judgment

Massachusetts Federal Court Entered Judgment Declaring that Secretary of Energy’s Climate Working Group Was Subject to Federal Advisory Committee Act

Lawsuit asserting that establishment and utilization of the Climate Working Group to produce a report to provide justification for rescinding the Clean Air Act endangerment finding for greenhouse gases for was unlawful.

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Wright

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brief

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Wright - brief

notice

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Wright - notice

complaint

Lawsuit Alleged that EPA and Department of Energy Utilized an Unlawful Advisory Committee to Justify Proposed Rescission of Endangerment Finding

opposition

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Wright - opposition

order

Massachusetts Federal Court Said Climate Working Group Did Not Qualify as Exception to Federal Advisory Committee Act but Found that Environmental Groups Did Not Establish Irreparable Harm Warranting Preliminary Injunction

response

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Wright - response

motion

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Wright - motion

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Wright - order

motion to dismiss

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Wright - motion to dismiss

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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