AAEE

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

An interesting study conducted in 2014 in collaboration between the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, and The Associated Press at NORC, classified American attitudes towards the environment. The national survey included 1,576 adults over 18. The results found that religion and politics, as well as the individual’s personal experience with nature, have a… The post How is America Acting in Favor of Eco-Friendly Projects appeared first on AAEE.net - Environmental Engineering

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Here are the news that caught my interest as the annual climate change conference, COP23, is currently taking place in Bonn, Germany. Let us hope Germany will took the occasion for a massive announcement on ditching coal in the next 10 to 15 years. Only a move of this magnitude would make sense. It is safe to write that since Hurricanes Maria and Irma and this year’s climate horror stories , climate change is not a distant threat anymore but a day-to-day reality.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

By David Jennings, 1L Student, Vermont Law School. After hundreds of years of persecution in the United States, in 1978 the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). listed. gray wolves (Canis lupus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which gave them federal protection from hunting, killing, and otherwise harassing. Following this protection, in 1995 and 1996, 31 wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, and another 23 were released in Idaho.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Case: United States v. American Commercial Lines, L.L.C. , No. 16-31150, F.3d (5th Cir. 11/7/17). Factual Background In July of 2008, nearly 300,000 gallons of oil spilled into the Mississippi River in New Orleans when a tugboat towing an oil-filled barge veered across the river into the path of an ocean-going tanker. American Commercial Lines (“ACL”) owned the tug MEL OLIVER, and bareboat chartered its tug to DRD Towing.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Columbia Climate Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

By Jeffrey Hammons. Introduction. Over the past few months, the Michigan Public Service Commission (“MPSC”) issued a series of orders updating how it implements its obligations under Section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (“PURPA”). [1] These orders could spur new development of solar energy facilities in Michigan. Due to the lower costs of solar PV, other states have seen large increases in the development of these facilities over the past decade thanks to PURPA.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

By Dena Adler. Photo Credit: NASA. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the UN specialized body for aviation, earned international praise in October 2016 for striking a deal to cap emissions from international passenger and cargo flights at 2020 levels, but a new Sabin Center Working Paper argues that ICAO must improve its transparency to truly “take-off.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

For years, grid parity – the time when solar and wind would be cost-competitive with fossil fuels and nuclear – was the holy grail of renewables energy, a target to reach in a distant future. But the future is now. . F inancial firm Lazard’s annual benchmark shows the Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE) for the main electricity sources.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 103.

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