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U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field

Legal Planet

Climate change under other federal statutes. Climate change as substantial impact requiring discussion in environmental impact statement. Climate change as reason for threatened or endangered status under Endangered Species Act. SEC rules on disclosure of climate-related risks.

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The Willow Project Heads to Court: Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiffs Challenging BLM’s Approval of the Project

Law Columbia

The project is controversial due to both its location and its climate impacts. and an area that is highly sensitive to climate change due to the Arctic environment. climate commitments and Biden’s campaign promise to end oil and gas leasing on public lands. C and approximately equal to the remaining budget for 2.0°C.

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Protecting Marine Mammals Through New Technology

Ocean Conservancy

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a critical law that protects our country’s most imperiled species on land and at sea. or And the fossil fuel industry has more than 3,500 structures used for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico alone.

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Climate Attribution and the Willow Project: Federal Obligations to Evaluate the Effects of Fossil Fuel Leasing on Endangered Species

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center submitted an amicus brief supporting this claim and explaining how climate change attribution and detection research can be used to assess the effect of project-level emissions on sea ice declines within the habitat ranges of these species. Decision at 101-102.)

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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. and non-U.S. Here are the additions to the U.S.

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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

Law Columbia

However, because these stumbling blocks arose out of water quality issues that are specific to fossil fuel pipelines, they are unlikely to affect electricity transmission. Three pipelines have recently suffered legal blows: the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Keystone XL, and the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

That includes 5 million deaths linked to breathing in the emissions of fossil fuels. The majority also seems utterly disinterested in the fact that a solid majority of people in this country want action on climate change and pollution. I cannot think of many things more frightening.”

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