Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fossil fuel companies are well established as founts of disinformation , agents of obstruction, and drivers of climate change. Taken together, the need for governments to meaningfully regulate these super polluters has never been clearer. What role does science play in climate advisory opinions?

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Texas and a number of other states have passed laws banning what they call “boycotts of fossil fuel companies.” ” More precisely, they ban state investment or contracting with firms that “boycott” fossil fuel companies. It’s not clear which firms are supposed to go on the state’s blacklist.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

In order to steer investment toward environmentally sustainable activities, the European Union launched the Taxonomy Regulation framework to define activities deemed sustainable. Notably, in the same proposal, the Commission has also included screening criteria for gaseous fossil fuels.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Coal clearly does not have the same clout as oil and gas, either in domestic politics or international negotiations. Methane is at the top of the list of those gases, and reducing emissions will require a global effort to regulate methane emissions from coal mines as well as oil and gas operations. Fossil fuel subsidies.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The article quotes a range of economists and other climate policy experts to the effect that subsidies and regulations are superior to carbon pricing because they can address equity issues, and that they can move investment in decarbonization technology more quickly than carbon pricing. Politics is central in policy.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 2, 2023

That was his way as a political leader: working tirelessly and proactively to make connections and fight to ensure everyone had the right to a safe and healthy environment. The latter would invest in a just energy transition, funding job training programs in states that have historically depended on fossil fuel extraction.

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Inside Climate News

AUGUST 4, 2023

New research finds fracking-industry exemption for 28 chemicals otherwise regulated by federal law. By Jon Hurdle For almost 20 years, U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

UCS has laid out the reasons why mandatory and standardized climate disclosure will help communities, spur climate action, stabilize the financial system, and hold fossil fuel companies accountable. Impacts on People and Politics Not Addressed. The proposed SEC rule also fails to address political influence.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

The bench trial took place last month in the state capitol, Helena, where 16 youth plaintiffs ages 5 to 22 made the case that Montana’s unwavering promotion of fossil fuels violates the state constitution’s guarantee to a “clean and healthful environment.” The admission says a lot about political will.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2017

We know that burning fossil fuels is the main cause of anthropogenic climate change, and that climate change is the source of adverse impacts on communities and even regional and national economies. Instead, it has been to stem and confuse the flow of information about climate change to the public and political leaders.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign into law tomorrow. Even so, it is concerning that legislators included fossil gas in the definition of clean energy given the risk of continuing our reliance on fossil fuels and the impact of emissions from gas production, transportation, and combustion. What Still Needs to be Done?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In the study, we found that political power dynamics shape international negotiations, that the Paris Agreement temperature goal doesn’t fully account for the dangers of sea level rise, and that climate justice requires fully considering diverse views and experiences of climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. One critical tool for forcing that reckoning comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA decision, but it did not ground EPA.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 15, 2023

Is it simply a lack of political will? ( *side eye fossil fuel industry) You don’t have to look any further than the oil and gas lobbyists in government offices every day of the month crying wolf about how unfair and destabilizing climate policy would be to their profits. And these numbers are most likely an underestimate.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the State of California joined the State of New York in adopting legislation that allows state authorities to bypass local laws in permitting large-scale renewable energy projects. supersede any applicable statute, ordinance, or regulation of any state, local, or regional agency,” id. Law § 94-c(2)(h).

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Emissions trading systems are often launched with relatively lenient design features, typically justified as giving the system a chance to “learn-by-doing” and to gain political buy-in for approval of a program. – Continual reform to improve ambition, integrity, and buy-in. Most ETS have fallen on the prices-too-low side.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Haddock -- EPA/DOE Award DEP $44.4 Residents Concerned About Proposed Solar Energy Facility -- LehighValleyNews: With $4.6 Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb. 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN] -- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy Brings Wildlife Tracking, Tree Guardianship To Bristol Twp.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

These trends and projections show a very sobering energy future from an emissions perspective; an economy very much wedded to fossil fuels that completely disregards climate risks and agreed-upon climate targets and timelines. This year’s projections are a bit grim.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

THURSDAY 10:00: Independent Regulatory Review Commission meets to consider Final Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil and Gas Operations. WEDNESDAY 6:30: Ohio River Valley Institute Hosts Webinar On Policy Action In Response To The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment & Beyond. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

The world will need large amounts of lithium to reduce fossil fuel emissions drastically. Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile are all in complex political, social, and economic situations. Few cases can show more clearly how relevant political approaches, laws, and regulations are for the future of the people and the planet.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 1, 2022

On the cusp of these two regulatory programs, pushing broad sectors of the economy to the next frontier in innovation, SEC Climate Risk Rule is Transformative at a Cost and Maryland Resets its Trajectory with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Law , a quick 800 word refresher about GHG emissions makes an ideal blog post. emission trends.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. Civil law cases. In September 2017, in Sendai Citizens v.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The backdrop for these ambitions at EU level is the current work that is being conducted at the European Commission to complete a set of gas-related laws and regulations (so called gas package). Moreover, a list of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) for hydrogen shall be elaborated. This shall be concluded by 2021 at latest.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 28, 2023

The CLCPA requires regulations to be in place by the end of the year, making NYCI’s linkage policy particularly relevant now, as certain regulations must be aligned with other existing cap-and-trade programs in order for linkage to be logistically possible down the line. Unfortunately, no reforms of the cap have been made.

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Environment, Law, and History

MAY 12, 2022

Among other things, it demonstrates that environmental regulation is often driven politically by pressure from businesses that stand to profit from the regulation, a phenomenon we have also seen, for instance, in the history of the Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting substances.

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Ozone Politics Regulations 2022 91

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Maria Antonia Tigre, Global Climate Litigation Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. Notably, the Philippines Supreme Court has explicitly held the CHR’s jurisdiction is only limited to investigating civil and political rights (see Simon v. Introduction. However, this did not deter the Commission from moving forward.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gas prices: Without a cap, the flood of bio-based diesel into California will continue, requiring a rapid increase in stringency to stabilize LCFS credit markets, sending 2030 stringency from the 30 percent proposed in the regulation to 34.5 The lower stringency results in lower costs and reduced economic impact of the regulation.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward. Transparent country-specific regulations need to be put in place.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2022

The law will provide $379 billion in subsidies to clean energy in the form of direct payments and tax credits. The most recent report , from a Princeton research group, concludes that IRA would: cut annual emissions in 2030 by an additional ~1 billion metric tons below current policy (including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law).

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The CPP doesn’t fully disclose our holdings, it’s still investing billions of dollars in fossil fuels, and it doesn’t seem to have a credible climate plan. Professor, Faculty of Arts – Political Science Department, University of Alberta. A pdf copy of the letters, appendices and legal backgrounder can be found here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.

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Natural Gas Climate Change Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 96

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Million To Delaware Estuary Program, Including Support For Mussel Hatchery At Philadelphia's Bartram's Gardens [PaEN] -- Dept. Million To Delaware Estuary Program, Including Support For Mussel Hatchery At Philadelphia's Bartram's Gardens [PaEN] -- Dept.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In August, French regulators suspended thermal pollution standards for rivers, allowing nuclear plants to overheat streams. Legal scholars called the targeting of essential infrastructure a violation of international law. But bad economic, managerial, and political choices serve to sharpen the teeth and deepen the bite.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As I noted in my introductory post on the Commission, I served as an advisor to the Secretariat and my students in the UCLA International Climate Law and Policy Clinic provided research and analytic support to the Secretariat. It is thus consistent with large body of prior international law. So, what happens now?

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