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Replacing McConnell

Legal Planet

Still, he calls himself “a strong supporter of clean energy innovation, from wind power to biofuels” and reports that “83 percent of the electricity generated in my state of South Dakota came from renewable sources.” In 2021, Barrasso said, “We all believe climate change is real.

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New York State Environmental Regulator Issues Draft Plan to Achieve GHG Emissions-Reduction Goals

E2 Law Blog

By preparing and releasing the scoping plan outlining policy proposals to achieve the stated emissions reduction mandates, the Council has satisfied a critical obligation under the CLCPA and laid the foundation for state climate policy development.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE.

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

It's fundamental to the Earth sciences such as meteorology and is vital in our understanding of this generation's most pressing problem - climate change. Finally, physics can be used to calculate the amount of energy produced by the processing and burning of biofuel just as it has for fossil fuels. Climate Change Mitigation.