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Montana “Youth Citizens” Win Landmark Climate Change Case Against State Government

Legal Planet

State of Montana, a Montana trial court ruled that the state Constitution’s guarantee of a healthy and clean environment prevails over Montana’s longstanding fossil-fuel-based state energy system. The court’s 103-page decision in Held v. The first legal challenge mounted by Our Children’s Trust was Juliana v.

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How Can We Build Transmission Infrastructure Responsibly?

Legal Planet

Modeling from Evolved Energy Research (where our panelist Jeremy Hargreaves is a principal) and Princeton University shows that reaching the IRA’s full potential for greenhouse-gas reductions will require transmission capacity to grow at a rate of about 2.3% per year—double last decade’s growth rate.

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FERC Proposes Reforms to Speed-Up Approval of Interstate Transmission Infrastructure

Law Columbia

greenhouse gas emissions by 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. will need to rapidly decarbonize its electricity generating system, replacing fossil fuel power plants with renewable energy systems. greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. That must change if the U.S. To get there, the U.S.

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