Law Columbia

APRIL 4, 2024

In the Netherlands and Belgium, the courts found that the relevant government(s) had a duty of care under national law and the European Convention of Human Rights to ensure that emissions reduction targets were sufficient for each country to do ‘its part’ to hold global warming below dangerous levels, in line with best available science.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2023

Trials I recently returned to the Union of Concerned Scientists as the Wester States Regional Director. Previously, I was a Senior Climate Scientist, and as such I was part of an effort to address unregulated groundwater mining in California through the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (or SGMA). The final verdict?

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

As I outlined here , Montana state law prohibits the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions or climate impacts–– inside and outside the state’s borders––when reviewing projects and approving permits. This now-infamous climate prohibition has been called a “limitation” on the Montana Environmental Policy Act, or MEPA.

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Environmental Law Prof Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Our climate scientists are facing unprecedented levels of stress and depression. Our children are scared and anxious. The future appears a dark and scary place. Sometimes, it seems like the only sensible engaged response is to pour all energy and.

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Breezometer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

James Thornton is the CEO of ClientEarth , an environmental law firm consisting of over 200 people, and provides a unique vantage point on environmental threats. Dedicated to using the law to facilitate systemic change, ClientEarth works in over 50 countries and takes on all sorts of environmental challenges.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

That confirms that extreme rainfall is increasing – as predicted by elementary physics as well as climate models. The authors have clearly swallowed a great mouthful of the toxic brew found on climate denial websites. But even first-term physics is completely ignored in the Statistics Norway paper.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2022

However, in an effort to offer some positives, the IPCC , which represents the world’s best climate scientists, said we have seen evidence of accelerating action against climate change. They pointed to the fact that since 2010 the cost of solar, wind and battery technology has decreased by up to 85%.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The subsequent rise of attribution science has been able to prove the direct correlation between climate change and specific disasters like drought, wildfires, and extreme heat. Climate scientists at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) even have linked disasters to individual companies , some of which are state-owned like Saudi Aramco.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The Sabin Center co-hosted a consultation on the rights of children and climate change to inform GC26 with Terre des Hommes and Child Rights Connect in February 2022. Climate change litigation was a central subject of the consultation, significantly influencing the content and structure of the General Comment.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

If you’re not a climate scientist—and maybe even if you are—reading news headlines this month has been confounding and a little scary. “In Climate Threshold ,” was the version at Forbes. In First, Earth’s Temperature Breached Key Threshold Over a 12 Month Period ” is how the Wall Street Journal put it.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Presumably Dagsvik and Moen are used to this kind of model, but they seem to be inexperienced with the models used for weather and climate, which on the other hand are based on the laws of physics. The note can also be interpreted as an insult because it suggests that we climate scientists do not know our subject.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

And the users don’t know exactly how to choose between the whole available dataset or a selection of a small number of climate model results. Climate scientists are still thinking about how to extract useful information, which can be interpreted as useful messages that decision-makers can act upon.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Government is failing to enforce existing laws meant to protect people and the environment in the oil sands . So , before developing new regulations that cater to industry’s desires, the Federal government should enforce its existing laws. . There are other solutions.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 18, 2023

These young Montanans assert that, by supporting a fossil fuel driven energy system that causes and contributes to the climate crisis, Montana is violating their explicit constitutional rights to a “clean and healthful environment”; to seek safety, health, and happiness; and to individual dignity and equal protection of the law.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Wolf Signs Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies Into Law For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards York Dispatch Editorial: Energy Companies Are Reporting Record Profits, PA Lawmakers Don’t Need To Give Them More Tax Breaks Gov. 15 DEP Hosts Dec. 15 DEP Hosts Dec.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In the first few months, he will have to implement a new law on climate change, reform the law governing water use and tackle a mega-drought so severe that it has even cast doubt on the country’s commitment to close its coal-fired power plants.

