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Florida Governor DeSantis’ Head-In-The Sand Climate Change Policies

Legal Planet

Natural gas currently powers approximately 74% of Florida’s total net electricity generation.) Ironically, Florida is likely to be the American state most dramatically and quickly threatened by a changing climate–plagued by even more destructive hurricanes, unprecedented storm surges, and steadily rising sea level.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Precautionary Principle : Often a hot topic and subject to furious debate, this international standard promotes the concept through The Rio Declaration that to protect an environment, a precautionary approach must be applied according to their capability. We are already seeing the depletion of the ice caps and rising sea levels.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

It was reported in January that a developer had filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court challenging the City of Santa Rosa’s law requiring appliances in new homes of three stories or less to use electricity rather than natural gas. The developer previously filed a lawsuit challenging a natural gas ban in the Town of Windsor.

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