statement

Friends of the Headwaters v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (In re Enbridge Energy, LP) - statement

Challenge to Minnesota Public Utilities Commission authorization of Line 3 pipeline project.

In re Enbridge Energy, LP

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petition for review

Friends of the Headwaters v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (In re Enbridge Energy, LP) - petition for review

opinion

Minnesota Court of Appeals Upheld State Approvals for Enbridge Crude Oil Replacement Pipeline

order

Minnesota Court Declined to Stop Construction of Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline

memorandum

Friends of the Headwaters v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (In re Enbridge Energy, LP) - memorandum

motion

Friends of the Headwaters v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (In re Enbridge Energy, LP) - motion

petition for writ of certiorari

Friends of the Headwaters v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (In re Enbridge Energy, LP) - petition for writ of certiorari

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Friends of the Headwaters v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (In re Enbridge Energy, 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

This sector involves the wholesale and retail selling of goods.

Any substance with chemical properties that can cause physical harm to people or damage the environment, including ammonia, carbon monoxide, phosphine, chlorine, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, pesticides, dioxins, microplastics, benzene, asbestos, aflatoxins, fluoride, methanol, and toxins from marine sources.

Climate change can have a range of impacts on technological system. Extreme weather events can cause infrastructure failures like power outages or damage to roads and bridges, as well as the impacts from waste following natural disasters. Human activities also cause technological impacts, such as the risks posed by oil spillage and leaks.

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.

Either money or something of monetary value is transferred between two or more organisations, people or countries.

Codes and standards are regulatory instruments that specify minimum standards to protect health and safety. This ranges from performance standards, which prescribe outcomes while allowing flexibility to achieve compliance, to the more prescriptive approach of technology-specific standards.

Activities that involve planning, designing and building infrastructure, residential, and commercial structures.

Friends of the Headwaters v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (In re Enbridge Energy, LP) - statement

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