Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2024

Canada promised to cut its greenhouse gas emissions after the 2016 Paris Agreement. It was part of the global agreement where 195 countries all agreed to reduce their emissions, and Canada has set this promise into law. While other G7 countries are slashing emissions, Canada lags far behind.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

laws governing the cross-border transport of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for sequestration, and how such transportation fits into broader climate and environmental protection regimes, including the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, carbon markets and emissions trading. Her work explores international and domestic (U.S.) and a J.S.D.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Shell is well on track to meet its own (rather ambitious) targets for reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% below 2016 levels by 2030. The court concluded that, based on current climate law and wider scientific consensus, it cannot to determine a concrete minimum CO 2 reduction target for any specific company or specific sector.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Top 10 Environmental Watch List is not about politics on its face, but as any 1L taking Constitutional Law can tell you, law and politics are fruit of the same tree. in the 2016 election and years since, or the feverish tracking of. on the Paris Agreement right out of the gate. judicial appointments.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP22 Observer Delegation. The celebration of Climate Justice Day explored the social dimensions of climate action while elevating the spirit of cooperation and solidarity that led to the Paris Agreement.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Two steps forward, one step back: In February 2016, the Supreme Court issued a. international climate change agreement. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. the Paris Agreement. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

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Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2024

By 2016, when the EIA for the proposed construction of the disputed power plants was initiated, the local environmental impacts caused by the former power plants had largely disappeared. The Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015 and entered into force the following year in 2016, with Japan also submitting its NDC.

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Environmental Europe

JULY 1, 2020

It has agreed to address climate change under the Paris Agreement , and put forward increasingly ambitious policy targets for 2020, 2030 and 2050. The Governance of the European Energy Union: Efficiency, Effectiveness and Acceptance of the Winter Package 2016’, Energy Policy, 112, 209–20. Knodt, Michèle (2019).

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The claim is grounded on the constitutionally recognized right to a healthy environment; fundamental rights such as the right to life, dignity, health, food, and housing; along with several recognized principles of international environmental law and international climate change commitments. The decision was appealed.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The most important recent change was a new measurement of methane’s infrared absorption in 2016. Isn’t this an Environmental Law blog? That’s a good thing for effective environmental policy, because it means that laws and policies can be based on increasingly accurate understanding of the thing being controlled.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Canadians should not have to bear the cost of eroding competition in our banking sector as a result of our weak competition laws. “Less competition in banking means higher prices and fewer options for Canadians already struggling to meet record mortgage payments ,” said Keldon Bester, Executive Director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In a July 2016 report , the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs described climate change as the “single biggest threat to development.” That is now beginning to occur in many developed countries, which are increasingly looking at renewable energy sources. Achieving that goal will require a dramatic cut in fossil fuel development.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). Sumudu Atapattu , Director of Research Centers and Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Law Schoo. Richard School of Law. Knox , Henry C.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 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. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In both cases, the DOJ sided with local governments, arguing that their claims against fossil fuel companies for misleading the public about climate harms should proceed under state law. Shell case, for instance, the Dutch courts upheld the ruling that Shell must act to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

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. South Dakota Federal Court Granted Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement of Laws Targeting Pipeline Protesters. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2021

While by no means exhaustive, the information that I collected helps tell the story of energy policy on the ground across America during the Trump Administration from 2016-2020. In reflecting on the past administration’s impact on energy policy, a state-by-state analysis reveals a more positive picture than many feared in 2016.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP22 Observer Delegation. How do you see the future of the Paris Agreement without, possibly, you?”. support for the Paris Agreement if elected. By DJ Haskin. Even if the U.S.

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Energy and Climate Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

First, he promised to re-join the Paris Agreement on `the first day in office´, second, he wants to embark on an ambitious phase-out programme for fossil fuels and third he promised to re-join the Iran Nuclear Deal. The earliest possible departure for the US from the Paris Agreement would, accordingly, be 4 November 2020.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 25, 2022

The challenge originates with the Obama Administration’s 2015 Clean Power Plan , which required states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants by 32 percent (below 2005 levels) by 2030, in line with the national commitment under the Paris Agreement. The Clean Power Plan never went into effect.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

12, 2015, 195 countries signed the historic Paris Agreement creating a firm foundation for meaningful action on climate change through. The agreement, which entered into force on Nov. President Trump called the agreement unfair and harmful to the American economy. more than 100,000 solar jobs in 2016 alone.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

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. applied federal common law. 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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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. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Rejoining the Paris Agreement and Making Waves at COP26. We started the year with the United States rejoining the Paris Agreement , marking a critical step for the health of our country, our ocean and our planet. voters supporting participating in the agreement. Enter Your Email.loading. Arctic waters.

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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

AUGUST 4, 2021

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. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 20, 2025

George: Your Op Ed lays out how in 2016, when you were leading negotiations with Canadian provinces to write a national climate plan, oil industry players were publicly supportive but working against us from the inside. It will not feel good, like in 2015 when we were elected, the Paris Agreement it felt good.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

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 defendants argued that the Second Circuit’s decision confirmed that the plaintiff’s claims necessarily arise under federal law. and non-U.S. 21-8001 (D.C.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The UN website describes the aim of the meeting, “The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.” President Obama recommended a mining withdrawal in this area in 2016, but the Trump administration stopped that process.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2024

Unlike 2016, when the outcome was a complete surprise to many people, we’re in a position to think ahead about possible policy shifts and possible responses. That was also Trump’s view in 2016. We can also expect Trump to follow through on his pledge to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. climate policy.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

Congress passes intentionally vague laws that delegate decision-making over a given issue to a federal agency,” the document reads. McNamee is an energy and regulatory attorney at the McGuireWoods law firm who has represented natural gas and electric utilities. Ambassador Nikki Haley. The document mentions Trump 312 times.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Try explaining that to your new Peruvian sister-in-law. As CEO of Exxon Mobil, the world’s largest publicly-traded oil business, Tillerson’s 2016 compensation was $24.3 Following one of the most contentious presidential campaigns in our history, the people have spoken—or at least the Electoral College has spoken.

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