notice

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Moore - notice

Challenge to Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, which established a Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program to fund adaptation projects with payments by fossil fuel companies.

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Moore

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Litigation

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complaint

States Filed Complaint in Intervention in Lawsuit Challenging Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act

motion to dismiss

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Moore - motion to dismiss

Lawsuit Challenged Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act as Unconstitutional and Preempted

order

Vermont Federal Court Allowed Organizations to Intervene to Defend Climate Superfund Law

motion

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Moore - motion

motion for summary judgment

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Moore - motion for summary judgment

amicus brief

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Moore - amicus brief

reply

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Moore - reply

response

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Moore - response

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Moore - order

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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.

In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and its effects, in order to moderate harm, increase resilience or exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of adjustment to actual climate change and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate change and its effects.

The management and allocation of funds, assets and investments to meet various objectives

This sector involves the wholesale and retail selling of goods.

Slow onset events evolve gradually from incremental changes over many years or from increased frequency or intensity of recurring events. As defined in the Cancun Adaptation Framework (2010), slow onset events include risks and impacts from rising temperatures, desertification, biodiversity loss, land and forest degradation, glacial retreat, ocean acidification, sea level rise, and salinization.

Activities that involve the cultivation of crops and raising of livestock for food, fibre, and other products essential for human life and industry.

Oil is a combustible liquid fossil fuel composed mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring as crude oil and refined into petroleum products such as petrol, diesel and kerosene.

Actions or measures to adapt terrestrial systems to climate change.

The release of heat-trapping gases, primarily from human activities such as burning fossil fuels, agriculture and industry.

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Moore - notice

Risk

Fossil fuel

Greenhouse gas

Economic sector

Adaptation/resilience