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D.C. Federal Court Upheld NOAA’s Withholding of Predecisional Documents Related to “Hiatus Study”

Action to compel production of NOAA documents concerning climate data and related records in connection with congressional subpoena.

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Department of Commerce

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Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Department of Commerce - brief

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Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Department of Commerce - amicus brief

motion for summary judgment

Summary Judgment Motions Filed in FOIA Dispute Over Records Related to NOAA Scientists’ “Hiatus” Paper

response

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Department of Commerce - response

amicus motion

Three Organizations Sought to File Amicus Brief Supporting NOAA Scientists in FOIA Action

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Department of Commerce - motion for summary judgment

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Group Filed FOIA Lawsuit Seeking Production of NOAA Climate Documents

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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.

Fossil gas, commonly known as natural gas, is a fossil fuel consisting chiefly of methane with smaller amounts of other hydrocarbons and trace gases, found in underground deposits.

D.C. Federal Court Upheld NOAA’s Withholding of Predecisional Documents Related to “Hiatus Study”

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