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Regulating In The Face Of A Changing World: Legal Regulation Of Climate Change, Michael B. Gerrard
Regulating In The Face Of A Changing World: Legal Regulation Of Climate Change, Michael B. Gerrard
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Everyone knows that the temperatures have been going up. While tern, peratures bounce around from year to year, when looking at five,year averages, the trend is unmistakable. A well,known adverse effect of these changes is that the Arctic is warming; the extent of Arctic sea ice declin, ing had dipped to a record low in 2015. A decreased level of sea ice has led to the rise of sea levels, which have increased at an accelerated pace. There are a number of projections about what the future pace of sea level rise will be, but most scientists believe it most …
Three Legal Visions Of A ‘Green New Deal’, Michael B. Gerrard, Edward Mctiernan
Three Legal Visions Of A ‘Green New Deal’, Michael B. Gerrard, Edward Mctiernan
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who has rocketed to such fame that she is now widely known simply as AOC, and Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), co-father of Waxman-Markey, the cap-and- trade bill that narrowly passed the House in 2009 but died in the Senate, have introduced identical resolutions to create a “Green New Deal.” H. Res. 109, S. Res. 59.