E2 Law Blog

MAY 7, 2021

These developments confirm that the goal of fulfilling the Paris Agreement and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest will increasingly shape EU and German law-making for the foreseeable future. Further key elements of the provisional agreement include. (i) Further legislative action may be just around the corner.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2024

118 & 542), and the often inadequate action taken to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions on the other. By contrast, the ECtHR’s existing environmental case law refers to situations in which harm (toxic waste, pollution, etc.) inflicted on applicants can be traced directly to a specific source (e.g.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Most of Indonesia’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) and energy sectors. Yet, Indonesia continues to pursue carbon-intensive policies and actions. Indonesia is now the seventh largest cumulative emitter in the world, having emitted 41.59

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

These stakeholders seek to require companies to measure, manage and then disclose ESG-related factors in their public filings. whether companies might provide analyses on how their businesses would adapt to the range of possible physical, legal, market and economic changes they may contend with in the future.

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Law Columbia

MAY 10, 2021

On April 29, 2021 the German Constitutional Court (the Bundesverfassungsgericht, or GCC) rendered a ground-breaking judgment, requiring the German government to establish specific plans to achieve its mid-century greenhouse gas emissions goal. (An An English press release is available here. threshold must not be passed.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2024

The first, known as greenhouse gas (GHG) removal , seeks to mitigate climate change by pulling GHGs – most commonly carbon dioxide – out of the atmosphere and durably storing them. Geoengineering techniques are often divided into two broad categories.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

And while greenhouse gas emissions may dip this year because of lockdowns, we should not celebrate. These funds should be aligned with pro-nature growth in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and the upcoming global framework on biodiversity. degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

C-aligned menus served at COP28—centered around plant-based foods, and referencing the Paris Agreement commitment to limit warming to 1.5 Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri of the host country UAE, put a fine point on it: “To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, to keep 1.5C The organizers touted so-called 1.5°C-aligned

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The California Supreme Court declined to review an intermediate appellate court’s decision upholding the statewide greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program. They alleged that the standards could reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by more than 26 million metric tons and save $24 billion over 30 years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Rapid, deep cuts to fossil fuel use are necessary to address the climate crisis The power sector is second only to the transportation sector in terms of total US greenhouse gas emissions, making up about a quarter of overall emissions. Coal is the most destructive fossil fuel in terms of its climate impact. degrees Celsius.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Methane is essential to control, since stabilizing climate requires reducing all anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions to net-zero. Methane also has indirect effects on heating, due to chemical interactions by which methane changes the levels of other greenhouse gases. And more methane initiatives are surely on the way. microns).

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 10, 2021

This week’s IPCC report is another stark reminder of the need to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid climate disaster. To the extent those sectors continue emitting carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, those gases will need to be captured prior to release into the atmosphere. By Romany M. While the U.S.

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Acoel

JULY 25, 2022

To borrow a page from his playbook, let’s consider a bold, “all-in” strategy to combat climate change – one that includes aggressive and timely actions by the states to abate greenhouse gas emissions. These plans typically include greenhouse gas reduction goals and myriad policy options for achieving those goals.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

On the one hand, global greenhouse gas emissions have reached an all-time high, and the temperature for 2023 is the highest ever recorded. from the Paris Agreement again. Photo: Cara Horowitz Some have described the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku as “challenging,” “ineffective,” and “disappointing.”

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Circuit Stayed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Truck Trailers. The court granted the company leave to amend its complaint with 21 days.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Her fears will likely be tested very soon, as the Trump Administration is expected to release its plans to repeal and potentially replace the Clean Power Plan, the Obama Administration’s signature effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired power plants, in advance of an Oct. 7 th court deadline.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Under the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), every country on Earth is treaty-bound to “avoid dangerous climate change”, and find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally in an equitable way. Why do we need a Cop – don’t we already have the Paris agreement? Why is 1.5C so important?

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

California Federal Court Barred BLM from Enforcing Delay of Oil and Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule; States, Trade Groups Asked Wyoming Court to Expedite Review of Rule and Suspend Deadlines. The court also denied motions to transfer the action to the District of Wyoming, where a challenge to the Waste Prevention Rule is pending.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Because the First Circuit rejected the plaintiffs’ arguments regarding the scope of the NEPA review, the court also concluded that the plaintiffs’ contention that the greenhouse gas reductions from the overall project were overstated did not show “controversy” that would require the Corps to prepare an environmental impact statement.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

For example, Section 60103 of the IRA , which establishes the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) , specifies that $15 billion of the $27 billion allocated to the GGRF should be used for the purposes of providing financial assistance and technical assistance in low-income and disadvantaged communities.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Why Trump Pulling Out of the Paris Agreement Led to a Stronger Global Climate Change Plan. G20 world leaders’ agreement hinges on U.S. Climate Change -- What Now With The White House Abandoning The Paris Agreement? . NOAA erases ‘human activity’ from news release on soaring greenhouse gases. 2017.07.07.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

s challenge to the constitutionality of the linkage between California’s greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program and Quebec trading program. The court rejected other arguments related to noise impacts, waste storage and disposal, land alterations, wetlands, and procedure. United States v. California , No. 20-16789 (9th Cir.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 12, 2024

Before asking any climate question, moderators should say simply, “We’re not going to waste time disputing scientific facts, so we’ll turn off your mic if you use your time to lie about climate science.” are the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters. ” If that means a one-sided debate, so be it. Both: China and the U.S.

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