Big decision: UK Supreme Court holds that environmental impact assessments for new fossil fuel extraction projects must account for downstream - “scope 3” - emissions. This brings UK law in line with intl law, and with the clear trend in courts worldwide. supremecourt.uk/about/the-supr…

⚖️🏢📑Today, the Sabin Center filed an amicus brief, emphasizing the role that local governments play in reducing GHG emissions statewide & the chilling effect that a lack of certainty about preemption by the CLCPA could have on local climate policies. ⤵️i.mtr.cool/thjrmorlln

This is it, in a nutshell, from a clear-eyed ⁦Somini Sengupta🥭⁩ nytimes.com/2024/06/21/cli…

SOCTUS granted cert in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colo., teeing up a major environmental case for next term, which could have signficant consequences for how federal agencies assess climate change in environmental reviews: bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw/b…

Very happy to share these two outstanding reports on #climate, #PublicHealth, human health and international law - the first from Jessica Wentz is a survey across multiple domains, the latter from amafrancis and Julia Neusner hones in on displacement, migration & mobility

A significant contribution from Amy Turner on how cities can get at emissions from freight vehicles

Chevron is dead. Loper-Bright reigns. The opinion grants judges hearing cases brought by individuals - companies/states/NGOs - power to overrule agency decisions made via public processes just by calling them legal rather than policy, factual or technical decisions. Impact TBD

🌍 ⚖️ 🌱 We are disheartened by the #USelection news. The Sabin Center is as committed as ever to carrying out our work: developing legal tools, engaging w/ agencies & courts, and training the next generation of lawyers to combat the #climatecrisis. Michael Gerrard Mike Burger

Digesting decision from the Hague Court of Appeals this morning, in Milieudefensie v. Shell, which reversed lower court and held (a) yes Shell has an obligation to reduce Scope 3 emissions but (b) court does not have a basis to determine by how much: uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECL…

To those reporting on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's so called "Department of Government Efficiency" - this would be, if it operates in any official fashion, a federal advisory committee subject to the reqts of federal law (FACA). Public Citizen explains citizen.org/article/letter…

In a major decision MT Supreme Ct affirms fact and law findings in Held v. Montana: Climate change is real, emissions attributable to MT are a cause, state law that bans GHG analysis in setting energy policy violates plaintiffs' environmental rights. See: bit.ly/402eODH

I'm doing it - making the move to BlueSky. You can find me there under the handle @profmikeburger.bsky.social

"If there’s an energy emergency...then you would want to produce energy, including wind and solar energy ... It’s such a clear and obvious inconsistency that it lays bare what’s really driving this, which is fossil fuel interest.” Chloe Aiello Inc. inc.com/chloe-aiello/t…

Trump administration is 0-1. Many more losses on the way