Enviromental Defense

JUNE 24, 2021

That was the timeline laid down by the most prestigious body of climate scientists for limiting warming to 1.5 What the IEA found was that the world should not invest in or approve new fossil fuel projects. And that fossil fuel production should shrink by 75 per cent by 2050 in order to limit warming to 1.5

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Legal Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

The world—and more specifically national governments, especially the richest nations and corporate interests—should concede that it is not feasible for us to make it on foot, but we still have lots of options to make it. limit: in preventing even worse outcomes of climate change and securing a liveable and sustainable future for all.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 7, 2023

By Prof Martin Siegert, University of Exeter (Cornwall) Image: Shutterstock.com 42 governments around the world have agreed to protect Antarctica’s environment. Prof Martin Siegert is an award-winning Antarctic glaciologist and climate scientist.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 11, 2023

A new report by Environmental Defence – Past Due: Tallying the costs of oil and gas clean up in Canada – finds that oil and gas companies’ profits could pay for the full cost of cleaning up the damage they have caused to the environment, but must be forced by governments to do so. How much profit will oil and gas companies generate?

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Humans everywhere are experiencing the impact of climate change. Yet, governments aren’t addressing the threat fast enough. Through the Lancaster County Community Climate Fund , RegenAll is launching an innovative pathway for Lancaster County to achieve carbon neutrality and slow the impacts of climate change on communities.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The ESA does not require more, and NMFS did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in concluding that the effects of global climate change on sea ice would endanger the Beringia DPS in the foreseeable future.” PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No. 451962/2016 (N.Y. Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirmed Dismissal of Divestment Action Against Harvard.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the United Kingdom, government leaders are hoping to solve two problems with one effort. The UK government has allocated 4 million pounds for a test run of the concept. According to Reuters, in late July scientists noted the third-largest loss of ice in Greenland in a single day. Transcript. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Less than a month after the UK handed over the presidency of COP26 to the Egyptian hosts of COP27 , the country had not only proudly claimed how quickly they had reduced their reliance on coal but also actively pushed other countries to move away from the most polluting fossil fuel, announced they granted permission to build a new coal mine. .

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Oil and natural gas operations are the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, a climate “super pollutant” that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today. Dr. Jessica Moerman. “As

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

The ideas of Thomas Malthus (center) were used by British governments to justify the Irish Famine, 1845-1848 (left) and Bengali Famine, 1943-1945 (right) before becoming the basis for 20th Century environmentalism. To be sure, there is much that Gleick and I agree upon. “We

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 126. Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court.

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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. The case, however, may not even get to trial. attorneys.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With announcements from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) growing bleaker by the year, climate change activism has become increasingly bold and desperate. [1] Accessed Online, October 24, 2022: [link] [4] Eduardo Medina, “Climate Activists Throw Mashed Potatoes on Monet Painting,” New York Times, October 23, 2022.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.”

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

The project is controversial due to its contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and its location on the North Slope of Alaska, which happens to be the largest undisturbed track of public land in the U.S. and an area that is highly sensitive to climate change.

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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. In particular, the court found that conclusion that greenhouse gas emissions constituted a significant impact was not clearly erroneous. Circuit’s partial vacatur in Mexichem Fluor, Inc. State , No.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

Here are 101 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Schuylkill County -- PA Solar Center Jan.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions. July 16, 2021); Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump , No. 4:19-00028 (D. July 30, 2021).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Don Ritter -- Post-Gazette: Canadian Nuclear Fuel Firm Buying Into Westinghouse Electric Co. Nuclear Power] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mawson Infrastructure Group To Sell Georgia Bitcoin Mining Facility And Focus On Beaver County Bitcoin Facility -- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Allowance Auction On Dec.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

It was a familiarly stark report card on the world’s progress on cutting emissions from the IPCC, which has been monitoring climate change since 1988. Despite the panel’s regular reports about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, between 1990 and 2019 global emissions rose 54 percent and they are still rising.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

LNG Exporters Emerge As Big Winners Of Europe Natural Gas Crisis; Price For LNG 10 Times Its Value A Year Ago -- The Guardian: ‘This Is A Fossil Fuel War’: Ukraine’s Top Climate Scientist Speaks Out -- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0;

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The SCC is a metric that seeks to capture all of the costs that emitting a ton of carbon dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane) imposes on society by contributing to climate change over the hundreds of years it remains in the atmosphere. 4:21-cv-00287-SPM (E.D. March 8, 2021).]]

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A few general resources: Sidelining Science Since Day One: How the Trump administration has harmed public health and safety in its first six months by The Union of Concerned Scientists I Heart Climate Scientists. . pulling out of the Paris climate deal may make China great again. And now the full list: . 2017.06.01.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The news: The White House Council on Environmental Quality proposed reversing Trump administration changes to the National Environmental Policy Act regulation, which carries implications for environmental reviews on everything from highway projects and fossil fuel lease sales to pipelines and electric transmission lines.

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