Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No. 5:14 -cv-39 (N.D.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). In pesticide use, it's the substance that kills or repels pests.

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Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

Much of the discussion of climatology in public discourse concerns anthropogenic climate change - the contribution of human activity to such events as carbon particles, greenhouse gases, and their effects such as the Greenhouse Effect and coral bleaching. As atmospheric particles increase, so does air density.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Clean Power Plan was based on section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. There’s been a lot of discussion among academics and advocates about instead using section 115 of the Clean Air Act as a basis for carbon regulations. EPA might well get substantial reductions in carbon emissions this way.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2024

On May 8, the PJM Interconnection issued a statement on the US Environmental Protection Agency's final rule setting New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and its potential impact on electric grid reliability. The present gas pipeline system is largely fully subscribed.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The case is a challenge by the coal industry and coal states to EPA’s power to limit carbon emissions by power plants. A: In practical terms, the question is what EPA can do to reduce carbon emissions from the power industry. Here’s what to look for today. Q: What is the case about? Download as PDF.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to adequately analyze the climate change and environmental justice impacts of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on the Brownsville Shipping Channel in Texas and two pipelines that would carry LNG to one of the terminals.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. The court also found that denial of the permit application based on State Environmental Policy Act substantive authority was not clearly erroneous. Circuit’s partial vacatur in Mexichem Fluor, Inc.

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Legal Planet

MAY 24, 2022

The Clean Power Plan has no practical significance today: the deadlines in the Plan have long since passed, and the U.S. The Trump Administration said that the second two prongs, involving shifts away from coal and toward renewables, went beyond EPA’s powers under the Clean Air Act.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Ninth Circuit Said Biden Action Mooted Case Challenging Trump Revocation of Withdrawal of Oceans Lands from Oil and Gas Leasing.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Army Corps of Engineers acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it concluded that the overall project was not a “major federal action” pursuant to NEPA. The court ruled that the plaintiffs were precluded from raising this argument because they did not raise greenhouse gas issues during the administrative process. Sierra Club v.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Washington Supreme Court Invalidated Regulation of Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D. C076888 (Cal.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Assessing cumulative impacts means agencies would analyze the ramifications for climate change by weighing how many greenhouse gases projects and decisions unleash at the end of the value chain. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Oct. EPA – Meeting of Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (Oct.

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