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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

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The bill is sprawling, covering climate and energy topics as diverse as electric vehicles, building decarbonization, clean energy manufacturing and supply chains, agriculture, and greening the electricity system, all through a range of tax incentives and direct grants. Still, how does a local government tap in?

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Vacated EPA’s Administrative Stay of Methane Standards for Oil and Gas Facilities. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. and non-U.S.

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Rebuilding Our World With Sustainable Cities (& What This Means for Businesses)

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Humans have annihilated 83% of all wild animals and are disrupting a natural climate balance, throwing us into a projected future that is 4.1 – 4.8°C Cities account for 75% of resource use, 60-80% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and 50% of global waste. C (39.38 – 40.64 °F) warmer. What are sustainable cities?

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Turnkey Contracts and Substituted Performance

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4] Deriving from this structure, legal liability for all aspects of the suitability and performance of the project is placed on the contractor. [5] 4] Deriving from this structure, legal liability for all aspects of the suitability and performance of the project is placed on the contractor. [5] Niharika Mukherjee. Introduction.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Ninth Circuit Said NEPA Review for Offshore Drilling Project Should Have Considered Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Foreign Oil Consumption. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of a helium extraction project in an area of the San Rafael Desert in southeastern Utah covered by an oil and gas lease sold in December 2018.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Rhode Island for the most part denied a motion to dismiss a citizen suit asserting that Shell Oil Products US and other defendants (Shell) failed to prepare a terminal in Providence for the impacts of climate change. Shell Oil Products US , No. Source: Khanrak ). and non-U.S.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Oregon Supreme Court Said Public Trust Doctrine Did Not Impose Obligation to Protect Resources from Climate Change. The court therefore declined to expand the doctrine to cover additional resources, including the atmosphere. Portland, Oregon. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.