Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

Atmosphere The gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth. The dry atmosphere consists almost entirely of nitrogen (78.1% The dry atmosphere consists almost entirely of nitrogen (78.1% In addition, the atmosphere contains water vapor, whose amount is highly variable but typically 1% volume mixing ratio.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted a season with above normal activity on its August 4 updated forecast , calling for 14-20 named storms. .” After all, we hardly had storms or hurricanes in the news for the past 3 months.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 31, 2021

fishermen or environmental justice groups) not only could delay progress on a new renewable energy source but also could derail discussions about maximizing benefits and minimizing harms associated with offshore wind development. Climate Change Scoping Plan. State Adaptation Strategy.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 20, 2023

How are the folks at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) helping with all this extreme weather? Coastal flooding : Sea levels are rising as the ocean heats up and polar ice melts. Higher seas mean higher storm surge and more coastal flooding leading to coastal community and ecosystem damage.

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

The new 100 MW Oruro solar plant is a boost to Bolivia’s energy transition, but there are obstacles to harnessing the radiation potential of its western highlands. Perched at 3,730 metres above sea level in the community of Ancotanga, the Oruro solar power plant is one of the flagship projects in Bolivia’s energy transition.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

We can protect coastal habitats, like mangroves and sea grasses, which can serve as critical tools to guard communities from intensifying storms while also safely storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. We need bold plans and execution at all levels of government to combat climate change. In the U.S.,

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

The greenhouse effect is a popular name for the earth’s warming effect which occurs naturally when gasses in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and prevent it from escaping back into space. Warmer temperatures will encourage the melting of glaciers, ice fields, summer Arctic sea ice, and permafrost, some of which may be irreversible.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

levels continue to increase faster than at any know. sea level rise. atmospheric CO2 levels. of competing energy sources, as part of NEPA’s no-action alternative. Since my 2012 “Fiddling as the World Floods and Burns” warnings, . cean acidity. n time in Earth’s past; . has accelerated with. analysis. .

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The SCC is a metric that seeks to capture all of the costs that emitting a ton of carbon dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane) imposes on society by contributing to climate change over the hundreds of years it remains in the atmosphere. The SCC then monetizes those impacts over time.

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Edouard Stenger

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It would halve the number of humans that will be exposed to water scarcity; prevent runaway sea level rise that could put many of the world’s islands under water and render uninhabitable the large delta and low-coastal regions that are home to two-thirds of the world’s population. The next one will take just five to six years.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

would still result in a rising sea levels, the bleaching of coral reefs, and an increase in heatwaves, droughts, floods, fiercer storms and other forms of extreme weather, but these would be far less than the extremes associated with a rise of 2C. They found a vast difference between the damage done by 1.5C An increase of 1.5C

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

On the merits, the court found that the respondents had taken the hard look required by SEQRA, rejecting arguments that they failed to consider (1) the New York State Energy Plan and its renewable energy target; (2) the pending solar project; (3) the impact on fossil fuel emissions; and (4) global climate change. California v.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

To invest massively in alternative and renewable energy potentially. It could be atmospheric, sulfur injections and that kind of stuff. And supply chain of that, because you obviously have a lot of waste that’s generated that you don’t want to be dumping back into the sea. To mitigate climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

They said, depending on how the proceeds of the final regulations are invested, it will not have a negative impact on jobs, but will be a job creator and energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives will reduce energy costs. In addition, last July, Sen. That was in 1969. So that was in 1971.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

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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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Second Circuit Rejected Challenges to Connecticut Renewable Energy Programs. Allco is an owner, operator, and developer of solar energy projects throughout the country, including in Georgia and New York. State Air Resources Board , No. S241948 (Cal. June 28, 2017). PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No. 451962/2016 (N.Y.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

National Audubon Society alleged that the rule “vastly expands potential sand mining projects in delicate coastal barriers” and further alleged that coastal barriers would become even more important due to climate change and were expected to mitigate $108 billion of sea level rise and flooding damages over the next 50 years.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The City also alleged that the companies engaged in a “greenwashing” campaign by creating misleading impressions of the role of renewable energy in the companies’ businesses and of their efforts to reduce their carbon footprints.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). It necessarily involves the relationships between the United States and all other nations. BP p.l.c. , 18-cv-182 (S.D.N.Y.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The federal district court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed for lack of standing a lawsuit against the EPA in which an individual pro se plaintiff asserted that EPA restrictions since 1990 on aerosols in the atmosphere had caused global warming. Delta Stewardship Council Cases , Nos.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , No. Center for Biological Diversity v. 1:17 -cv-02031 (D.D.C.,

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