Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

By Ceciel Nieuwenhout, Postdoctoral researcher at GCELS and City Council member for GroenLinks On 17 March 2021 the people of the Netherlands will elect a new House of Representatives ( Tweede Kamer) , which also kickstarts the formation process for a new government ( regering). This blog consists of three parts.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Coming into the conference, there were high hopes that it would be the “COP of Action,” with countries working to implement the Paris Agreement, reached at COP21 last year. There was broad agreement, among country representatives at COP22, on the need to advance implementation of the Paris Agreement.

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JULY 6, 2017

Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017). June 28, 2017). Clean Air Council v.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

and Cuban governments could help to drive renewable energy development in the island nation, in a manner that benefits the Cuban people as well as the interests of people throughout the region. The report builds on a previous report published by EDF in 2017. The report also explores how a bilateral dialogue between the U.S.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 21, 2023

The first wave of climate cases In early 2017, the High Court in Pretoria handed down a judgment in the country’s first climate case: Earthlife Africa Johannesburg v Minister of Environmental Affairs (also known as the “Thabametsi judgment”). In December 2022, the High Court granted an order compelling the government to make full disclosure.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Law 1844 of 2017 on the Paris Agreement. The framework binds Colombia to international agreements, including the UNFCCC (Law 164 of 1994), the Kyoto Protocol (Law 629 of 2000) and the Paris Agreement (Law 1844 of 2017). Law 1523 of 2012 on risk management. Law 1931 of 2018 on climate change action.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Updated on June 29, 2017). Plans for a third runway at the Vienna-Schwechat airport (pictured at right) were first submitted for review by the government of Lower Austria (one of Austria’s 9 regions) in March 2007. by Justin Gundlach. The parties have six weeks to appeal the decision to Austria’s Constitutional Court.

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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.)

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

After the adoption of the Paris Agreement, which included a notable recognition of the human rights dimensions of climate change, courts have seen a rights turn in climate litigation. Indeed, human rights and climate change cases are growing exponentially. In Neubauer, et al. In Leghari v. Office of the Prime Minister et al. ,

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

Reduce Ontario’s GHG emissions by at least 50 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, targets consistent with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the most ambitious aspects of the Paris Agreement. Completely electrifying government fleets by 2030. Ontario Liberal Party.

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HumanNature

APRIL 10, 2023

Many scientists, including the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, have endorsed additional research into these and other climate intervention techniques due to concerns that current pledges are not sufficient to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C C temperature target. 2020, June 9). Galbraith, L.,

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

News that the Pakistan government plans to secure financing and start construction on a long-stalled 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in the port city of Gwadar has triggered a debate on the direction of the country’s energy sector. “We This project was approved in 2017, long before the Chinese president’s proclamation.”

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. And this came after the share of green jobs in all of China’s recruitment had actually been falling since 2017. The share of green employment in the global total rose from 9.6%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

What does a divided government mean for US climate policy? My first example, from Florida, shows that advocacy groups can succeed when local and state governments fail to act. Last fall, the Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers Fair Food Program brokered an agreement with growers and buyers to protect farmworkers from extreme heat.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Moreover, with this strategic litigation, the Czech Republic joins the list of countries where citizens are challenging governments’ overall responses to climate change. In April 2021, a group of Czech citizens filed a case against the national government for its inaction on climate change. On the claim against the government.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. 19, 2017); In re Constitution Pipeline Co. , Reorganized Peabody Energy Corp. County of San Mateo (In re Peabody Energy Corp.) , No. 16-42529 (Bankr. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Sierra Club v.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 2, 2021

Climate litigation is now established as a critical part of domestic climate governance regimes. by Matteo Fermeglia, Catherine Higham, Korey Silverman-Roati and Joana Setzer*. Photo: Steve Buissinne, Pixabay. Pakistan in 2019). The PV Investors v. Spain , Eskosol v.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Following the litigation, the DOE confirmed in the Federal Register that it would end the delay and the rules would become effective on September 30 th , 2017. Even while the federal government “is creating chaos and uncertainty” that is “bad for business,” she said, “the private sector is moving forward in the right direction.”

