📅 📣 On May 1st: Join this conference exploring the evolution of #ESG , featuring our faculty director Michael Gerrard. Event is being held in honor of the late Ira M. Millstein, founder of the Millstein Center: buff.ly/4b7xPYx

My Climate Classroom show today interviewed the lead author of a report on clean energy misinformation from Columbia Climate School Sabin Center. He debunks false or misleading claims and adds some perspective.

🌍⚖️ International courts are increasingly making the link between #ClimateJustice and #HumanRights around the world🤝. Our executive director Mike Burger will appear at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights hearings in Barbados on submissions from people directly affected by #climatechange .

54 years ago today, as a college sophomore, I covered the first Earth Day for my student newspaper, the Columbia Daily Spectator. There has been much progress in addressing air and water pollution, but today the focus has shifted to climate change and environmental justice.

📽️ Jeff Berardelli sits down with our faculty director Michael Gerrard & WFLA's Val Simpson to discuss the latest news re: the climate lawsuits around the 🌏, including #EuropeanClimateTrials : buff.ly/3Uqzke4 #ClimateClassroom Columbia Law School @ColumbiaClimate

'I expect we’re going to see a rash of lawsuits in other European countries, because most of them have done the same thing,” prof Michael Gerrard told the NYT. “They have failed to meet their climate goals, and failed to set climate targets that are adequate.” (9/11)

Misinformation and falsehoods about clean energy have become increasingly rampant online and in legislatures. Columbia University’s Sabin Center corrects the record by debunking 33 clean energy myths. Definitely worth the read. bit.ly/4aNEvu6

The U.S. is flooding the world with our fossil fuels, mostly from fracking.

Columbia Law report rebuts 33 ‘most pervasive false claims’ about solar, wind, EVs utilitydive.com/news/columbia-… via Utility Dive

Our Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization monthly newsletter is out! 🎉
#Highlights :
🌞New model state law for residential solar and energy storage permits
💡New external legal sources on LPDD.org
📣Highlights of LPDD in the news

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Another positive climate decision today: D.C. Circuit upholds California's ability to set strong emissions standards for automobiles; rejects efforts by fossil fuel industry and red states to strike down EPA's 'California waiver'. The decision: bit.ly/3PUFAIE

Landmark ruling. For the first time, an international tribunal has ruled that a county’s failure to take adequate action on climate change is a violation of human rights. This decision will resonate in courts around the world.

Our April #newsletter is out! Highlights include:
🎉Our 15 years of impact celebration
📑 Our first-ever annual report
🌿New blog posts & publications
💡Upcoming events
🏛️ Updates on climate case charts
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New York City is now making it easier to build housing by exempting most projects under 250 units from environmental review if they don't use fossil fuels. bit.ly/3U6Uu0W

Encyclopedic from Columbia's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law (Sabin Center): 'Rebutting 33 false claims about solar, wind, and electric vehicles' (all pushed - of course - by oil trolls and bots powered by Big Oil's fake profits)

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🚨 📈 In a new report, the Sabin Center identifies & examines 33 of the most pervasive false claims about ☀️& 💨 energy, and electric 🚗, with the aim of promoting a more informed discussion.
Blog ➡️ buff.ly/4aErEKz
Full Report ➡️ buff.ly/3VHk0eg

The Sabin Center's Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative was pleased to represent local supporters of this major major solar + storage project, and to see our submissions quoted in the decision.

A few days post-event but still: What an amazing evening celebrating Sabin Center's 15th w/ current & former fellows, colleagues from around Columbia Law School Columbia Climate School, partners from environmental & EJ groups & private practice & govt, our supporters, and other friends

🎉 This year, we celebrate our 15th anniversary – a journey filled with growth, impactful work & an unwavering commitment to tackling the #climatecrisis . We are grateful to our faculty, staff, students & funders who bring our work to life! 🌍💚Columbia Law School @ColumbiaClimate

Final thoughts for today
The Inter-American Court’s decision in La Oroya v. Peru is the strongest and most comprehensive judgment on the right to a healthy environment of any regional human rights court to date.