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New UN report could be a game-changer for climate lawsuits

Grist

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth assessment report , released on Monday, contained some of the group’s strongest language yet affirming the link between human activity and global warming. Left: A young boy in Kivalina, Alaska, watches workers fill sandbags for a sea wall in 2007.

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In D.C. Defamation Trial, Climatologist Michael Mann Confronts the Climate Deniers Who Maligned His Work

DeSmogBlog

Weatherford, a lawyer from the corporate law firm Baker Hostetler, stated in opening arguments that Mann was so disliked that “even his own family won’t come to court to defend him.” Many other scientists on the IPCC panel have also said they won the 2007 award, Mann testified. On Monday, former Minnesota GOP Rep.

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GB News Owner Hires Tory Kingpin’s Oil and Gas Linked Lobbying Firm 

DeSmogBlog

It is curious how certain agencies, including Lynton Crosby’s, end up advising both the Tories and their friends,” Jolyon Maugham, director of the Good Law Project, told DeSmog. Legatum’s Agenda Founded in 2007, the Legatum Institute claims to promote the “prosperity of individuals, families, communities and nations”.

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California Targets Nearly $400M to Fill Gaps in EV Charging Infrastructure

GreenTechMedia

Newsom’s surprise decision last month, amid record-breaking heat waves and wildfires driven by global warming, to set a 2035 deadline for ending sales of new gasoline-fueled vehicles. This week's announcement follows on Gov. That move puts California in the vanguard among U.S. and the Netherlands.

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GIS Owners in California Must Comply With SF6 Regulation

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Although SF6 is non-toxic, the gas is one of the most potent GHGs with a global warming potential of 23,900 and an atmospheric lifetime of 3,200 years. For comparison, carbon dioxide has a global warming potential of 1. Regulation of SF6 Gases in California.

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GIS Owners in California Must Comply With SF6 Regulation

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Although SF6 is non-toxic, the gas is one of the most potent GHGs with a global warming potential of 23,900 and an atmospheric lifetime of 3,200 years. For comparison, carbon dioxide has a global warming potential of 1. Regulation of SF6 Gases in California.

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Rishi Sunak Boasts That Oil Funded Think Tank ‘Helped Us Draft’ Crackdown on Climate Protests

DeSmogBlog

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that a fossil fuel-funded think tank helped to draft his government’s laws targeting climate protests. Sunak’s statement yesterday appears to confirm openDemocracy’s allegation that sections of the 2022 law were ‘directly inspired’ by Policy Exchange’s report. million to the party since 2014.

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