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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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

For example, Cuba committed to generating 24% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030 as part of the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. The report builds on a previous report published by EDF in 2017. Since 2000, Venezuela has been Cuba’s primary source of imported oil.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2022

According to the applicants, the unlawful interference consisted of executive inaction in the area of climate protection, respectively by not taking mitigation and adaptation measures according to the obligations under the Paris Agreement. 2022 Prague Municipal Court Decision.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While the resolution is not legally binding, it represents a significant political statement that could shape global standards. 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.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

Pakistan’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) ­– its climate pledge under the Paris Agreement – targets 60% renewable energy generation by 2030, including hydropower. Bao Zhong, political counsellor at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Islamabad, told me that the Chinese government stands by the pledge.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

And this came after the share of green jobs in all of China’s recruitment had actually been falling since 2017. Even the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement had only a small impact on employment. The bump may be linked to China’s commitment, made in September 2020, to reach carbon neutrality before 2060.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

This blogpost shows what is at stake regarding climate and energy policy, focusing on the election programmes of the different political parties. First, an introduction to the political landscape of the Netherlands will be given. This blog consists of three parts.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

To help voters determine which candidates would deliver the needed course correction, Environmental Defence and its allies in the Ontario Priorities Working Group asked each of the province’s major political parties whether – and how – they would deliver the rapid emissions reductions Ontario will need to head off climate catastrophe. .

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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. Ireland , 2017 No. Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet as acting administrator of NOAA. Democracy Forward Foundation v.

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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.” BP keeps climate-conscious shareholders out BP faced no climate-related shareholder proposals this year.

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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. 2015 Paris Agreement adopted with strong U.S. 2017 Trump announces U.S. withdrawal from Paris Agreement. withdraws from Paris Agreement (Trump). 2020 U.S.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

More than 70 percent of the climate litigation cases filed in the United States since 2017 have cited UCS research. EN: Recent reports have found that the world is on track to surpass the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 The thresholds in the Paris Agreement—1.5 How cool is that?

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

A few days after the California court issued its order, North Dakota and Texas asked the Wyoming federal court to lift a stay that the court had imposed in December 2017. 2017 CA 006685 B (D.C. He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017.

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Vermont Law

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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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

After concluding in 2011 that listing of the Pacific walrus was warranted due to threats that included sea-ice loss through 2100, the FWS issued a final decision in October 2017 that the Pacific walrus no longer qualified as a threatened species. Reynolds v. State , No. 1D20-2036 (Fla. May 18, 2021). NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND OTHER FILINGS.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Through a changing administration, an ongoing global pandemic and a tumultuous political environment, we at Ocean Conservancy have never lost sight of our goal of a healthy and resilient ocean that supports us all. Rejoining the Paris Agreement and Making Waves at COP26. voters supporting participating in the agreement.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The court previously ruled that the 2017 issuance of NWP 12 violated the Endangered Species Act because the Corps failed to undertake Section 7 consultation. Keystone XL was authorized under the 2017 NWP 12. Center for Biological Diversity v. Scott , No. 4:21-cv-00047 (D. filed May 3, 2021); Northern Plains Resource Council v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 8, 2025

And after his service in the Trump administration, the Wall Street Journal revealed new evidence that Tillerson had dismissed the Paris Agreements goal of keeping global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels (and striving to limit it to 1.5 degrees Celsius) as something magical.

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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. Wind Industry Tacks as Trump Shifts the Political Climate. July 2017. . Why Trump Pulling Out of the Paris Agreement Led to a Stronger Global Climate Change Plan.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

While it slowed down action globally and in the US, it was not as much of a travesty as predicted, mainly because it took the US three years to exit the Paris Agreement. The only choice for climate action Harris has pledged to carry on with Biden ’s ambitious climate agenda and even go further.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 12, 2024

Confront political candidates on what they will do , not what they believe , particularly when it comes to climate change. In theory it’s a rare opportunity to confront Trump with his disastrous 2017-2020 record as well as his apocalyptic 2025 gameplan. ” If that means a one-sided debate, so be it.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Moreover, science cannot answer questions that are at heart economic or political, such as whether the Kyoto Protocol is worthwhile. [13]. as a pollutant at all to the Clean Power Plan, which has no chance of clemency before its swift execution at some point in 2017. [14].

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Legal Planet

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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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

We know now that Donald Trump will take office as the United States’ 47th president this January, and that his stated desires for federal climate policy include withdrawing from the Paris Agreement , easing restrictions on oil drilling , and “rescind[ing] all unspent” Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds.

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