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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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Florida Governor DeSantis’ Head-In-The Sand Climate Change Policies

Legal Planet

Instead, the new legislation commits the state to continued reliance on fossil fuels in the future. The new state laws build on similarly wrong-headed fossil fuel-based policies that Governor DeSantis has embraced in recent years. And in 2022, Hurricane Ian caused over 140 deaths and $109.5 Petersburg, etc.–are

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Citing Resiliency and Sea Level Rise Concerns, Environmental Groups and California Challenged Negative Jurisdictional Determination for Redwood City Salt Ponds. FEATURED CASE.

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