This week the Fifth National Climate Assessment, which is a Congressionally mandated inter-agency study of the impacts of climate change, was released.The Climate Assessment is issued ever four years as an analysis of the progress of climate change and efforts
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The Climate Change Attorney Blog, published by Silverberg Zalantis LLC, focuses on legal and regulatory developments related to climate change. It covers topics such as federal and state climate policies, environmental impact assessments, greenhouse gas emissions regulations, and significant court rulings affecting climate law. The blog discusses major climate assessment reports from bodies like the IPCC and U.S. government agencies, analyzing their implications for law and policy. It also addresses litigation involving environmental statutes like NEPA and the Clean Air Act, and the intersection of energy law and climate change. The blog provides updates on administrative actions, judicial decisions, and legislative developments shaping climate change governance.
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The Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC Paints a Sobering Picture of Coming Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (“IPCC”) issued its Sixth Assessment Report (“AR6”) on March 19, 2023 summarizing the findings of various studies of the impacts of climate change. “This Synthesis Report (SYR) of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) …
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Authority of EPA to Regulate Emissions
In June, at the end of its 2021-2022 Term, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling with far reaching implications for the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to regulate Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) emissions and any attempt to…
DC District Court Addresses Relationship of Oil and Gas Leases to Climate Change
Last week the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on oil and gas Lease 257 issued by the U.S. Government for 80.8 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico pursuant to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s…
U.N.INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ISSUES ITS SIXTH ASSESSMENT REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Following up on previous assessment reports, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued an updated assessment report on August 9, 2021. The Report carries dire warnings of the impacts of man-made activities unless immediate steps are taken.…
The New Normal For U.S. Weather
On May 4, 2021 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued its once a decade report on the status of United States weather over the previous thirty year period. The report called U.S. Climate Normals, provides a compilation of…
UN Nationally Determined Contributions Report Under the Paris Agreement On 2-26-2021
Last week the United Nations secretariat issued a “Synthesis Report” summarizing the current status of the attempts by the signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement in addressing climate change. The Report provides sobering revelations concerning the speed by which irreversible…
Report on the State of the Climate, Green House Gases and Sea Level Rise
The American Meteorological Society issued its annual report recently on the state of the climate for 2019. The report notes increases in Green House Gases (GHGs) as well as extreme warm days during 2019. A partial summary of the findings…
Extreme Heat Events Related To Global Warming
According to a report released this week, extreme heat events will increase unless aggressive actions are rapidly implemented. The Report, issued by the Union of Concerned Scientists, outlines the devastating impacts of increasingly frequent extreme heat events throughout the United…
Court Holds Bureau of Land Management Failed to Consider Climate Change in Issuing Licenses
This week the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia found that the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) failed to adequately consider the potential impacts of oil and gas leases on climate change. In Wildearth Guardians v.