Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

In Kobe city, the construction of two new coal-fired power plants was planned, and the operator started the environmental impact assessment despite the opposition by the Kobe residents in 2014. Civil Case : Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Kobe Civil Case) In September 2018, a group of 40 citizens sued Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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A Greener Life

JUNE 30, 2023

The President of the Energy Institute, a UK-based body, Juliet Davenport said : “Despite further strong growth in wind and solar in the power sector, overall global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions increased again. We are still heading in the opposite direction to that required by the Paris Agreement.”

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HumanNature

APRIL 10, 2023

Scientists used satellite data of ship tracks and climate models to estimate that, globally, changes in low-level clouds due to human-caused (anthropogenic) pollution has a cooling effect that is equivalent to about 25-33% of the anthropogenic warming caused by greenhouse gases , or approximately 1 Watt of energy per square meter. Schäfer, S.,

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 22, 2021

As you may remember, we weren’t overjoyed at the results last session , which settled on a profoundly underwhelming short term measure to address the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in addition to a diluted “ban” on heavy fuel oil (HFO) use in the Arctic that will only take effect in 2029. C warming scenario.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 29, 2022

Launched in 2014 by then Secretary of State John Kerry, the Our Ocean Conference is a rallying platform for nations, companies and civil society to come together and jointly commit to actions that can help improve and conserve the health of our ocean. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Colombia accounts for 0.4 % of the global greenhouse gas emissions (“GHG”). Law 1715 of 2014 on non-conventional renewable energy sources. Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. The agricultural, land use and forestry sectors are the largest sources of GHG emissions in Colombia, representing 59.1% of the national total.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In November 2014, the United States and China—two of the world’s most significant emitters—. international climate change agreement. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. the Paris Agreement. to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

N:Ceres, SEC Climate Guidance & S&P 500 Reporting —2010 to 2013 (February 2014).]]. These stakeholders seek to require companies to measure, manage and then disclose ESG-related factors in their public filings. Likewise, the SEC sent very few comment letters to companies related to their climate change disclosures in past years.[[N:Ceres,

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At COP28 , on 9 December, India’s environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav affirmed the country’s “trust and confidence” in the Paris Agreement , whilst highlighting the country’s achievements in emissions reduction. To boost domestic supply rather than be reliant on coal, India has aggressively expanded its coal mines.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The petitioner in this case requests that the NPCC be updated according to the best available science and the IPCC’s sixth assessment report ( Climate Change 2021 ) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by the Brazilian government consistent with a 1.5 To align itself with the Paris Agreement, Brazil should actually increase its ambition.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The California Supreme Court declined to review an intermediate appellate court’s decision upholding the statewide greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program. They alleged that the standards could reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by more than 26 million metric tons and save $24 billion over 30 years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

After the EPA proposed the Clean Power Plan in 2014, for example, fossil fuel interests and their backers tried to argue that the proposal’s 2030 emission-reduction targets were completely unrealistic, and that the country would see astronomically high costs and blackouts due to the rule. degrees Celsius.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Circuit Stayed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Truck Trailers.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Circuit Court of Appeals granted motions seeking to dismiss as moot the proceedings challenging the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which established emission guidelines for greenhouse gases from existing power plants. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

California Court Set Aside Environmental Reviews for Plant Pest Prevention and Management Program but Rejected Argument that Agency Failed to Consider Greenhouse Gas and Other Impacts of Program Modifications. The court said that it agreed with the Department on this front and found that the petitioners had failed to meet their burden.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. In particular, the court found that conclusion that greenhouse gas emissions constituted a significant impact was not clearly erroneous. Circuit’s partial vacatur in Mexichem Fluor, Inc. State , No.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, established in litigation in 2007, now seems beyond question. remains a party to the UNFCCC , helped broker the Paris Agreement, and is till a party to that agreement today. 2009 EPA formally finds that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and welfare.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Bureau of Land Management failed to take a hard look at the indirect and cumulative impacts of greenhouse gases associated with a coal lease that authorized expansion of a coal mine. ruled in 2019 that BLM had failed to adequately assess the potential impacts of greenhouse gas emissions for certain oil and gas leases in Wyoming.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a decision on Exxon’s application to renew the NPDES permit, which had expired in 2014. The district court had granted Exxon’s motion to stay the case under the doctrine of primary jurisdiction to allow the U.S. Oatly Group AB , No. 1:21-cv-06485 (S.D.N.Y., filed July 30, 2021); Jochims v.

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