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

Legal Planet

Standards for existing stationary carbon sources (focused on power plants to date). Vehicle biofuels requirements. Climate change under other federal statutes. Climate change as substantial impact requiring discussion in environmental impact statement. SEC rules on disclosure of climate-related risks.

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New Inflation Reduction Act Tracker Launched by the Sabin Center and EDF

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund have just launched IRAtracker.org. Source: iratracker.org The IRA is this country’s largest climate investment to date. The expanded renewable energy investment tax credit, for example, now supports investments in energy storage and microgrids.

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Show Time: Stark message from the International Energy Agency

Legal Planet

Environmental groups mostly praised the rapid phasedown of fossil fuels, but also criticized the report for being too conservative in assuming only 90 per cent renewable electricity generation, and for the scenario’s substantial reliance on growth in nuclear power, carbon capture, and biofuels.

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Why Ontario needs to stop burning polluting gas for electricity

Enviromental Defense

The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. It increases carbon emissions and makes climate change worse, and the impacts of climate change are not distributed equally. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

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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. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE.

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

Responsible for nuclear physics which has given us nuclear power, and nuclear medicine which has opened up new avenues of medical treatment for such things as cancer. It's fundamental to the Earth sciences such as meteorology and is vital in our understanding of this generation's most pressing problem - climate change.

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Arguments over Solar Geoengineering Research

Legal Planet

Climate-change risks are severe and growing, even if uncertain in their precise character, timing, and incidence. These other responses may fall short, shifting more risk to climate-change impacts. It is correct to characterize the required changes as transformative, even revolutionary.