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U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field

Legal Planet

Vehicle biofuels requirements. Climate change under other federal statutes. Climate change as substantial impact requiring discussion in environmental impact statement. Climate change as reason for threatened or endangered status under Endangered Species Act.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. Harvard Climate Justice Coalition v. and non-U.S.

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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020

Environmental Progress

I am an invited expert reviewer of the next assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a regular contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes , and other publications, and a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment.” In reality there is a growing amount of good news about climate change.

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Policy News: February 14, 2022

ESA

The NSF provisions of the America COMPETES Act creates a new NSF Directorate for Science and Engineering Solutions. Climate change has added to the problem, extending the wildfire season by weeks or, in the view of the Forest Service, to a year-round phenomenon. What’s next for the Civilian Climate Corps? – E&E News.

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Day After Earth Day, the Climate Pope, and the 89%

Legal Planet

One such survey involved 130,000 people in 125 countries, which account for 96% of the worlds carbon emissions, and was published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The project is a global initiative of Covering Climate Now intended to spur collaboration globally. CBD plans to sue. the Financial Times reports.

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ESA Policy News: February 20, 2023

ESA

RSVP for the March 7 webinar here Invasive Species: The North American Invasive Species Management Association is holding a series of webinars for National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Monday, Feb. 20 Invasive Species Programs Across Mexico Tuesday, Feb. Comments must be received on or before March 6, 2023.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

ESA

White House science office to hold first event on countering climate change denial and delay – The Washington Post. UN : A new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that world faces unavoidable climate hazards over the next two decades with global warming of 1.5

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