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Emetic Justice
Polar-bear listing would hurt the poor, says industry |
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09 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:10 PM on 09 May 2008 If the U.S. Interior Department decides that polar bears are endangered, litigation will be immediate from a group arguing that bear protection will "result in higher energy prices across the board, which will disproportionately be borne by minorities." So says Roy Innis, chair of the Congress for Racial Equality -- a recipient of Exxon funding that has recently aligned itself with ac ... |
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| Topics: climate, endangered species, environmental justice, insanity, litigation, news, polar bears, politics (all these topics) |
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She Will Have Her Way
Hearing held on Inuit climate and human-rights claim against U.S. |
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01 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| She Will Have Her Way Hearing held on Inuit climate and human-rights claim against U.S. In the northern reaches of the world, climate change is more than a theory. For years, native Inuit have seen extreme weather and weak ice interfere with their lives, and they say big emitters like the U.S. are to blame. Today -- more than a year after filing a petition with the Inter-Ame ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, climate, climate change impacts, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Who Speaks for the Eggman?
U.S. green groups sue feds over polar bear, walrus protection |
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14 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Who Speaks for the Eggman? U.S. green groups sue feds over polar bear, walrus protection Two green groups have sued the feds for failing to protect polar bears and walruses (walri?) from the nasty combo of oil drilling and global warming. Pacific Environment and the Center for Biological Dive ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, climate, environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, mining and drilling, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Now Who's a Moonbeam?
On heels of climate report, governments and businesses get real |
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05 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Now Who's a Moonbeam? On heels of climate report, governments and businesses get real Heeding a call from French President Jacques Chirac, 46 nations are backing a plan to create a powerful new U.N. Environment Organization that could police climate offenders. Egregious emitters Russia, China, India, and the U.S. didn't leap up and down volunteering to j ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, environmental justice, France, news, politics, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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Inuit All Along
Inuit climate petition against U.S. is rejected |
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18 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Inuit All Along Inuit climate petition against U.S. is rejected Is climate change a human-rights issue? The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights decided to dodge the question. Arctic Inuit submitted a petition to the commission a year ago, accusing the U.S. government of violating Native peoples' rights to their traditional ways of life by declining to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. The IAC ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, climate, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Letting the Cataclysm Out of the Bag
Supreme Court hears opening arguments in landmark climate-change case |
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30 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Letting the Cataclysm Out of the Bag Supreme Court hears opening arguments in landmark climate-change case Climate change made its Supreme debut yesterday, as the high court began considering whether the U.S. EPA must regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Much of the opening session concerned whether the plaintiffs, including several green groups and a dozen states, had suffered enough ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Mass Appeal
Supremes to decide whether EPA can or must regulate greenhouse-gas emissions |
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28 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Mass Appeal Supremes to decide whether EPA can or must regulate greenhouse-gas emissions Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in Massachusetts v. EPA, a humdinger of a case looking at whether the federal government can or must regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. The case centers on a Clean Air Act provision that requires regulation of air pollutants that "may reasonably ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Here So Suin'?
Courts see 'boomlet' of climate-change-related lawsuits |
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24 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Here So Suin'? Courts see "boomlet" of climate-change-related lawsuits Climate-change-related lawsuits are the new black. At least 16 cases are pending in federal and state courts in which plaintiffs seek to hold automakers, oil companies, and electric utilities liable for environmental devastation wrought by global warming. "To me, Katrina was a clear result of irresponsible behavior by the c ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Docket Science
Global warming likely to spur litigation against polluters |
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27 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Docket Science Global warming likely to spur litigation against polluters As global warming's effects reverberate across the planet, expect an uptick in litigation against governments and companies. Pacific Islanders whose homes are being swallowed by the ocean, African farmers with withered crops, and ski-resort owners resigned to offering mountaintop waterskiing may seek redress. "If the evidence [of ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Bench Warmers
Supreme Court to decide whether EPA should regulate greenhouse gases |
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26 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Bench Warmers Supreme Court to decide whether EPA should regulate greenhouse gases The Supreme Court today announced that it will rule on whether the U.S. EPA should regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles. Against the advice of the Bush administration, SCOTUS will hear a suit brought by 12 states, a number of cities, and various environmental groups against the EPA. The plaintiffs argue ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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