Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Scope 4 greenhouse gas emissions are not new. They date to 2013 when the Greenhouse Gas Protocol identified “avoided emissions” as emission reductions that occur outside of a product’s lifecycle or value chain, but as a result of the use of that product.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 18, 2022

At the beginning of the 20th century, Costa Rica had focused its economic development mainly on agricultural activity, enacting laws that encouraged deforestation to turn land into agriculture , such as the land and colonisation law of 1961.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to the US EPA, environmental justice is “ the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies ”. Current Issues in Tourism , 13 (5), 495-505. OECD (2022).

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 11, 2021

In 2013, after moving with my husband and young children to the beautiful coastal community of White Rock/South Surrey, BC, I learned that there was a plan to develop a US thermal coal transfer facility at Fraser Surrey Docks, about a 30-minute drive from our home with the intent of shipping 8 million metric tonnes of coal to Asia.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The court rejected Exxon’s argument that it could withhold documents based on an accountant-client privilege under Texas law. and non-U.S. Avista Corp.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 16, 2018

By Dan Wilcox, Senior Notes Editor, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Long recognized in both American and English common law, the defense rests on the claim that an otherwise illegal act is legally excusable as necessary to avoid a greater harm. In 2013, Massachusetts District Attorney C. Upcoming cases will provide U.S.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

I first wrote about ExxonMobil in March 2013 after I saw the company’s then-CEO, Rex Tillerson, on the Charlie Rose talk show, who provided me with fodder for perhaps my favorite of two dozen ExxonMobil-related columns. ExxonMobil is still funding those folks, big time.”

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. On June 2, 2014 , this blog led with an almost-identical sentence about EPA releasing its rule to regulate climate change-related carbon emissions from existing power plants, known as the Clean Power Plan.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2018

This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate, a multi-school online forum run by student editors from the nation’s leading environmental law reviews. . Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation A Cap-and-Invest Approach . Of that amount, $1.2

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

3L Student, Vermont Law School. President Obama selected Gina McCarthy as EPA administrator in 2013. [2]. Pruitt specialized in constitutional law and federalism issues. [12]. This plan set “state-by-state targets for carbon emissions reductions,” and offered, “flexible framework under which states may meet those targets.”. [17].

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The plaintiffs alleged among other things that the defendants the two projects’ cumulative impacts on carbon emissions. By Margaret Barry and Hillary Aidun.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Lawsuit: Tesla broke US law by not providing 60-day notice before mass layoff Jon Brodkin | ARS Technica | June 23, 2022 A lawsuit filed by laid-off Tesla workers accused the company of violating federal law by failing to provide notice before the layoffs and said the former employees are entitled to 60 days of pay and benefits.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Lawsuit: Tesla broke US law by not providing 60-day notice before mass layoff Jon Brodkin | ARS Technica | June 23, 2022 A lawsuit filed by laid-off Tesla workers accused the company of violating federal law by failing to provide notice before the layoffs and said the former employees are entitled to 60 days of pay and benefits.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Lawsuit: Tesla broke US law by not providing 60-day notice before mass layoff Jon Brodkin | ARS Technica | June 23, 2022 A lawsuit filed by laid-off Tesla workers accused the company of violating federal law by failing to provide notice before the layoffs and said the former employees are entitled to 60 days of pay and benefits.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Lawsuit: Tesla broke US law by not providing 60-day notice before mass layoff Jon Brodkin | ARS Technica | June 23, 2022 A lawsuit filed by laid-off Tesla workers accused the company of violating federal law by failing to provide notice before the layoffs and said the former employees are entitled to 60 days of pay and benefits.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Lawsuit: Tesla broke US law by not providing 60-day notice before mass layoff Jon Brodkin | ARS Technica | June 23, 2022 A lawsuit filed by laid-off Tesla workers accused the company of violating federal law by failing to provide notice before the layoffs and said the former employees are entitled to 60 days of pay and benefits.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Lawsuit: Tesla broke US law by not providing 60-day notice before mass layoff Jon Brodkin | ARS Technica | June 23, 2022 A lawsuit filed by laid-off Tesla workers accused the company of violating federal law by failing to provide notice before the layoffs and said the former employees are entitled to 60 days of pay and benefits.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Lawsuit: Tesla broke US law by not providing 60-day notice before mass layoff Jon Brodkin | ARS Technica | June 23, 2022 A lawsuit filed by laid-off Tesla workers accused the company of violating federal law by failing to provide notice before the layoffs and said the former employees are entitled to 60 days of pay and benefits.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Today, as a partner at Cascadia Law Group and a Trustee of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Washington, Maia is a bridge between Tribal Nations, U.S. She achieved success in carbon emission reduction, water resources, and water quality management. and Washington governments, and advocates of our precious environment.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. First Circuit Certified State Law Preemption Questions in Case Challenging Local Ordinance Prohibiting Crude Oil Loading at Harbor. and non-U.S. 19-50178 (5th Cir.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Scavello Introduces Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion Worth Of Projects Waiting For It To Pass -- Business, Environment, Energy Groups Praise Introduction Of Bipartisan Bills Increasing Solar Energy Mandate From 0.5% Check Out C-SAW -- Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers New R.I.S.E

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

Advances in attribution science since the last report was issued in 2013 have allowed experts to connect individual events to climate change with more certainty. Regulation, Litigation – Bloomberg Law. Top Priorities : Conservation; drought and forest management to reduce carbon emissions and prevent wildfires.

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