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Trump’s Pick for Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, is Wrong on Purpose. Here are the Facts. 

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is expected to hold a hearing on Wrights nomination tomorrow. In videos and Congressional testimony , Wright portrays himself as a truth teller, while falsely claiming that climate scientists and renewable energy advocates are deceptive. Wind and solar are clean energy.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

For instance, the court found that the Natural Resources Defense Council—which contended that one of its members suffered harm due to delay of “rules to curb climate change”—had not identified a particular rule or regulatory action that would address the member’s concerns. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

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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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on claims that the Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to consider environmental impacts of certain immigration programs and policies. Mayorkas , No. 20-55777 (9th Cir. July 19, 2021).

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Policy News: July 18, 2022

ESA

The bill includes provisions creating a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency fellowship program for early career scientists and protecting public lands in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. House Natural Resources Committee: The full committee voted to advance a bill ( H.R. Executive Branch. West Virginia v. EPA decision.

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Policy News: October 8, 2021

ESA

Jared Huffman (D-CA), who a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee, is a co-sponsor of this bill. Senate Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced the America’s Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act ( S. The bill authorizes the U.S.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

The scientific community opposed this executive order, over concerns that this category could be used fire scientists whose results contradict the preferences of political employees. House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal introduced the Extinction Prevention Act ( H.R.

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