ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 10, 2021

Germany’s Federal Climate Change Act requires a 55% gradual reduction of German GHGs by 2030 and a reduction of 80-95% by 2050, compared to 1990. To achieve the 2030 target the law determines the permissible emissions for various sectors. The GCC upheld the 55% reduction-requirement until 2030. threshold.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Czech Republic ) and ordered the Czech Republic’s ministries to take specific measures to reach a 55% GHG emissions reduction by 2030 (in comparison with the 1990 level). The defendant ministries were thus enjoined from continuing to interfere in such a way. On standing.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Support is also being organized by local members of Pakistan’s legal community galvanizing action through donation. In addition, a River Act was drafted to stop encroachment on flood plains.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 29, 2024

This post is the third in a series of blogs that address specific legal features of the rule: Part One offered a summary of the final rule, and delved into the materiality threshold that was added throughout the rule, including for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosure. So: do the SEC or EPA reporting regimes preclude California’s laws?

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Thankfully, many industries — including legal — have full-on embraced remote work. And for law firms, remote work opens the door to alternative hiring options, including outsourcing substantive legal work to freelance lawyers. It’s not hard to see why freelancers could represent 80% of the global workforce by 2030.

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LexForti

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Draft National Maritime Policy (NMP) which has not yet been promulgated stands on two pillars – firstly, transitioning India from Brown Economy to Blue Economy; secondly, framing holistic maritime security. The post Maritime Laws in India appeared first on LexForti Legal News & Journal. Future of Maritime Law in India.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 26, 2021

The same holds true for substantive law of evidence, including the specific rules on the burden of proof relating to a particular legal relationship. This draft report, which also addresses the jurisdiction rules under the Brussels I bis Regulation was briefly discussed on this blog in an earlier blogpost by Jan von Hein.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

I attended the first week volunteering with the organization Legal Response International (LRI) which provides legal aid to low-income developing nations in the negotiations. More than 100 countries p ledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. Global Methane Pledge. More of this difficult but important work is needed.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Second Circuit agreed with the district court that the plaintiff lacked standing because he failed to allege an injury in fact since he “never explained why he had any legal right to have the document distributed.” EPA’s brief is due December 15. National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project v. Williams , No.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

By addressing legal loopholes and ensuring that those who violate privacy rights are held accountable, this provision aims to reform existing laws and safeguard individuals from offenses such as downblousing or upskirting. Currently, the legal age for buying cigarettes is 18.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The program is intended to ensure compliance with the annual emission targets for the building and transportation sectors for the years 2024 to 2030. The judgment and the underlying (political and legal) conflicts are also interesting beyond their German relevance, as the case raises fundamental questions for climate governance.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 5, 2021

The first is overt, blunt and wide-ranging, with state-wide preemption laws drafted so broadly that they could inhibit many local policies, including unintended or unforeseen ones. The second is far more tailored to the specifics of one particular local law, and was hidden from public view in a 4,000-page budget bill.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

The records included spreadsheets tracking and analyzing comments, draft ANPRM fact sheets, meeting agendas, and emails and meeting invitations regarding CEQ’s process for managing comments. The Court found that the case was not justiciable because it did not have a sufficient legal component to anchor the analysis. 3:18-cv-00113 (W.D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Federal Court Upheld State Department’s Invocation of FOIA Exception for Legal Memorandum Supporting Paris Agreement Request. Department of State properly withheld a legal memorandum that accompanied an “action memorandum” seeking authorization from the Secretary of State to join the Paris Agreement. Animal Legal Defense Fund v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits. Animal Legal Defense Fund v. They seek a court order requiring the government to reduce national GHG emissions 61% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, and to reach net zero emissions by 2043. BP p.l.c. ,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

The court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction because administrative appeals that raised the same legal issues were still pending before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to prepare a draft recovery plan for the jumping mouse by the end of January 2022, and to finalize the plan by the end of January 2023.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Circuit to hold the cases in abeyance was to allow the federal district for the District of Columbia to resolve cases challenging NHTSA’s action that raise similar legal issues. The court found that the plaintiff, who did not allege any legally cognizable relationship with the community college, had failed to allege Article III standing.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 6, 2015

Her current proposals include the implementation (and defense from legal challenge) of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which mandates emissions reductions from existing power plants that will be achieved, at least in part, through the installation of new renewable energy facilities. This value is reflected in her fact sheet.)

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The plan set individual goals for each state to cut power-plant emissions, instructed the states to submit their plans by 2018 and then gave them until 2030 to meet their goals. And it is undisputed, the states and companies add, that they had a legal right to sue when they initially contested the Clean Power Plan in court.

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