Legal Planet
AUGUST 7, 2023
Many of the claims are based at least in part on allegations of misrepresentations by the companies regarding climate science in order to promote their sales of fossil fuels. The other argument is that the Clean Air Act itself eliminates state lawsuits for interstate pollution.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 25, 2017
We know that burning fossil fuels is the main cause of anthropogenic climate change, and that climate change is the source of adverse impacts on communities and even regional and national economies. by Justin Gundlach. These points are largely undisputed. Peter Frumhoff led off, presenting two key points.
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Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Local actors seek climate change damages from the biggest fossil fuel companies through state law litigation. It also leaves untouched the litigation that has been bubbling up in state courts against the fossil fuel industry. In the wake of West Virginia v.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 31, 2022
The database does not include six Congressional references to sea level rise (such as in appropriations to the Department of Defense to help preparing military bases) that did not explicitly mention climate change. That approach would have required a shift from coal to energy sources that emit less carbon dioxide.
Law Columbia
MARCH 14, 2024
In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.
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.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. Mineral resource sustainability : Minerals are precious metals, sold and liquid fossil fuels such as oil and coal, are resources that require licensing and protection for proper management.
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