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

DeSmogBlog

In 2012, Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn publicly accused Mann, then a professor at Penn State University, of scientific misconduct and fraud. 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.”

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Hoboken Lodges First State-Level Racketeering Charge in Big Oil Climate Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

Hoboken is making this claim against fossil fuel companies under the state-level equivalent of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, a federal law used successfully to prosecute organized crime groups such as the Mafia starting in the 1970s and later the tobacco industry. Credit: U.S.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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Liz Truss Hires Anti-Green Aides With Ties to Libertarian Think Tanks

DeSmogBlog

In 2012 she tweeted that “climate change policies are pushing up domestic gas & elec prices” and wrote a Telegraph article that year headlined “Green policies are costing Britons the earth” making the same point and citing IEA research. She has blamed previous energy bill rises on renewables. Let Them Eat Carbon’.

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Going green: The future of hydrogen energy

Renewable Energy World

The UK pledged to prevent global warming from spiraling out of control by signing the 2015 Paris Agreement – enshrining into law the ambitious climate change target to cut emissions by 78% by 2035. He joined Logan Energy Limited in 2008 as Director of Operations and became Managing Director and CEO in 2012.

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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

It has been highlighted that any increase in the present-level global warming (1°C > pre-industrial periods) will likely be trailed by adverse consequences to food and water ecosystems, human security and peace, and economic well-being. PHIL, vol 4, 2012, [link] Accessed 2 June 2019. 2. The Challenge of Climate Change.

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The Role Of Managed Retreat In Adapting To Sea Level Rise

Energy Innovation

Navigating existing property rights as coastlines shift will demand innovations in governance and law across contexts, including situations where land tenure is weak or the territorial integrity of nations may be at stake. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, pp.