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Degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands

Our Environment

Rising sea levels and increased intensity of storm surges are playing a considerable role in the degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands. Illustrating the variation in sea levels from 1993 – 2018. Photo credit. Written by: Jack McCulloch. Shows a generally increasing trend. Source: NASA (August 2018).

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What is COP26 and why does it matter? The complete guide

A Greener Life

Cop stands for conference of the parties under the UNFCCC, and the annual meetings have swung between fractious and soporific, interspersed with moments of high drama and the occasional triumph ( the Paris agreement in 2015 ) and disaster (Copenhagen in 2009). They found a vast difference between the damage done by 1.5C An increase of 1.5C

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

The California Court of Appeal reversed a trial court’s determination that the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 required the Delta Stewardship Council to adopt performance measure targets as legally enforceable regulations in the long-term management plan for the Delta to achieve certain objectives of the Act.

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Sabin Center Files Two Amicus Briefs Supporting EPA’s 2024 Power Plant Rules

Law Columbia

EPA that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases fall within the Clean Air Act’s capacious definition of “air pollutant.” The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld EPA’s authority “to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions from powerplants” (see, for example, Am. In 2007, the Supreme Court held in Massachusetts v.

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Using Attribution Science to Evaluate the Effects of Oil and Gas Emissions on Endangered and Threatened Species

Law Columbia

BLM estimates that the project will produce up to 576 million barrels of oil over its 30-year lifetime, resulting in indirect emissions totaling 239 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalent. direct temperature stress, ocean acidification, sea level rise, extreme events, and alterations to food chains).

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Federal Court Enjoins Biden’s Social Cost of Carbon Efforts On the Basis of Negative Impact to Energy Industry and Energy Producing States

The Energy Law Blog

In 2009, the Obama administration established estimates of the social cost of carbon (“SCC Estimate”) that all agencies were required to use in their regulatory cost/benefit analysis. Under the Obama administration, the SCC Estimate was about $51 per ton of carbon dioxide emissions, adjusted for inflation.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The County asserted that the defendants were “directly responsible for a substantial portion of the climate crisis-related impacts in Anne Arundel County,” including sea level rise, storm surge, and flooding, as well as more frequent, longer-lasting, and more severe extreme weather events. 15,2 2009). Louisiana v. Biden , No.

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