Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

To date in 2023, the United States has already suffered nine climate and weather disasters resulting in at least a billion dollars of damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That fits with the last five years , which have seen an annual average of 18 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works] -- Post-Gazette: FirstEnergy Seeking Ratepayer Surcharge To Keep Two Coal-Fired Power Plants Open In West Virginia -- PennLive - Letter: We’re At An Energy Crossroads - By Karen Feridun, Better Path Coalition -- PennLive Guest Essay: How Nuclear Power Saved Christmas And The PJM Electric Grid - By Rep.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

But, Michael Mann is a well known climate scientist whose research in studying the “paleoclimate,” or ancient climate, has featured prominently in the politically charged debate about climate change. A live webinar “ With the Maryland BEPS regulations on “HOLD” what is a Building Owner to do? ”

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Breezometer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Along with his firm, James holds governments accountable for pollution inaction and regularly advocates for more stringent regulations. Dr. Gabriela Adler - Climate Scientist. A leading climate scientist, Dr. Adler works on the cutting-edge of environmental intelligence technology.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As air sunk through the atmosphere, it got squeezed and heated. One key challenge is to quantify the different combinations of heat and humidity, then to link them with different health outcomes,” says Eunice Lo, a physicist-turned-climate scientist at the University of Bristol , UK. Courtesy: Canadian Press/Shutterstock).

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. The conventional regulations were challenged in Commonwealth Court by conventional oil and gas operators. Read more here. Dr. Jessica Moerman. “As

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

Republicans said the final regulations will increase the cost of electricity for individuals and businesses, have a negative impact on jobs and will not significantly reduce carbon pollution. It needs to be an informed decision with equal input from climate scientists and economists. That was in 1969. So that was in 1971.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Plaintiffs aim to hold the federal government accountable for worsening the dangers of climate change through increased reliance on fossil fuels and for breach of its fiduciary obligation to protect the atmosphere and oceans under the public trust doctrine. stranded assets.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Gutting the Endangerment Finding would completely undermine EPAs ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and put a stop to all of EPAs regulations to limit global warming pollution, a gift to the fossil fuel industry. Those actions will be rightfully challenged in court, and it takes time to undo regulations in a legal way.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit. Superior Court dismissed counterclaims brought by an individual writer against the climate scientist Michael Mann in Mann’s defamation lawsuit against National Review, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and two individuals. Bernhardt , No.

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ESA

JULY 12, 2021

Amid competing House and Senate proposals to increase funding levels for the National Science Foundation, the House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill covering NSF, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. EU countries approve landmark climate change law – Reuters.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

The opinion, known as the Bernhardt Memorandum , states that project-specific GHG emissions could not pass the “may affect” test and thus GHG emissions were “not subject to consultation under the ESA and its implementing regulations.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Gutting the Endangerment Finding would completely undermine EPAs ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and put a stop to all of EPAs regulations to limit global warming pollution, a gift to the fossil fuel industry. Those actions will be rightfully challenged in court, and it takes time to undo regulations in a legal way.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 15, 2025

The news that started leaking last Friday is that the Trump administration wants to break up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and essentially end NOAAs climate work by abolishing its primary research office and forcing the agency to instead help boost U.S. Trump wants to Make Weather a Mystery Again.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2025

1) People are feeling the impacts of climate change and footing the bill The impending arrival of Danger Season is a stark reminder that climate change impacts are already devastating communities worldwide, intensifying many kinds of extreme weather events, driving sea level rise, and harming human health.

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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). Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to Executive Order on Reducing Regulation. Public Citizen, Inc. Trump , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. They appear to have a sympathetic ear in Justice Alito. During February’s oral arguments in West Virginia v.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Maryland General Assembly passes major climate legislation. This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Maryland poised to enact sweeping energy, climate plan – E&E News.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The federal district court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed for lack of standing a lawsuit against the EPA in which an individual pro se plaintiff asserted that EPA restrictions since 1990 on aerosols in the atmosphere had caused global warming. Association of Irritated Residents v. F078460 (Cal.

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

Court strikes down Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Next week, the House is expected to consider another six spending bills, including a bill funding the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sarah Kapnick as the agency’s chief scientist. International.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

More News: Climate scientists grapple with wildfire disaster in their backyard – Axios. Visit this page on ESA’s website for updates on opportunities from the Federal Register , including upcoming meetings and regulations open for public comment. . Register here.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The SCC is a metric that seeks to capture all of the costs that emitting a ton of carbon dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases such as methane) imposes on society by contributing to climate change over the hundreds of years it remains in the atmosphere. What Are the Key Variables Affecting the SCC Amount?

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $1.24 billion to spend through fiscal year (FY) 2026 on weather, ocean and climate research and forecasting while the Environmental Protection Agency receives $264 million for climate change research and development. NSF also receives $3.43 The SRC will meet on Sept.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced that the agency will rewrite a Trump administration regulation that limited state’s ability to block pipeline and fossil fuel export facilities under the Clean Water Act. ESA and other scientific societies opposed this regulation.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The court rejected Berkeley’s jurisdictional grounds for dismissal (standing and ripeness) but found that the association failed to demonstrate that EPCA expressly preempted Berkeley’s ordinance because the ordinance “does not directly regulate either energy use or energy efficiency of covered appliances.” Energy Policy Advocates v.

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