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Stand Environmental Society, Edgar Dearden, and Lorraine Goldman v. FortisBC Energy Inc., FortisBC Holdings Inc., and Fortis Inc. - application

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NGOs and residents brought claims that FortisBC’s marketing of gas and renewable natural gas misleads customers about climate impacts — the suit alleges deceptive marketing and seeks remedies. The case has generated regulatory attention given national focus on corporate environmental claims.

Stand Environmental Society, Edgar Dearden, and Lorraine Goldman v. FortisBC Energy Inc., FortisBC Holdings Inc., and Fortis Inc.

An aim to achieve a quantifiable outcome within a given time-frame, set by an institution such as a national government.

Policy instruments are techniques or tools used by governing authorities to promote certain policies in order to achieve predetermined goals. Put simply, instruments are how a government tries to achieve its goals, with this taxonomy being focused on national policy instruments.

Risk is the potential for adverse consequences resulting from the dynamic interplay between (climate-related) hazards, exposure, and vulnerability of affected human or ecological systems.

Groups  of people who are adversely affected by climate change or the response to it

A set of principles, processes, and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.

Renewable energy means all forms of energy produced from renewable sources in a sustainable manner.

Fossil fuel is a generic term for non-renewable energy sources such as coal, fossil gas, and oil (including crude oil, and petroleum products), that can be used for electricity and heat generation. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons formed from pressurised and heated organic material buried over millions of years.

Molecules in the atmosphere that play a key role in the greenhouse effect by trapping heat radiating from Earth’s surface.

Area of the economy in which actors engage in identical or related activities.

Financial actors and resources that are primarily directed towards climate change mitigation, adaptation and compensation.

An enterprise or financial institution that is usually majority-owned, backed or significantly controlled by nation-state governments.

Stand Environmental Society, Edgar Dearden, and Lorraine Goldman v. FortisBC Energy Inc., FortisBC Holdings Inc., and Fortis Inc.

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