Circle of Blue

AUGUST 22, 2022

Despite promising adaptation strategies, sea level rise is projected to drown tens of thousands of acres of farmland within the century. Atlantic sea levels are rising three to four times faster than the global ocean average. Saltwater intrusion on Chalmers’ rice paddies is forcing him to look for land elsewhere.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

A magistrate judge in the federal district court for the District of Oregon granted motions by three trade groups to withdraw from the lawsuit seeking to hold the United States liable for its actions and inaction leading to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Natural Resources Defense Council v. Pruitt , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

In a world where urbanization, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, transportation, water and energy infrastructure, and other human impacts have degraded and continue to alter natural ecosystems, climate change is causing rapid and often hard to predict impacts on species dynamics and distribution.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

To meet these goals, the state is facilitating burgeoning carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) (CCS) technologies that capture carbon from point sources to store, as well as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which removes carbon from the atmosphere.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

I thank the Alternate Commissioner for New York for recognizing the concerns associated with this project, but this result is extremely disappointing,” said Sahana Rao, Natural Resources Defense Council. DRBC in voting to block public input with a behind the scenes extension of the expansion of Dock 2 is not what should be.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

The 2021 New Hampshire Climate Assessment states unequivocally: “Without significant reduction in atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHG), extreme precipitation events are projected to increase a minimum of 20%, leading to an increase in freshwater flooding regionally.”

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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. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , No. 17-2780, 17-2806 (2d Cir. filed Oct.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 31, 2021

The governor has the power to appoint the directors of many state environmental agencies, including the California Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources, and Caltrans. Among them are: Agency leadership and appointments. State Adaptation Strategy.

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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). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Perry , No. 3:17 -cv-03404 (N.D. BP p.l.c. , 18-cv-182 (S.D.N.Y.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The SCC Estimate assigned a dollar value on estimated global damages caused by every additional ton of greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere by using economic models that capture the impacts of climate change, including rising sea levels, changes to agricultural productivity, water shortages, property damages from increased flood risk, etc.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

As a threshold matter, the court found that Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and one of the state petitioners (New York) each had standing based on potential injuries from climate change which were caused in part by HFC emissions and which would be redressed by restrictions on such emissions. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C.

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

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. House Natural Resources Committee: The full committee voted to advance a bill ( H.R. She has a Ph.D. International.

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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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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

With respect to climate change, both the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Blue Earth County Property and Environmental Resources Department commented regarding the absence of consideration of potential climate change effects and that the City failed to respond substantively.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions. Whitewater Draw Natural Resource Conservation District v. Mayorkas , No. July 19, 2021).

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