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2024

Meanwhile, the American Petroleum Institute (API)—in which Shell holds a leadership role—launched a voluntary methane program in 2017 that internal documents reveal was explicitly designed “ to stave off future regulation.” Such doublespeak is the latest evolution in the fossil fuel industry’s deception playbook.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp. ,

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. The court noted that the administrative record currently documented the Corps’ decision to reissue NWP 12 in 2017. Environmental Council of Sacramento v. County of Sacramento , No. C076888 (Cal.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 8, 2025

Liberty Energy, the fracking corporation he heads, describes its Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) focus as delivering secure, reliable, affordable access to energy. In 2017, Tillerson said he disagreed with President Trumps decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement. However, limiting warming to 1.5

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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. deep decarbonization. By contrast, former President.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court held that federal common law necessarily governed the nuisance claims because “[a] patchwork of fifty different answers to the same fundamental global issue would be unworkable” and “the extent of any judicial relief should be uniform across our nation.” Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

White House Office of Science and Technology seeks input about how the federal government can advance equity in science and technology. 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.”

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MAY 8, 2020

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in December 2017 and March 2018 because the environmental assessments for the lease sales failed to meet National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements, including by failing to take a hard look at cumulative climate change impacts. s decision not to participate in the Paris Agreement.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

In three other cases brought by local and state governments against fossil fuel companies, the Supreme Court granted petitions for writ of certiorari seeking review of decisions affirming remand orders. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS Supreme Court Sent Other Climate Cases Back to Lower Appellate Courts for Review of Other Grounds for Removal.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Among the slew of executive orders President Trump passed on his first day in office was an order withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, another authorizing unlimited oil drilling, and another gutting green initiatives across the country. obligations to the Paris Agreement without Trump. Climate Alliance.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

remains a party to the UNFCCC , helped broker the Paris Agreement, and is till a party to that agreement today. Perhaps most importantly, the federal government has invested billions of dollars in clean energy. 2015 Paris Agreement adopted with strong U.S. 2017 Trump announces U.S.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

This post covers from approximately mid-June, 2017 up to August 31, 2017. pulling out of the Paris climate deal may make China great again. July 2017. . Why Trump Pulling Out of the Paris Agreement Led to a Stronger Global Climate Change Plan. G20 world leaders’ agreement hinges on U.S. 2017.06.01.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 8, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen In the wake of Donald Trump’s handing an ever-increasing role to Elon Musk in his government, people are right to be angry about the responsibilities and freedoms the worlds richest man can wield.

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Columbia Climate Law

AUGUST 26, 2020

Since January 2017, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University has been tracking the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to rewrite federal climate change policy and deconstruct climate governance. The White House, Washington, D.C. Source: Cezary P , Creative Commons.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Chevron filed the third-party complaint in December 2017 against the company—of which the Norwegian State is majority stakeholder—for indemnity and contribution. One judge dissented, writing that the certificate of need was unsupported by substantial evidence and based on erroneous interpretations of the governing statute. BP p.l.c. ,

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MAY 7, 2021

Other developments in climate change cases brought by local and state governments in the past month include: Fossil fuel companies appealing the District of Hawaii’s remand order in cases brought by the City and County of Honolulu and the County of Maui asked the Ninth Circuit for a 60-day extension of time in which to file their opening brief.

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JUNE 12, 2024

In theory it’s a rare opportunity to confront Trump with his disastrous 2017-2020 record as well as his apocalyptic 2025 gameplan. Trump: What did you accomplish by withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, which sets international climate targets but is largely non-binding? ” If that means a one-sided debate, so be it.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In September 2017, Eric Biber and I published a threat assessment after the first 200 days of the Trump Administration. The 2017 report was organized at the tool that Trump could use, rather than specific policy questions. The 2017 threat assessment. The 2017 threat assessment. The 2017 threat assessment.

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