Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 14, 2025
There is tremendous uncertainty about what policies the federal government will change that will affect electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing and sales in the US. In the 2012 analysis, only 45% of the country lived where driving an EV was better than a 50 MPG gasoline car.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
This opinion overturned weak fuel efficiency standards adopted by the Bush Administration because the government had not considered the effects of its action on climate change in its environmental impact statement. EPA (2012 ). It became a key precedent on the issue. Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. This is a D.C.
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Real Climate
AUGUST 9, 2021
As usual, most of the headlines will also focus on the Summary For Policy Makers (SPM) which was approved word by word by the governments over the last two weeks (full disclosure, I was advising the US delegation), but the full report will be worth dipping into over the next few months (there is a lot there to digest!). 1, SPM AR5.
Enviromental Defense
JULY 15, 2024
Last month, the federal government amended the IAA – and the changes mean that major projects can no longer be rejected based on their climate impacts. A strong project review process is the only way governments can assess the environmental and social impacts of major projects like pipelines, mines, transmission lines and dams.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 17, 2021
Government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for difficult months ahead. In this blistering year in California drinking water wells are going dry in increasing numbers, rekindling memories of the historic drought of 2012 to 2016, when more than 2,600 wells across the state stopped producing water.
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Across Canada and around the world, Youth and Indigenous communities are leading the charge for climate justice, taking governments to courts, demanding they uphold their responsibility to protect our future.” Nick De Carlo was active in the union movement from 1973 to retirement in 2012. October 1, 2024 was just a beginning.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 22, 2023
Since local and state governments are on the frontlines of paying for worsening wildfires, they should also be on the leading edge of holding fossil fuel companies accountable. Perhaps less obvious is the importance of state and local governments in holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. Source: CCST 2020.
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