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Electric Vehicles Help Combat Climate Change, Here’s Why.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Driving the average EV in the US produces carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to a hypothetical 100 mpg gasoline car. Driving the most efficient EVs (such as the 2025 Lucid Air) means less climate-changing pollution than any gasoline car, no matter where in the US you recharge.

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San Francisco v. EPA: Impact on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

On March 4, 2025, the Supreme Court handed down an important ruling in City and County of San Francisco v. The Supreme Courts decision could have implications for certain marine carbon dioxide (mCDR) activities that require permits under the CWA. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Regulation of Seaweed Cultivation and Sinking for Carbon Dioxide Removal in Alaska: New Sabin Center Report

Law Columbia

This follows a decade of record-breaking temperatures, with the World Meteorological Organization concluding that the past ten years 2025-2024 are the ten warmest years on record. It is also necessary to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (a process known as carbon dioxide removal or CDR).

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Student Writing Competition: Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Law and Policy

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, together with New York Sea Grant, is pleased to announce a writing competition for law students interested in writing on legal and policy issues associated with marine carbon dioxide removal. Articles should be 15,000 words in length.

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Opinion: The new renewable revolution: Why carbon dioxide removal will transform the carbon market

A Greener Life

At a moment of unprecedented uncertainty for net zero, biochar-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is set to reshape the global carbon market. With the development of offtake agreements dramatically reducing those risks, carbon dioxide removal is on the cusp of a breakout moment. Photo credit: Wikicommons.

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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

Law Columbia

As of February 2025, there are two pending climate cases in Japan, namely, Youth Climate Case Japan for Tomorrow and Citizens Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. (See Japanese Court Upholds Mistakes in post-disaster Energy Policy in Yokosuka Climate Case Decisions.) (See See another blog post for the overview of the older cases.)

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Direct CO2 capture from the atmosphere will scale up massively in 2025

New Scientist

A US facility will pull up to 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air per year after it opens in 2025 and sell carbon offset credits to large companies

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