Environmental and Urban Economics

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Due to climate change past histograms of winter and summer weather are likely to understate the likelihood of extreme weather days going forward. If climate change risk is a "known unknown", then a regulator with a taste for Robustness will sign up more customers for CPP. When the private sector handles the issue.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 26, 2024

That’s why California is taking, or should take, these steps: Sue the fossil fuel industry for damages Extensive scientific research has shown how fossil fuel companies have contributed to worsening climate change impacts. When the economy-wide cost of capital fell, utilities’ regulated rates of return did not fall nearly as much.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

The reason for this long drought has a lot to do with changes in precipitation patterns and rising temperatures linked to human-caused climate change, but it also has to do with human decisions that have led to the overexploitation of water resources of our rivers, lakes, and groundwater and a lack of sufficient policies to protect these resources.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The regulator can only be effective if it is independent from the industries it oversees. The regulator can only be effective if it is independent from the industries it oversees. The AER has consistently failed to fulfill its mandate to ensure safe, environmentally responsible energy development.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

is a serious blow to the EPA’s ability to fight climate change—and could have dangerous repercussions beyond this case. The timing of the decision feels especially harsh, as the nation is in the throes of the “ Danger Season ” for hazards such as heat waves, drought, wildfires and hurricanes, all worsened by climate change.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 10, 2025

On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on States obligations regarding climate change. ii) Peoples and individuals of the present and future generations affected by the adverse effects of climate change?

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

But what makes the case important is the courts use of hard look judicial review, which environmentalists have often used to attack bad regulations. It helped create the framework for regulating pesticides and upheld the use of a precautionary approach rather than requiring EPA to have definitive evidence. v.EPA (1975). EPA (2012 ).

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Eagle County , has important implications for issues such as whether NEPA covers climate change impacts. In addition, the impact statement was governed by the 1970 version of NEPA and the 1978 White House NEPA regulations. The case, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. The facts are quite unusual.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 3, 2024

Rather than rehearse familiar arguments, I want to focus specifically on climate change. In my view, holding out for ideal climate policies makes no sense. Because of the nature of climate change, delay is just too costly. Climate change is a unique problem in many ways.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The absence of baseline regulation of dairy operations isn’t limited to greenhouse gas emissions. But here’s the thing: CARB itself has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from dairies. CARB can regulate dairy methane. Timestamp at 2:05:10). Agricultural operations are almost uniquely unregulated.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Statement by Alienor Rougeot, Senior Program Manager, Climate and Energy, on Ontario’s claims regarding the federal Clean Electricity Regulations. The federal government’s proposed regulations to reduce emissions in electricity generation are achievable without breaking the bank.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 13, 2022

People can no longer deny climate change must be addressed. Many lawmakers acknowledge that their constituents are being hammered by climate impacts, and they see the world around them changing. Of course, every clean energy resource has room for improvement in terms of technical innovation.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 4, 2025

The Trump administrations campaign to pare down the federal government, end federal funding for science, and waive environmental regulations is having severe consequences for ensuring water quality.

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JULY 1, 2024

This decision , reached with a 6-3 majority led by Chief Justice John Roberts, marks a significant shift in administrative law and has profound implications for environmental regulations and climate accountability. Successful court cases could limit the scope of future regulations. Worse, agencies may decide not to even try.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Some estimates suggest they could disappear by 2030 due to the climate change triggered by human fossil fuel use, which began less than 200 years ago. Glaciers, once thought of as static, timeless icons, have become a fleeting phenomenon, highlighting the urgent need for action on climate change.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle. Voters in parts of Cochise and Graham counties will decide whether to join the state’s more populated districts and regulate groundwater extraction. billion bond measure to respond to the consequences of climate change.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2025

The California Air Resources Board at the time: predicted that the new [Advanced Clean Cars] program and ZEV regulations would result in over 1.4 Second, regulators in California, at least at the time, were clearly aiming too low with their goals! million ZEVs on the road by 2025, comprising over 15 percent of vehicles sales that year.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 12, 2025

UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/ Frank van Beek This blog post is Part 3 of a three-part series highlighting the main legal arguments presented during the hearings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the request for an advisory opinion regarding the obligations of States with respect to climate change.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 14, 2025

Prime Minister Trudeaus recent decision to prorogue Parliament and announce his upcoming resignation may have left you wondering about what this could mean for climate change policy. All political leaders should be bolder on climate. Last month we polled Canadians to see what kind of climate action people want to see.

