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Federal judge upheld decision listing polar bears as threatened [this day at law]
June 30, 2012 by Cynthia Miley
On June 30, 2011, a judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia upheld a 2008 decision by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to list polar bears as "threatened" on the endangered species list because of melting polar ice caps caused by climate change. Environmental groups and the.... [more]
Markets, Greenhouse Gases and the Kyoto Protocol
June 14, 2012 by Leigh Argentieri
JURIST Guest Columnist Hua Wang, Northwestern University School of Law Class of 2012, writes on the need for policies that combine market incentives with outright prohibitions to achieve enforcement and compliance with international environmental regimes...Climate change threatens catastrophic.... [more]
Mexico president signs climate change bill
June 7, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has signed a climate change bill that will introduce sweeping environmental reform. The bill requires the country to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2020, requires 35 percent of its energy come form renewable sources by 2024, requires mandatory.... [more]
Mexico legislature passes climate change bill
April 21, 2012 by Michael Haggerson
The Mexican legislature passed a sweeping climate change bill on Thursday 128-10 in the Chamber of Deputies and unanimously in the Senate. The bill requires the country to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30% by 2020, requires 35% of its energy come form renewable sources by 2024, requires.... [more]
Hungary parliament approved new constitution [this day at law]
April 18, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On April 18, 2011, the National Assembly of Hungary approved a new constitution. The constitution was supported and passed as a result of efforts by the Hungarian Civic Party (FIDESZ), which has controlled the Hungarian legislature since 2010. The new constitution included many conservative fiscal.... [more]
Canada withdraws from Kyoto protocol on climate change
December 13, 2011 by Jaclyn Belczyk
Canadian Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced Monday that Canada will withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, making it the first country to do so. The treaty was signed by Canada's previous Liberal government, but little had been done to implement it. Kent said that the.... [more]
UN climate change conference yields commitment to negotiate legally-binding initiatives
December 12, 2011 by Brandon Gatto
Delegates from 194 countries at the Durban UN Climate Change Conference in South Africa agreed on Sunday to negotiate global initiatives that would eventually force countries to take legally-binding action in order to slow the pace of climate change. After two weeks of debate, the delegates agreed.... [more]
UN panel releases summary on risk management in face of increased environmental disasters
November 20, 2011 by Ashley Hileman
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN-led scientific panel, on Saturday released the Summary for Policymakers of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The summary highlights a number of options.... [more]
UK Commons passed climate bill mandating drastic emissions cut [this day at law]
November 18, 2011 by Cody Harding
On November 18, 2008, the UK House of Commons gave final approval to the Climate Change Bill, which mandated that the UK must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. It was the first binding legislation of its kind and created a Committee on Climate Change to advise the government on.... [more]
Obama withdraws EPA smog standards
September 2, 2011 by Maureen Cosgrove
US President Barack Obama on Friday requested the withdrawal of national smog standards proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards would have reduced the amount of smog emissions to between 0.060 and 0.070 parts per million (.... [more]
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