Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
And fossil fuel power plants may not stick to their retirement schedules for a variety of reasons. But if plant owners actually do follow through on their retirement plans, there will be real, tangible public health and environmental benefits. A bit more on those reasons later. What can be done?
Legal Planet
AUGUST 15, 2023
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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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
New science has shown that the largest fossil fuel, dairy, and waste methane super-emitters contribute a sizeable fraction of the total methane emissions in the regions the study authors monitored. Corporate high emitters When a methane super-emitter is identified, the company or government who owns that site needs to take action.
Law Columbia
MAY 9, 2023
On Tuesday, May 9, the Sabin Center and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment launched Transferred Emissions are Still Emissions: Why Fossil Fuel Asset Sales Need Enhanced Transparency and Carbon Accounting. Corporate asset sales have long presented an environmental governance challenge.
Corp Watch
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 1, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency. First and foremost, despite some fossil fuel interests swinging for the fossil fuel-favored fences, the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. Now we have that decision in hand , and with it the dismal confirmation that indeed, another seismic shift has just occurred.
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Statement by Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – New analysis released today from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) demonstrates that the Government of Canada is still intent on providing massive subsidies to fossil fuel companies.
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