Major electricity providers and some government officials in West Virginia, the state leading the charge
against federal climate change regulations, want to use carbon trading to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets, according to public records obtained by ClimateWire.
Not exact matches
On Monday, as Irma weakened over Georgia, Bossert used a White House briefing to offer more hints of an emerging
climate resilience policy, while notably avoiding accepting
climate change science: «What President Trump is committed to is making sure that
federal dollars aren't used to rebuild things that will be in harm's way later or that won't be hardened
against the future predictable floods that we see.
A new
federal infrastructure package presents a critical opportunity to strengthen America's infrastructure
against the growing risks posed by extreme weather and other impacts of
climate change.
The candidates fielded 14 questions, ranging from their stances on national issues — all asserted their belief in
climate change and said they were
against eliminating
federal tax deductions for local property taxes — to how they'd help the homeless.
The decision by President Donald Trump to pull the U.S. out of the Paris
Climate Accord has pushed environmentalists to file several lawsuits
against the
federal Environmental Protection Agency.
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The League of Conservation Voters gives McMorris Rodgers a 4 percent lifetime score out of a possible 100 in their environmental scorecard because she has voted
against bills that would have required the
federal government to account for the social cost of carbon in administrative actions and required federally funded projects to be resilient to the impacts of
climate change.
In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple
climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument
against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the
Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the...
The lawsuit filed Monday is the latest in a wave of legal cases filed by children
against states and the
federal government that accuse government of depriving them of the fundamental right to a stable
climate.
With regard to health specifically, the state's leaders publicly acknowledge the threats of
climate change and have committed to taking action
against them, even in a conservative state that helped elect a
federal administration that sees little, if any, danger from human - caused
climate change.
The book also initiated the pending
climate proceedings
against the Belgian
federal and regional governments.
The previous round of CAFE talks, which dates back to 2007 when the industry dropped its lawsuits
against California's proposed emissions standards and set the table for the combined fuel economy and CO2
federal rules, brought auto makers to the front lines in the war
against climate change.
It also describes a glaring problem, and opportunity, in how
federal agencies are locked in to static standards for girding
against weather - related hazards even as
climate forecasts foresee more rain coming in heavy downpours:
Connecticut v. AEP et al. involves a
federal public nuisance claim filed by state attorney generals and conservation groups
against utilities for their large contributions to
climate change and resistance to lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
on A good
federal court decision
against a coal mining expansion: There are no remedies for failure to consider
climate change impacts
«There are now serious discussions afoot to lodge complaints
against [Al] Gore to the
federal financial and legal authorities in that he fraudulently talks up the imagined «
climate crisis» in the hope that he and his «green» investment corporation can profit by the baseless...
The case filed
against the Belgian
federal government was brought by the association Klimaatzaak (
Climate Case Belgium).
Oil companies and their representative trade associations are defendants in our constitutional
climate case
against the
federal government pending in the District of Oregon.
Share this video and join us by using the hashtag #USPeoplesDelegation to show how your communities are pushing back
against federal inaction on
climate in the U.S.
Doctors must respond to protect human health
against an unprecedented challenge The current
federal political
climate in the United States bodes ill for the future of the world's
climate, and...
The Declaration of Arjun Makhijani, in support of the Atmospheric Trust Litigation Plaintiff's
Climate Change Suit
Against Federal Agencies (September 26, 2011; Filed November 21, 2011)
While the recent moratorium on new coal leases on
federal land will not directly impact the Colorado Roadless Rule decision, advocates are hopeful it signals that the Obama Administration will use this opportunity to take another stand
against coal and
climate pollution.
This most recent stance
against coal comes on the heels of President Obama's decision last week to freeze all new coal mining leases on
federal land until the
climate risks are incorporated into any leasing decision.
Exports do not count
against meeting
federal or state carbon reduction targets even though they certainly have just as much impact on
climate as if they did.
A new
federal infrastructure package presents a critical opportunity to strengthen America's infrastructure
against the growing risks posed by extreme weather and other impacts of
climate change.
Jan. 9, 2018: New York City files suit in
federal court
against five fossil fuel companies over
climate change - related costs.
where he argues
against calls for the government to investigate
climate change skeptics under the
federal racketeering law.
For example, in 2006, then - Senator Kerry filed an amicus brief on behalf of an ultimately successful
federal lawsuit brought by several environmental groups
against the Bush administration, challenging the administration's suppression of the National
Climate Assessment process.
On Monday, as Irma weakened over Georgia, Bossert used a White House briefing to offer more hints of an emerging
climate resilience policy, while notably avoiding accepting
climate change science: «What President Trump is committed to is making sure that
federal dollars aren't used to rebuild things that will be in harm's way later or that won't be hardened
against the future predictable floods that we see.
In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple
climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument
against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the
Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the children plaintiffs in the Juliana case, and in The People...
Holthaus is so afraid of a Trump presidency, he's seeking to preserve data
against destruction, as he wrote in this WaPo Op - Ed on December 13, 2016, Why I'm trying to preserve
federal climate data before Trump takes office:
As the US airline industry faces a host of challenges — steep international competition, rapidly increasing consumer demand, flight delays and congestion, the ever - pressing need for safety, controversy over
federal vs. private insurance
against terrorist acts, and so on —
climate change looms as a sleeping giant.
Republican Asa Hutchinson won the governor's race in Arkansas, giving Republicans a statehouse it hasn't held since 2006, and securing another ally in the fight
against new
federal climate regulations.
Our entries on taking the CCSP and the White House Science Office to
federal court on the National Assessment: (November 14) Conservation groups file suit
against Bush administration to compel second National Assessment (November 14) Sen. Kerry statement in support of lawsuit on National Assessment of
Climate Change Impacts (November 16) Press coverage and comment on the National Assessment lawsuit
Due to state and
federal laws that discriminate
against our largest source of clean energy, New York is at risk of going backwards on
climate change.
In August, twenty - one young people, with the help of OCT, filed a landmark constitutional
climate change lawsuit
against the
federal government, seeking a court order requiring the President to immediately implement a national plan to decrease atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to a safe level: 350 ppm by the year 2100.
Closer to home, a lawsuit filed by 21 youth plaintiffs (including Kelsey Juliana) and world - renowned
climate scientist James Hansen on behalf of future generations
against the U.S. government cleared an important hurdle in November 2016 when
federal judge Ann Aiken rejected the government and fossil fuel industries» motion to dismiss the case.
UCS is a sponsor of the campaign to use the
federal RICO Act
against fossil fuels companies and non-profit
climate realist think tanks such as The Heartland Institute.
Documents Illuminate AGs Politicized
Climate Campaign
Against Exxon by Chris Horner, Senior Legal Fellow, as appearing in RealClear Energy On Oct. 13, a
federal court in Ft. Worth, Texas ruled that Massachusetts Attorney General -LSB-...]
Born in 1941, he became a climatologist at the University of Iowa, developed the groundbreaking «Zero Model» for projecting
climate change, and later became the head of
climate research at NASA, only to leave under pressure when, while still a
federal employee, he filed a lawsuit
against the
federal government charging inaction on warming (along the way he got arrested a few times for protesting, too).
On Wednesday, a
federal judge will hold a «
climate science tutorial» as part of San Francisco's and Oakland's nuisance cases
against five oil giants for damages related to sea level rise.
As The New American reported last year, the Obama administration has pursued a similar course, waging a full - blown witch - hunt
against «
climate deniers» in the
federal government and even suggesting they could be fired if their scientific views are discovered.