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Superfund Me: A High-Level Overview of Climate Change Superfund Bills

Vermont Law

The EPA had sued Guam in 2002 under the CWA, and the parties entered a consent decree whereby Guam paid penalties and shouldered the costs of containing and closing the disposal site. In June 2024, New York legislators passed another historic bill that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for costs associated with climate change.

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(In?)sane With the Membrane

Legal Planet

This process requires about half the energy, making it a credible option for Trinidad, which in 2002 got a plant that now produces 40 million gallons of water a day, and Israel, which got one in 2005 that now produces 85 million gallons of water daily. It’s not like fossil fuels. DSD is part of that. It’s not magic.

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Reflections from Columbia’s Forum on Climate-Related Fiduciary Duty

Law Columbia

Writing in 2002, Professor Perry Wallace argued that both the physical threats of climate change and the legal and economic impacts of societys response to those threats will inevitably implicate the heart of corporate governance. Broadly, fiduciary duties arise when one person entrusts another with discretion over their financial affairs.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Greene County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Dec. 17 Hearing On Chapter 105 Permit For Pocono Mountains Corporate Center North Warehouse In Monroe County [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Dec.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

Under the LCFS each fuel pathway gets a unique carbon intensity (CI) based on a lifecycle analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and use of the fuel. This approach holds fuel producers accountable for reducing fossil fuel use and other global warming pollution in their supply chains.

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California Supreme Court Finds County Ordinance Limiting Oil & Gas Development Preempted by State Law

Legal Planet

However, it’s a disappointment to the initiative’s proponents and to a larger group of environmental advocates who seek to promote California’s quick transition from reliance on heavily-polluting and climate-damaging fossil fuels to renewable energy resources.

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Gregory L. Ebel: The Pipeline Pusher

Enviromental Defense

Ebel, the CEO of Enbridge, to our list of infamous Climate Villains – powerful people with fossil fuel interests holding Canada back from effective climate action. The executives behind the fossil fuel industry often avoid public scrutiny, which is why we’re shining the spotlight on their activities.