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Countries failed to agree first steps on solar geoengineering at the UN. What went wrong?

Legal Planet

Back in 2019, at the last face-to-face Assembly, the Swiss proposed a resolution to assess the science and possible governance of ‘climate altering techniques’ aka geoengineering. No steps have been taken towards stronger governance of experiments and development of SRM. Where does this leave us?

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local GovernmentsClimate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chao , No.

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