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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

The very first American trial of a youth climate lawsuit was hardly blockbuster Court TV, but we learned a lot from the proceedings. As I outlined here , Montana state law prohibits the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions or climate impacts–– inside and outside the state’s borders––when reviewing projects and approving permits.

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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Is a Blow to Stopping Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

is a serious blow to the EPA’s ability to fight climate change—and could have dangerous repercussions beyond this case. The timing of the decision feels especially harsh, as the nation is in the throes of the “ Danger Season ” for hazards such as heat waves, drought, wildfires and hurricanes, all worsened by climate change.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) 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. and non-U.S. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017).

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone.

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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

That includes 5 million deaths linked to breathing in the emissions of fossil fuels. The majority also seems utterly disinterested in the fact that a solid majority of people in this country want action on climate change and pollution. He wrote in 2022 that deference “deserves a tombstone no one can miss.”

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Protecting the Ocean Means Protecting Communities

Ocean Conservancy

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. Producing plastics is a dirty business.

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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Climate Change on the Docket.