Law Columbia

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). filed June 9, 2017).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted a season with above normal activity on its August 4 updated forecast , calling for 14-20 named storms. Note that Fiona made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane and still did a lot of damage—it all boils down to levels of community preparedness on land.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

SIDS face a range of risks, including extreme floods, storms, droughts, unpredictability of precipitation patterns and sea-level rise, ocean acidification and deoxygenation (World Health Organization, 2018; Douglas & Cooper, 2020, Thomas, 2020). For example, in 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by hurricane Irma and Maria.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 20, 2023

The horrible impacts of Matthew’s rainfall would soon be repeated by others, like Harvey (2017) and Florence (2018). Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Coastal flooding : Sea levels are rising as the ocean heats up and polar ice melts.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

Scientists call this the urban heat island effect because, when you look at a map of temperatures, cities will appear as hot “islands” surrounded by a cooler “ocean” of lower temperatures in the surrounding areas. Nowhere in the United States has this been more evident recently than in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María in 2017.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

found that the companies—down to 88 due to mergers—were responsible for about 55 percent of ocean acidification between 1880 and 2015. Ekwurzel was joined by Heede, then-UCS climate scientist Peter Frumhoff , and four other scientists. Licker et al.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

There is, in fact, substantial scientific evidence that there’s a strong link between global warming and heat waves and coastal flooding from sea-level rise,” I said. Darren Woods, ExxonMobil CEO from 2017 to the present. But before he was able to do that in my imaginary scenario, I corrected the record.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The court previously reached the same conclusion in December 2018, but the California Supreme Court directed it to reconsider the case in light of the Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Friends of the Eel River v. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Town of Saugus had appealed the MassDEP’s decision. California v. Bernhardt , No.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). 2017 CA 006685 B (D.C. It necessarily involves the relationships between the United States and all other nations.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

Bernhardt’s reasoning was that it would be impossible to establish the requisite causal link between GHG emissions, global climate change, and specific localized effects on species and their habitat due to the “complex and independent processes active in the atmosphere and the ocean acting on GHGs.” 2017) ; Lunn et al.

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Columbia Climate Law

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. Delta Stewardship Council Cases , Nos.

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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. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. Seggos , No.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Ninth Circuit Said Biden Action Mooted Case Challenging Trump Revocation of Withdrawal of Oceans Lands from Oil and Gas Leasing. In both cases, the New York plaintiffs argue that the allocation of the summer flounder quota is based on obsolete data that does not reflect the fishery’s northeast shift, which may be due in part to ocean warming.

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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. Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D. June 9, 2021). In an appeal in the case challenging the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

In 2017, Hurricane Harvey —one of the worst—drenched Houston with more than 4 feet of rain, killed at least 88 people, and caused $125 billion in damage. Mississippi: Lynn Fitch The sea level off the coast of Mississippi—the fifth hottest state—is rising more rapidly than in most other coastal areas, largely because the land is sinking.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

ocean acidification, sea-level rise, or storm events). 2017) (upholding a finding that a refinery modification project would have less than significant GHG emissions based on compliance with California's cap-and-trade program).]] efficiency metrics (e.g., for Biological Diversity v. cap-and-trade).[[N: 3d 463 (Cal.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. Spinrad is a professor of oceanography at Oregon State University.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

How much will global temperatures and sea levels rise, when will that occur, and exactly what effects they will have all are uncertain. 2017); [link].]] The SCC then monetizes those impacts over time. The sheer breadth of this exercise is staggering, and necessarily creates substantial uncertainty. 2019); Birckhead v.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

This post covers from approximately mid-June, 2017 up to August 31, 2017. Actual Scientists Say Sea-Level Rise Is A Threat To Tangier Island, Virginia. Rick Perry blames ocean for climate change: Energy secretary once again denies scientific consensus. July 2017. . And now the full list: . 2017.06.01.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Senate Commerce Committee: The Committee voted to advance the Bolstering Long-term Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays and Estuaries (BLUE GLOBE) Act ( S. reentry in the Trans-Pacific Partnership despite Trump’s decision to pull out of the pact in 2017. 140 ), which is sponsored by Sens.

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