportation accounts for.

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Climate Reregulation: Three Months In

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Additionally, the executive order articulated a new federal policy of listening to science , prioritizing environmental justice, improving public health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and bolstering climate resilience. On Inauguration Day, the United States also began the process of rejoining the Paris Agreement.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. Chao , No.

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Election 2024: Climate Action vs. Radical Deregulation

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Radical right-wing policy strategists already have an elaborate battle plan for a second Trump administration and it includes a scorched-earth approach to dismantling environmental protections and climate policies. This latest document is dripping with disdain for federal bureaucracies, especially environmental regulators.

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