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Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Seaweed Cultivation: Legal Challenges and Opportunities

Law Columbia

Like terrestrial plants, seaweed uptakes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it grows and stores it in biomass. federal laws dealing specifically with seaweed cultivation, various general environmental and other laws could apply to projects. None of these laws expressly prohibit seaweed cultivation in U.S.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Sponsored Content.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. Jewell , No.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. RSVP for the meeting here.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

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. Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. and non-U.S.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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. Army Corps of Engineers’ motion to hold in abeyance a case challenging the Trump administration’s rules defining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.

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