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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

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Policy News: May 23, 2022

ESA

Breaking climate vows would be ‘monstrous self-harm’, warns Cop26 president – The Guardian. World’s oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years, climate report warns – Reuters. How climate scientists keep hope alive as damage worsens – Associated Press. Scientific Community. ESA Correspondence to Policymakers.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Maryland General Assembly passes major climate legislation. Some of those techniques would allow the extended use of fossil fuels, which is why they are backed by industry and extracting countries, but the idea is strongly opposed by climate campaigners.

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Identifying the Means to an End: The Role of the Social Cost of Carbon

Arnold Porter

For example, should costs imposed by US regulation of greenhouse gases be justified by including in the benefits the reduction of climate change impacts outside of the United States? First, the SCC will be used to benchmark the benefits of agency regulations. Energy Regul. The SCC then monetizes those impacts over time.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The full House passed the Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats (COAST) Research Act (H.R. 1447 ), which reauthorizes ocean and coastal research monitoring program and creates an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board. Overall, President Biden requested $6.9

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