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Conservation Law Foundation v. Pike Fuels LP - response

Citizen suit alleging failures to prepare a bulk storage and fuel terminal in New Haven, Connecticut for the effects of climate change.

Conservation Law Foundation v. Gulf Oil LP

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Conservation Law Foundation v. Pike Fuels LP - opposition

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Conservation Law Foundation v. Pike Fuels LP - reply

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Conservation Law Foundation v. Pike Fuels LP - brief

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Standing Allegations Found Inadequate in Climate Adaptation Case Concerning Gulf Oil New Haven Petroleum Storage Terminal

Connecticut Federal Court Denied Former Owner’s Request to Dismiss Climate Adaptation Suit Regarding Bulk Petroleum Storage Terminal in New Haven

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Conservation Law Foundation v. Pike Fuels LP - motion to dismiss

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Two New Citizen Suits Asserted Failure to Prepare Fuel Terminals for Climate Change

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Conservation Law Foundation v. Pike Fuels LP - motion

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Conservation Law Foundation Allowed to Add Allegations Regarding Near-Term Climate Change Harms to Remedy Standing Shortcomings in Adaptation Suit

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Conservation Law Foundation v. Pike Fuels LP - notice

Connecticut Federal Magistrate Ruled in Dispute over Climate Change-Related Admissions in Adaptation Citizen Suit Against Bulk Petroleum Storage Terminal Owner

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Conservation Law Foundation v. Pike Fuels LP

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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

Risks to the ecosystem health of the marine environment, including ocean warming, ocean acidification, and ocean deoxygenation, harming biodiversity, species health, ecosystem services, and coastal community livelihoods.

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.

Extreme weather refers to events where a weather variable exceeds (or falls below) a threshold. Meaning it is significantly different from the average or usual weather pattern.

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.