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Tag: GHG Regulation
NEPA Lawsuit Argues that Immigrants to the US Increase Climate Change
This lawsuit by an anti-immigration group alleges that since Americans have among the highest carbon footprints, allowing immigrants into the US will increase GHG emissions and climate change. This means that immigration has environmental impacts and thus immigration policy changes…
The Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax
The Climate Leadership Council: The Conservative Case for Carbon Dividends (2017) There are many traditional conservatives who understand and believe in climate change. Consistent with their small government beliefs, they see a carbon tax as the best approach to reducing…
A bitter scientific debate just erupted over the future of America’s power grid
A bitter scientific debate just erupted over the future of America’s power grid Scientists are engaged in an increasingly bitter and personal feud over how much power the United States can get from renewable sources, with a large group of…
President Obama’s Climate Action Plan
Read President Obama’s Climate Action Plan in its entirety and fact sheet. PROGRESS REPORT: Highlighting Federal Actions Addressing the Recommendations of the State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, JULY 2015 View the Infographic In June…
Global Carbon Budget 2014: An Annual Update of the Global Carbon Budget and Trends
Global Carbon Budget 2014 – slides Global Carbon Budget 2014: An Annual Update of the Global Carbon Budget and Trends Source: Global Carbon Project Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel burning and cement production increased by 2.3% in 2013,…
Vermont Environmentalists File FTC Challenge over “Double-Counting” RECs
Represented by Patrick A. Parenteau and Douglas A. Ruley of the Vermont Law School’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, four Vermont residents have petitioned the FTC to investigate alleged misleading marketing practices by Green Mountain Power regarding their provision…
Murray Energy Challenge of EPA GHG Rulemaking
In re: Murray Energy Corporation, Docket No. 14-01112 (D.C. Cir. Jun 18, 2014) This is an attack on the rulemaking itself, arguing that an inconsistency between the House and Senate versions of the applicable Clean Air provisions makes it impossible…
Climate Change: Conceptual Approaches and Policy Tools – CRS
Climate Change: Conceptual Approaches and Policy Tools – CRS Summary Congress has, over the past three decades, authorized and funded federal programs to improve understanding of climate changes and their implications. Climate changes have potentially large economic and ecological consequences,…