Legal Planet
APRIL 3, 2023
In preparing to teach a course on climate law, I was really struck by how broad and rich the field has become. Back in the day, it was nearly all international law, but nowadays there’s a huge amount of U.S. domestic law. and international law. and international law. Nuclear power regulation D.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 4, 2023
It will require us to fundamentally alter the profile of our energy use and derive growth from fuels and technologies that emit less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and to adapt to the climatic changes that our actions are too late to prevent.” Kissinger also viewed climate change as an economic threat.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign into law tomorrow. It adds Michigan to the growing list of states, including Illinois and Minnesota , that have adopted standards to increase renewable energy on the grid and move toward 100-percent decarbonization of the power sector. The package represents progress on a number of fronts.
Physics World
MARCH 18, 2022
Most striking was a letter signed by more than 2500 staff and students from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). But with a new law threatening 15-year prison sentences for anyone discrediting the Russian military, the letter’s organizers swiftly deleted it , fearing the safety of its signatories.
Law Columbia
MARCH 8, 2023
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund have just launched IRAtracker.org. Section 60103 creates a “Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund” (GGRF), which the EPA Administrator can use to make grants for the deployment of zero-emission technologies, and to carry out other greenhouse gas emission reduction activities.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 13, 2024
On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% from other sources. Read more here. Energy Information Administration.
Law Columbia
JUNE 27, 2023
Reasonable cause is a case-by-case determination for which the IRS may consider “efforts [] made to report the correct tax; the complexity of the tax issue; education, experience, or knowledge of tax law; and steps [taken] to understand [the] tax obligation or seek help from a tax advisor.”
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