Environment, Law, and History

JANUARY 12, 2022

A recent post by Dan Farber at Legal Planet discussed the issue of when climate awareness began to enter American law. In "The Origins of Climate Awareness in the Legal Academy" , Farber writes: The earliest clear references to climate change that turned up in my search. were in 1978 articles about nuclear energy.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2023

By Claire Hemlett An increasing number of food brands are turning to climate labels to boost sales. In the face of research that meat and milk are high in greenhouse gas emissions , companies are angling for new ways to reach eco-conscious consumers. Photo credit: Sentient Media. percent per bottle by 2024. Whole Foods stores.

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Edouard Stenger

MARCH 20, 2017

There are still reasons to cheer in our fight against climate change. According to the respected International Energy Agency’s new report, global greenhouse gases emissions from energy remained flat in 2016 while the global economy grew by 3.1 Deforestation is one. But are there other factors for this ?

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. Meanwhile, the climate emergency has not gone away. This directly impacts human health and wealth.

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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). Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Before I make such a controversial claim, let’s get some facts straight… There is far too much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are already causing severe climate change, and the worst is yet to come. C global average temperature increase.

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Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

Climatology, or sometimes known as climate science, is the study of the Earth's weather patterns and the systems that cause them. Natural Variables That Influence Our Climate. They are usually predictable, but the increasing effects of climate change can sometimes push them back to a little later. What Climatology Is.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 1, 2023

We give lots of lip service describing climate change as an emergency or existential threat. According to the Climate Emergency Declaration Organization, 2336 jurisdictions around the world have declared it to be an emergency, but we are not really acting like it. There are many possible emergency actions.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As well as preserving the deserts that we have, it is also dedicated to ensuring that human activity such as climate change, agricultural practices, intensive resource use and other activity does not create deserts in other landscapes, ecosystems and biomes. Yet eremology is also the study of how deserts are formed. Desert Resources.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Unlike many other works of botany from that age and later, Sylva highlighted the growing problem of deforestation in England. Oceans and seas cover around 2/3 of our planet. It's a natural resource and an economic one; many problems blight our oceans today, not least of all overfishing and the dumping of waste.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Plaintiffs aim to hold the federal government accountable for worsening the dangers of climate change through increased reliance on fossil fuels and for breach of its fiduciary obligation to protect the atmosphere and oceans under the public trust doctrine. Win or lose, Juliana. In 2018, the Colombian Supreme Court. attorneys.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Generating and storing clean energy is a lifeline for the planet’s future; burning coal, oil, and gas fossil fuels causes 75% of greenhouse gas emissions. Nickel mines can cause deforestation and water and soil contamination, such as in Claver , Philippines. Source: Hans Olav Lien/Wikimedia Commons.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

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. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 149. With respect to climate change, the D.C.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

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. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 107. and non-U.S.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

There is one single thing you can give up that will help address climate change: voter apathy. Most Americans have real questions and concerns about climate change that should be engaged with on a day like today. Americans are most interested in learning about solutions to the climate crisis. Push that aside.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

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. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 147. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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ESA

MAY 9, 2022

White House Fact Sheet: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Strengthen America’s Forests, Boost Wildfire Resilience, and Combat Global Deforestation. This is an international agreement to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons that emit potent greenhouse gases. Blog post: Accounting for Nature on Earth Day 2022. NOAA – U.S.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

Panelists will share their experience at COP26 and together we will discuss what actions ESA members can take to help society mitigate and adapt to climate change in a just and equitable way. Government report on how climate change affects people and places in the United States. Global Change Research Program.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In this issue: Global Climate Talks Commence in Glasgow. Countries pledge to combat deforestation, cut methane emissions, transition away from coal and more. House Releases New Reconciliation Bill Text, Includes Funding for Climate Science. Global Climate Talks Commence in Glasgow.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Maryland State Senate Committee advances a bill to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $5.88 Climate Adaptation: Both the House Science Committee and the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis held committee hearings focused on climate adaptation.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

The initial list of societal challenges includes climate change and sustainability and inequitable access to education, opportunity or other services. The bill funds National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research at $776 million, a 20 percent increase. The Ocean Acidification Research Partnership Act ( H.R.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

NOAA: The House Science Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18, to consider Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK)’s draft legislation to take the National Oceanic Administration out of the Department of Commerce and make NOAA into an independent agency. Will He Pivot Toward Climate Action? –

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

NOAA: The House Science Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18, to consider Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK)’s draft legislation to take the National Oceanic Administration out of the Department of Commerce and make NOAA into an independent agency. Will He Pivot Toward Climate Action? –

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Proposed changes would require developers to more carefully consider how their projects contribute to climate change and pollution. California Governor vetoes tropical deforestation bill. During her confirmation hearing, Medina pledged to prioritize addressing biodiversity loss, ocean protection and space policy.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

The task force will also work to improve and increase adaptation and resilience to the impacts of climate change, address current and historic environmental injustice, protect public health and conserve Department-managed lands, according to the order. Mallory has vowed to address environmental justice and climate change in this role.

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