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It’s (Past) Time for Rich Countries Like the US to Pay Up for Climate Loss and Damage

Union of Concerned Scientists

In addition to weather extremes, it also includes the impacts of slow-onset disasters like sea level rise, which is swallowing up low-lying, often densely populated, coastal areas, and the loss of glaciers that are critical for water supplies. Will COP27 live up to its promise?

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Comitta To Introduce Bill Investing RGGI Proceeds In Helping Communities & Workers In Clean Energy Transition, Environmental Justice Areas, Promote Energy Efficiency -- Rep. -- Natural Lands, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Host Feb.

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Climate—and a Cautionary Tale of Three New Hampshire Commissioners

Union of Concerned Scientists

The costs of increased risks from natural hazards—wildfires, floods and sea level rise— are driving insurers away. And it starts with state and local governance that is aligned with making people safer, affording us clean energy choices, and spurring economic development consistent with a resilient future.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). Stanford Professor Sued Scientific Journal and Article Authors Who Critiqued His Work.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. Citing Resiliency and Sea Level Rise Concerns, Environmental Groups and California Challenged Negative Jurisdictional Determination for Redwood City Salt Ponds. California v.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Oregon Court Reinstated Clean Energy Ballot Initiatives. An Oregon Circuit Court set aside the Oregon Secretary of State’s decision to reject two clean energy ballot initiatives and allowed the measures to be processed and circulated for the November 2020 election. Golden State Environmental Justice Alliance v.

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Calling Out Climate Lies for a Living

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. Later in the hour, Tillerson told Rose that the federal government should end subsidies for renewable energy.