Carbon Emissions Law Politics Sea Level 
Legal Planet
JULY 28, 2022
billion to help communities deal with risks from heat waves, sea-level rise, and flooding. At other end of the country and the political spectrum, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill providing $640 billion to fund coastal resilience efforts. The bill includes $1.5 billion for forest and wildfire resilience; $5.2
Law and Environment
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
This is not a surprise, particularly after Governor Lamont’s statement that there is no political support for TCI in Connecticut. It is difficult to implement a region-wide program to reduce carbon emissions from transportation fuels when only one state in the region is prepared to do so. . That’s not a good long-term tradeoff.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
In contrast to civil, political, and economic rights, cultural rights have been side-lined and neglected in dialogues about climate policy and human rights. The foundational document of international human rights law is the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Many climate threats to intangible heritage have been identified.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
According to the nonpartisan National Association of Attorneys General, a state attorney general’s job is to represent the public interest—not private, special interests—by, among other things, “enforcing federal and state environmental laws.” The case ultimately wound up in the US Supreme Court, which, in its controversial West Virginia v.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. There is, in fact, substantial scientific evidence that there’s a strong link between global warming and heat waves and coastal flooding from sea-level rise,” I said.
Law and Environment
AUGUST 17, 2023
The proposal requires companies to report information related to “Scope 1” direct carbon emissions (think fuel use and greenhouse gases), “Scope 2” indirect carbon emissions (e.g., purchased energy and electricity), and for some companies to report on information related to “Scope 3” carbon emissions (i.e.,
Legal Planet
AUGUST 26, 2021
The same is true in environmental law. Was it a fundamental paradigm shift, re-centering the law on new values? With all this in mind, here are the cases that I see as making up the canon and anti-canons of environmental law. This gave EPA the power to impose limits on carbon emissions by vehicles and industry.
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