Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

In the 1960s, scientists were warning that the burning of fossil fuels was releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which could have catastrophic consequences for the planet. States and local governments are suing for damages So why are states and local governments suing the fossil fuel industry now? But the tide is turning.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

In an opinion by Justice Stevens, the Court held that the threat of sea level rise gave a state government standing to bring the suit. This gave EPA the power to impose limits on carbon emissions by vehicles and industry. UARG involved a regulation that required industry to cut carbon emissions for new facilities.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What is the social cost of carbon? SCC is a dollar estimate of the long-term damage caused by emitting a tonne of carbon dioxide in a given year. It captures the changes in mortality rates that are going to happen… the changes in crop yields… the changes in sea level rise, and the damages that will cost…”.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Instead, it has been to stem and confuse the flow of information about climate change to the public and political leaders. The California plaintiffs, by contrast, are seeking money damages from fossil fuel companies to offset the costs required to adapt to, among other things, rising sea levels. What is the class of tortfeasors?

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Science Blogs

AUGUST 29, 2017

The release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels is, conceiveably, the most important environmental issue in the world today. — "Costs and benefits of carbon dioxide," Nature , May 3, 1979. And along with the economic costs will come social and political side effects.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

The Climate Superfund bills have already attracted vicious opposition from the fossil fuel industry and its political allies and, if passed, will inevitably face vigorous legal challenges.

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Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

It describes fluctuations between the sea level atmospheric pressure from the areas known as the Azores High and the Icelandic Low although these are not set in stone (8). The turmoil that followed was political but also showed the lack of resources in societies led to their collapse. The Human Impacts on Climate.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

The data These data represent the cumulative carbon dioxide and methane emissions from the largest industrial carbon producers. These corporations and their surrogates have also co-opted and infiltrated international climate negotiations, further exacerbating the world’s reliance on fossil energy.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons. As water and water runoff does not respect political boundaries, international laws on conservation and use are common and applied, especially where there is shared use and responsibility or competing claims to it.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Footnote Disclosures would require companies to disclose in their financial statements: All positive and negative impacts of climate-related events, such as severe weather events and other natural conditions, including flooding, drought, wildfires, extreme temperatures, and sea-level rise, exceeding 1 percent of the related line item.

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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. Ecological Conservation. A Few Notable Vetoes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Earlier this month the International Energy Agency (IEA) released data showing that global carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions hit an all-time high in 2021, rebounding sharply from the 2020 decline caused by COVID-19 related economic slump. It’s clear we cannot continue to live this way, it will destroy our civilization.”.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 21, 2023

Some of what is to come may be provocative and contrarian; so, take a breath —but not too deep because the air is full of carbon dioxide. Ask most people, and they will say that we are already living in a catastrophe; just look at the eradication of the coral reefs , the rising sea levels , and melting icebergs.

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Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2023

Some of what is to come may be provocative and contrarian; so, take a breath —but not too deep because the air is full of carbon dioxide. Ask most people, and they will say that we are already living in a catastrophe; just look at the eradication of the coral reefs , the rising sea levels , and melting icebergs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

At least partly—if not largely—because the AGs and their political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), receive substantial financial support from fossil fuel companies, electric utilities, and their respective trade groups. Landry’s deep ties to the oil and gas industry predate his time as Louisiana’s AG.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

billion to combat sea level rise. SB 201 is an effort to overturn a state law regulating carbon dioxide pipelines. Prop 4 would authorize issuance of $10 billion in bonds, which would provide $3.8 billion for safe drinking water and groundwater, $1.5 billion for wildfire and forest programs, and $1.2 South Dakota.

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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. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

CLF’s allegations included that the landfill’s coastal location “makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts, including sea level rise and damaging storm surge, creating a significant risk of erosion and of pollution from the Landfill washing into the surrounding rivers and coastal wetlands.” California v. Bernhardt , No.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

would still result in a rising sea levels, the bleaching of coral reefs, and an increase in heatwaves, droughts, floods, fiercer storms and other forms of extreme weather, but these would be far less than the extremes associated with a rise of 2C. above pre-industrial levels, and greenhouse gas emissions are still on an upward trend.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Since then, EPA has consistently regulated GHG emissions from motor vehicles, although the scope of EPA’s GHG emissions regulations has been the subject of a political tug-of-war. Heat waves can also cause costly infrastructure damage in cities and exacerbate air pollution.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated that the issue arose “because a necessary and critical element of the hydrological damage caused by defendants’ alleged conduct is the rising sea level along the Pacific coast and in the San Francisco Bay, both of which are navigable waters of the United States.” billion over a 30-year period. BP p.l.c. ,

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Actual Scientists Say Sea-Level Rise Is A Threat To Tangier Island, Virginia. DOE head says carbon dioxide not primary cause of climate change. . Wind Industry Tacks as Trump Shifts the Political Climate. Meet the fossil fuel all-stars Trump has appointed to his administration. 2017.06.14. 2017.06.14. 2017.06.14.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The County asserted that the defendants were “directly responsible for a substantial portion of the climate crisis-related impacts in Anne Arundel County,” including sea level rise, storm surge, and flooding, as well as more frequent, longer-lasting, and more severe extreme weather events.

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