Legal Planet
AUGUST 18, 2022
Production and combustion of fossil fuels imposes enormous costs on society, which the industry doesn’t pay for. The closest we’ve ever come to a carbon tax is a limited fee on methane emissions under the new IRA law. A more promising alternative might be a clean-up tax on the fossil fuel industry.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 24, 2023
In an important win for climate accountability in the United States, the US Supreme Court decided that lawsuits filed in Colorado, Maryland, California, Hawai’i, and Rhode Island against fossil fuel companies including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, Suncor, and others will remain in state courts.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 12, 2023
Three decades of deregulation allowed private companies, as opposed to public regulators, to make critical decisions about reliability. In many places state and federal utility regulators delegated decisions about energy supplies to the market. These changes have dramatically reduced the amount of fossils fuels burned for energy.
Law and Environment
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
and Canada, did not violate the Equal Protection or Due Process clauses of the Constitution, and did not run afoul of state law. ( So add this to the growing list of decisions allowing local regulation of fossil fuel facilities. See our earlier post on this.) onto ships in South Portland Harbor.
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
If passed into law, the bill would be a valuable step toward limiting misinformation about fossil fuels and countering greenwashing. The fossil fuel industry has a long and well documented history of denying climate science and funding advertising campaigns to greenwash oil and gas.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 30, 2022
Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy from wind and solar will depend on upgrading the electric power grid, which is currently plagued by planning delays and gridlock. The 2021 law allows, but does not require, PJM to plan ahead because various fossil fuel plants must reduce and then cease emissions by a specific date.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2024
Last year’s UN climate talks, while criticized for certain shortcomings , brought into sharp focus the need for robust legal frameworks to transition from fossil fuels. The first category includes climate framework laws that lay out legally binding requirements, including establishing net-zero targets and reducing emissions.
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