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Adriana Trujillo

Trump Administration Must Immediately Begin Enforcing Methane Rule, Court Rules - Envir... - 0 views

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    A federal court ruled Monday that the methane rule adopted under the Obama administration must be upheld by the current administration. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the Trump administration had no right to delay the rule that limits methane emissions from gas and oil operations.
Del Birmingham

Colombia's supreme court orders government to stop Amazon deforestation - 0 views

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    Colombia's supreme court granted protections, filed by 25 children and other young people, that affirm that deforestation in the Colombian Amazon violates their rights to health and life. In the ruling, the supreme court ordered the president of Colombia and environmental authorities to create an action plan to protect this important natural area.
Adriana Trujillo

Clean Power Plan Arguments Delayed, Full DC Circuit Court Will Hear the Case ... - 0 views

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    In a delay for the EPA's Clean Power Plan, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit yesterday said the full court will hear oral arguments on the carbon emissions rule on Sept. 27. A three-judge panel had been scheduled to hear the case on June 2.
Adriana Trujillo

Supreme Court overturns landmark EPA air pollution rule | TheHill - 0 views

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    The Environmental Protection Agency's rule to limit greenhouse gas emissions by power plants has been overturned by the Supreme Court. The 5-4 ruling said the EPA was wrong to not have "properly" considered the "punishing costs" of abiding by the rule. However, many utilities have already started to make changes to be in compliance
Del Birmingham

ICC widens remit to include environmental destruction cases | Law | The Guardian - 0 views

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    Environmental destruction and landgrabs could lead to governments and individuals being prosecuted for crimes against humanity by the international criminal court following a decision to expand its remit.
Adriana Trujillo

China Now Handing Down Death Penalty to Worst Polluters - 0 views

  • Chinese authorities have recently given courts the authority to hand down the death penalty for serious cases of pollution
  • Public anger over China’s growth-at-all-costs policies has been growing steadily in response to the increasingly polluted air and water
  • public’s attitudes towards environmental protection found that up to 80 percent believe that environmental protection should be a higher priority than economic development.
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  • A recent analysis by the Health Effects Institute in Boston found that over a million people die prematurely in China every year as the result of air pollution.
  • Particulate levels in Beijing, Guangzhou and other Chinese cities often rise to as much as seven times the World Health Organization’s air-quality standard
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  • A protest over plans to build a petro-chemical refinery in Kunming
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    Chines courts are allowed to hand down the death penalty for serisous cases of pollution
amandasjohnston

This is The People vs. Arctic Oil | Greenpeace International - 0 views

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    As the Arctic melts, oil companies are moving in to drill for more oil. Next year, the Norwegian owned oil company Statoil will drill further north than ever - unless we stop them. An unprecedented case was filed this morning that could do just that. This case is about holding back the oil industry at this final frontier, it is about protecting the beautiful Arctic, and it is about people stepping up to hold governments to account. If we win, millions of barrels of oil could be kept in the ground. We will argue in court that we must take action to keep the Paris climate agreement on track, and we will invoke Norway's constitutional right to a healthy and safe environment for future generations.
Del Birmingham

Violence Erupts in Southern India Over Order to Share Water - The New York Times - 0 views

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    NEW DELHI - Violent protests broke out in the southern state of Karnataka on Monday after the Indian Supreme Court ordered the state to release water to the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu, the latest chapter in a longstanding dispute.
Adriana Trujillo

EPA defiant on one-year anniversary of climate regs | Washington Examiner - 0 views

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    The Environmental Protection Agency is confident that the stayed Clean Power Plan is legal and will stand up in court, according to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. In the meantime, the EPA has begun holding hearings on the proposed Clean Energy Incentive Program and has heard from many states that are interested in voluntarily complying with the CPP.
Adriana Trujillo

FivePoint Says Plan Will Push Forward $12.7 Billion Development - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    Developer FivePoint has a new plan to reduce carbon emissions at its proposed $12.7 billion master-planned community in California's Los Angeles County after a court blocked the project on environmental grounds. The company hopes to begin construction in 2018 and will implement zero-net-energy construction when it builds the 21,500 homes, each of which will have a charging station for electric vehicle.
amandasjohnston

Washington Becomes First State to Sue Monsanto Over PCBs, Accused of Knowing Its Toxici... - 0 views

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    Washington is suing Monsanto over widespread PCBs contamination, the first U.S. state to take such an action. Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court, at a press conference in Seattle on Thursday. According to the Associated Press, Washington is seeking damages on several grounds, including product liability for Monsanto's alleged failure to warn about the dangers of PCBs; negligence; and trespass for injuring the state's natural resources.
Adriana Trujillo

Obama Bans Drilling in Parts of the Atlantic and the Arctic - The New York Times - 0 views

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    President Barack Obama announced a new ban on offshore oil and natural gas drilling across broad areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, using part of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act that would make it hard for his successor to reverse the decision. "They'll be arguing about this for years in the courts," said environmental lawyer Patrick Parenteau.
Adriana Trujillo

Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon voice support for Obama's Clean Power Plan | Ventu... - 0 views

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    Tech giants Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon have submitted a joint brief to the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court in support of the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan.
Adriana Trujillo

Companies, Lawmakers Step Up to Support Clean Power Plan - 0 views

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    Adobe, IKEA North America, Mars, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts filed briefs in the U.S. Court of Appeals in support of the EPA's Clean Power Plan. The companies stated they "view the Clean Power Plan and its emissions reduction program as a component of their domestic and international business risk mitigation strategies."
Adriana Trujillo

World's Leading Companies Agree: Clean Power Plan Is Necessary Part of U.S. National Cl... - 1 views

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    The biggest players in technology and some of the largest consumer brands recently submitted separate friend-of-the-court briefs providing resounding support for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.
Adriana Trujillo

Delta Joins Biofuel Fight · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environm... - 0 views

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    Delta Air Lines has joined oil industry trade groups in fighting the US biofuel mandate. Through its refinery unit, Monroe Energy, Delta has filed a lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the EPA's 2013 renewable fuel requirements, FuelFix reports.
Del Birmingham

Dutch Ordered to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Al Jazeera America - 1 views

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    A Dutch court has ordered the government to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent by 2020 in a groundbreaking climate case that activists hope will set a worldwide precedent.
Adriana Trujillo

TransCanada Fights Keystone Denial With $15 Billion Appeal - Bloomberg Business - 0 views

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    TransCanada wants the US to pay it $15 billion to recoup costs and damages related to President Barack Obama's refusal to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline. In addition to planning the claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the company sued the US government in federal court in Texas, claiming Obama's November decision exceeded his constitutional authority.
Adriana Trujillo

The Markets Have Spoken -- America's Clean Energy Economy Is Here to Stay - 0 views

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    Clean energy has become a driving force in the US marketplace as costs have declined and major companies have unveiled investments in wind and other renewables, writes Chris Brown, Vestas' president of sales and service operations in the US and Canada. Wind, in particular, can provide the nation with a winning combination of affordable yet reliable electricity. "Whatever the courts rule on the CPP, there's no turning back or stopping this economic trend. Clean energy makes good sense for business, good sense for consumers, and good sense for the country," he writes.
Del Birmingham

Dying Waters: India Struggles to Clean Up Its Polluted Urban Rivers - Yale E360 - 0 views

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    India's booming population and rapidly expanding urban areas have exacted a huge toll on its rivers, which are badly polluted and choked by development. But in cities across India, activists are heading to court to force municipalities and states to take action.
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