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Climate Change Blawg

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Today, Gav Ward, a legal futurist and digital strategist, steps into this lineage with […] The post The Next Nikola Tesla or Marie Curie of Climate Change Legal Innovation? Gav Ward Proposes Global Law Approach appeared first on Climate Change Blawg: Climate Change Law Blogs, News & Insights.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

While many environmental effects may already be considered and regulated under other statutes, there may be many other effects that are not considered under other statutes. It might be because the environmental effect is an uncommon one, one that was not seen as widespread or important enough to justify regulation.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Even aside from the totally legitimate riposte that we can’t afford not to do so, I feel pretty confident that, if we do succeed in making the necessary changes, we’ll find out that, not only have the benefits far exceeded the costs, but that the costs will have turned out to be much less than we currently expect them to be.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2024

This week, the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights (IACHR) started to hear testimony at the University of the West Indies , near Bridgetown, Barbados, addressing one of the most pressing global issues of our time: climate change and its implications on human rights. You can watch the full testimony here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 6, 2025

As the year kicks off with a very cold January weather forecast, US power grid operators and the regulators who oversee them are paying close attention to ensure that the grid failures of several past extreme winter storms dont happen again. and would greatly facilitate transmission development on a reasonable timeline.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

That’s not just what I think, it’s not just what is required to slow climate change, it’s what many of the world’s automakers have publicly stated. Sowing doubt about EVs to influence regulations? It’s a transition that needs to happen, and as quickly as possible to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 31, 2025

Most climate action today rightly focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, these efforts are necessary, but not sufficient to meet global climate targets. The Sabin Center has previously discussed the regulation of OAE here and here. In Washington State, certain state laws regulate ocean resources.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2023

Their basic infrastructure is aging, budgets are tight, and they face a barrage of stressors, from population growth to climate change and shifting regulatory expectations. A key finding is that regulation, which is critical for protecting public and environmental health, can encourage or impede innovation.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 3, 2023

Standing based on climate impacts C. Climate science F. Climate justice II. EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) A. Climate change under other federal statutes. Climate change as substantial impact requiring discussion in environmental impact statement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2024

While nonbinding, the unanimous advisory opinion offers important support for small island nations facing climate impacts and raises the bar for other nations to reduce their global warming emissions to protect the world’s oceans. Lays out polluting nations’ obligations.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 9, 2024

In a transformative moment for European and global climate litigation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled today that the state has a positive duty to adopt, and effectively implement in practice, regulations and measures capable of mitigating the existing and potentially irreversible future effects of climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

And current EPA regulations for public health don’t require facilities to account for fugitive emissions , meaning companies have no reason to rein them in. These GHGs are not regulated, so producers can emit them freely. And any fines for violating regulations are paltry sums to companies that make billions of dollars per quarter.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 28, 2024

For example, there’s a current challenge to EPA’s waiver under the Clean Air Act for the Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Trucks regulations (ACT), which require that zero-emission trucks represent an increasing proportion of in-state heavy-duty truck sales. (A

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

The fossil fuel industry has known for decades that its products cause climate chang e Contrary to what the fossil fuel industry would like you to believe, the link between burning fossil fuels and climate change has been well established for decades.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 4, 2022

Michigan’s Lack of Septic System Regulations is Causing Problems for Some of its Most Pristine Lakes Failing systems can allow contaminated water to seep through the earth into nearby bodies of water. In the early 2000s, state environmental regulators told the village to fix the problem or the marina would be shut down. .

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Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

My own priorities are public health, climate change, and preservation of biodiversity/ecosystems. It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. I included all laws passed in the U.S., Inflation Reduction Act. Reader’s Choice.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2024

CLEE published excerpts from the 922 page Project 2025 document related to climate change and environment, here. As the Paper states: The Heritage Foundation’s Schedule F proposal would change the current system dramatically.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

But such a question is not an optimal proxy for a sea level rise hazard disclosure because FEMA’s maps only reflect past flood experience rather than “ the degree to which climate change and sea-level rise are expected to heighten the risk of flooding and expand the areas that will be subject to flooding in the future.”

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