A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. Enhanced coal production Despite the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement, which committed the countries of the world to lower carbon emissions, India has seen no need to reduce coal use.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Paris Agreement 2030 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

These companies talk out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to climate polic y—many claiming to support the Paris agreement, while simultaneously funding business groups to lobby against policies to implement and enforce national commitments.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Paris Agreement 322

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act : Known as CERCLA, this 1980 Act set to handle a growing problem of abandoned areas of the built environment that held and handled hazardous waste. Sponsored Content. 10 years later, the act was modified to include toxic pollutants and funded sewage.

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Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

First, the court said the cities’ novel theories of liability based on the defendants’ sales of their product did not differentiate their claims from earlier transboundary pollution suits in which the Supreme Court ( American Electric Power Co. Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

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2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change 2017 40

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

According to CEI, “The Clean Power Plan represents an EPA power grab over state electricity policies through an implausible interpretation of a minor provision in the Clean Air Act for a purpose that Congress never intended.”. [15]. Additionally, under attack is the carbon pollution standard rule.

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2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Clean Air Act 40