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Acoel

AUGUST 25, 2021

Due to climate change, that drought has been getting progressively worse: warmer winters lead to less precipitation, and hotter summers cause drier conditions, creating a vicious, downward cycle of heat and drought. Climate scientists warn that longer and more intense Western droughts are not an aberration—they’re the “new normal.”.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

But, Michael Mann is a well known climate scientist whose research in studying the “paleoclimate,” or ancient climate, has featured prominently in the politically charged debate about climate change. This is not the way modern science should be done by scientists. Unfortunately, this decade plus long case (.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 19, 2019

These air strikes occurred as a result of terrorist attack on a security convoy in the Pulwama district, which killed 40 Indian law enforcement officials on February 14. Ahmad is an Associate Professor of Law at Barry University School of Law. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. appeared first on. appeared first on.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In the long term, though, this very well-designed law puts us on a path to much cheaper, stable-priced energy that will put a huge, continual brake on inflation. Mann, Climate Scientist & Author, At The Water's Edge Gala On Nov. In the short term, they are probably correct.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We don’t need Taylor Swift to “fall in love with a climate scientist,” we just wish she’d write a song about the climate crisis. When the breathless coverage of her relationship with Travis Kelce first boosted ratings for NFL football, some suggested Swift should use her star power for good by “dating a climate scientist.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

Since that 2014 study, which laid the foundation of what is called climate source attribution science , UCS scientists have collaborated with Heede on two other studies that pinpointed the major carbon producers’ culpability for specific climate change-related trends. But we can do a lot to reduce the risks to communities.

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JANZEN AG

APRIL 19, 2022

Midwestern farms are learning they are sitting on an untapped resource to meet climate change goals, namely, millions of acres of farmland that have always been farmed to maximize production. Most people still refer to lessors and lessees as “landlords” and “tenants,” borrowing language from feudal England.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Tillerson, meanwhile, dismissed the Paris climate agreement goal of keeping global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels (and striving to limit it to 1.5 Climate scientists, that’s who. degrees C) as “something magical.” is not good enough?”

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 16, 2022

I went from a chemical engineering background to getting a law degree to drive real world transformation that links civil and human rights with the environment. I initially practiced law at a firm in New York City. We cannot solve these problems with a myopic view of what climate and environment looks like.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

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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Real Climate

JULY 25, 2021

The good news is that there are some initiatives on climate change adaptation which involve climate scientists such as the Infrastructure and Climate Network ( ICNet Global ). Such professional debates should include climate scientists, the adaptation community, and prac titioners.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In a groundbreaking step signed into law in the US, tax credits worth $430 billion have been set aside for carbon sequestration projects. A Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. Photo credit: Reuters / Todd Korol. By Anders Lorenzen.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The emissions from the burning of coal such as steel and power plants are the single biggest contributor to climate change. Climate scientists say that weaning countries off coal is vital to achieving global climate targets which are already weak and will need to be strengthened in coming years if we are to stay below the 1.5

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Physics World

APRIL 22, 2021

C above the average,” says the report’s lead author Freja Vamborg , a climate scientist at Copernicus. Despite localized temporary reductions in air pollution , the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have had minimal impact on climate trends. “We The Arctic really saw quite a spectacular year. Freja Vamborg.

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A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2022

.” President Biden responded to the ruling with disappointment, but a determination to keep moving on with his climate agenda : “I will not relent in using my lawful authorities to protect public health and tackle the climate crisis.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2024

Representative Paul Tonko—who last year reintroduced the Scientific Integrity Act to codify into law requirements for agencies to adopt and enforce scientific integrity policies— wrote to EPA commending the “substantial step forward” that the policy represents and making recommendations to improve it. What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

With all the subtlety of a jackhammer, he asserted, “Until the latter part of the 20th century, there was no support in American law for a constitutional right to obtain an abortion. In his draft ruling, Alito conferred credibility and salience to British anti-abortion laws of the 17 th and 13 th centuries. Broader implications.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

East, Gulf Coasts -- The Guardian: ‘Tornado Alley’ Is Shifting Farther Into Eastern U.S.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

the Foraker Act , the Jones-Shafroth Act , the Jones Act , the Federal Relations Act , the PROMESA law) and judicial decisions (e.g., Edil is both a climate scientist and environmental attorney working to advance decolonization for Puerto Rico and achieve environmental justice for Puerto Ricans. SCOTUS’ Puerto Rico v.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

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 # 126. and non-U.S. Jewell , No. 16-CV-1932 (D.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2022

Mann, Climate Scientist & Author, With 2022 Stroud Award For Freshwater Excellence Pennsylvania Eligible To Apply For Its 2nd $244.9 Steele, Executive Director Evangelical Environmental Network Urges Communities To Educate Themselves On Dangers Of Ethylene Oxide Emissions; 2 PA Communities Affected; Aug.

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