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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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

Fossil fuels are the main driver of climate change and the terrifying effects of it that we see happening across the world. That makes this dataset a powerful tool for understanding how each of these entity’s heat-trapping emissions have contributed to climate change. The fossil fuel industry knew that too.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Our new report outlines a framework for building a more responsible battery supply chain, drawing insights from the European Unions Sustainable Batteries Regulation (2023). Refining processes , particularly in countries with lax environmental regulations, emit greenhouse gases and toxic waste.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation: How Anglers Are Responding Across the country, anglers have watched as droughts, floods, and high temperatures batter the rivers they depend on. The issue has begun changing minds about climate change among recreational fishermen, a demographic that leans politically conservative.

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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

JUNE 6, 2023

Human-caused climate change is redistributing species across the globe, re-ordering ecological communities, and even driving genetic changes in some populations. We need to better understand these changes, and to adapt biodiversity conservation strategies to take them into consideration. Photo: UNESCO/David G.

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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

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) was caught hiding evidence of environmental degradation caused by toxic tailings spills, and misleading the public with false claims that it is closely monitoring the oil sands industry. Crude oil seen separated from sand for collection. Dr Kevin Timoneys report reveals that: 1.

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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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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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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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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

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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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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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Statement from Aly Hyder Ali, Oil and Gas Program Manager, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – We welcome the Government of Canada’s Oil and Gas Greenhouse Gas Pollution Cap draft regulation, which aims to curb pollution from the oil and gas industry.

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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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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

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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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2025

The rules, known as the Clean Electricity Regulations (CER), were finalized in December 2024. The Clean Electricity Regulations are an important part of Canadas climate plan. The regulations work by placing an annual limit on the pollution from electricity produced using fossil fuels. So, do they do the job? GW in 2023.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

Thats why I believe the Climate Accountability Act is a critical step for Wisconsin, especially given all the ways the federal government is trying to move us backward on addressing climate change. the federal government is trying to move us backwards on addressing climate change.

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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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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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Legal Planet

APRIL 8, 2025

To equip policymakers with necessary information on satellite methane data, UC Berkeley Laws Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE), the UCLA Law Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment are releasing a guide for policymakers, Hunting Methane Using Satellites.

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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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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 23, 2025

Yet, this enforcement does not change the need for urgent regulatory reform in Alberta. It is not the job of impacted communities and their allies to police the regulator. Albertans need a regulator that lives up to its mandate: protecting the environment and public health rather than working for corporate interests.

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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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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 28, 2025

This may seem like a setback for climate progress in Canada, but it simply underscores the limits of voluntary initiatives and the need for the government to enforce climate-aligned financial regulations. This news also coincides with Mark Carneys official entrance into the Liberal Party leadership race.

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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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