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Romany Webb
@romany-webb.bsky.social
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Deputy Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. Working on climate, energy, carbon removal, methane removal, and more.
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · 14h
"If we want to achieve global climate goals, we simply cannot be building out a whole lot of new fossil fuel infrastructure," Webb said. "Yet we're seeing calls to prolong the life of coal plants and build new gas plants just to support data centers." www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/a...
New map and research expose disturbing side effects of AI industry boom: 'There are going to be challenges'
As part of the latest wave of Big Tech's spending on AI, Google announced a $9 billion investment to build a new data center campus in Virginia.
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · 3d
Fall colors just starting at Minnewaska State Park
Woodland scene with green, red, and orange trees
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · 19d
Today @sabincenter.bsky.social hosted a full day symposium on marine carbon dioxide removal law & policy. It was great to dive into international & domestic frameworks, the role of tribes, community engagement, & so much more. Thanks to all of our stellar speakers!
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Joseph Winters @jbwinters.bsky.social · 29d
A new report from @newclimate.bsky.social finds little corporate support for durable CO2 removal, which is needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C. Those that are investing in the technology aren't doing so in conjunction with deep emissions cuts. @grist.org grist.org/accountabili...
Report: Big businesses are doing carbon dioxide removal all wrong
The technology is needed to limit global warming. But corporations are supporting it in lieu of emissions reductions.
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Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · Sep 2
There is still time to register & join ONC at our Queenswood Campus in #Victoria, BC to participate in @sabincenter.bsky.social's #mCDR symposium!

Hear from cross-border #PNW panelists as they discuss marine #CarbonDioxide removal efforts in & around the #SalishSea.

🔗 bit.ly/4fVdxEO
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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law @sabincenter.bsky.social · Aug 11
🌊On September 19, the Sabin Center & New York Sea Grant are holding a symposium on marine #CO2removal activities. Leading experts will discuss governance and how to ensure a fair approach to #mCDR development:
Agenda ➡️ buff.ly/DAnTB6L
Register ➡️ buff.ly/WtZh4lf

#events #NYC #ClimateAction
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Aug 27
It was great to have the opportunity to participate in this event in Memphis over the weekend. Hearing Justin Pearson speak was an extra special treat. He is going places, for sure! www.fox13memphis.com/news/environ...
Environmental advocates call on big tech to clean up data centers
Civil rights leaders and environmental advocates came together at Lemoyne-Owen College Saturday to call on big tech to clean up what they call “dirty data centers.
www.fox13memphis.com
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Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · Aug 22
Not in New York?

Come to ONC's Queenswood Campus in Victoria BC to watch the symposium live!

Hear from cross-border Pacific Northwest panelists as they discuss marine #CarbonDioxide removal efforts in & around the #SalishSea, sharing insights and lessons learned.

🔗 bit.ly/4fVdxEO

#mCDR 🧪
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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law @sabincenter.bsky.social · Aug 11
🌊On September 19, the Sabin Center & New York Sea Grant are holding a symposium on marine #CO2removal activities. Leading experts will discuss governance and how to ensure a fair approach to #mCDR development:
Agenda ➡️ buff.ly/DAnTB6L
Register ➡️ buff.ly/WtZh4lf

#events #NYC #ClimateAction
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Climate Science Legal Defense Fund @csldf.org · Aug 19
We've been selected as a CREDO Mobile grant recipient for the month of August! Vote now to help decide how the available funds will be divided between three progressive organizations. www.credodonations.com/organization...
Vote for Climate Science Legal Defense Fund to help increase their grant from CREDO
Every month, CREDO donates to the progressive causes you care about most.
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Ocean Visions @oceanvisions.bsky.social · Aug 12
Funded by Ocean Visions, a new white paper from @sabincenter.bsky.social proposes a more climate-conscious approach to how the London Convention & Protocol governs marine carbon dioxide removal. Read the press release ➡️ oceanvisions.org/rethinking-t...
Rethinking the London Convention and Protocol Governance of MCDR in Light of New International Rulings and Landmark International Climate Agreements
A new white paper by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University proposes more climate-conscious thinking on how parties currently apply, and how they could more effectively apply, ...
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Aug 18
What is the most exciting part of working on a book? Getting to see the cover design! Hopefully this will be on shelves soon.
Book cover for the Research Handbook on Climate Change and Infrastructure Law
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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law @sabincenter.bsky.social · Aug 15
🌊📄 The Sabin Center published a new #report, International Legal Guidelines for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Governance under the London Convention and London Protocol.
Read here: scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climat...

#FridayReads
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Aug 8
Yesterday, the Sabin Center filed not 1, not 2, but 3 (!) separate comments on EPA's proposal to repeal its GHG emissions standards for fossil fuel power plants. Thanks to the team here that contributed!
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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law @sabincenter.bsky.social · Aug 8
📢 The Sabin Center is pushing back on EPA’s proposal to repeal #powerplant #GHG standards—arguing the agency’s rationale is both legally flawed ⚖️ and scientifically unfounded 🔬.
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#ClimateLaw #EPA #GHG #CleanAir #ClimateJustice
Sabin Center Submits Comment Letters on EPA’s Proposed Repeal of Power Plant GHG Emission Standards - Climate Law Blog
On June 17, 2025, EPA published a proposed rule to either repeal entirely, or significantly revise, a rule issued in 2024 which set performance standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants to limit…
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Aug 7
(4) When conducting environmental assessments for individual mCDR projects, parties must analyze the projects’ climate mitigation benefits alongside their potential environmental harms. (6/6)
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Aug 7
(3) Parties must, in accordance with their due diligence obligations, actively pursue scientific information to enable them to assess the availability of mCDR to mitigate climate change. (5/6)
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Aug 7
(1) Parties must apply the precautionary approach in a way that does not unduly delay climate mitigation action. (2) Parties must apply the prevention principle alongside precaution and, to this end, consider the potential for regulation to aid in preventing transboundary climate-related harm. (4/6)
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Aug 7
The recent Advisory Opinions from #ICJ & #ITLOS shed new light on the meaning of those principles and their application in the climate context. Our report explains what these seminal opinions mean for the LC/LP parties’ approach to regulating mCDR. We reach four key conclusions. (3/6)
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Aug 7
Over the last several years, parties to the LC/LP have adopted decisions, resolutions, and amendments on climate-related activities. In doing so, they’ve referenced legal principles and guidelines, like precaution and prevention. (2/6)
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Aug 7
📣 New @sabincenter.bsky.social report on the regulation of #mCDR under the London Convention and Protocol by Korey Silverman-Roati and yours truly. 🧵 (1/6)
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International Legal Guidelines for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Governance under the London Convention and London Protocol | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Aug 4
Join us on September 19 for a discussion of #mCDR law and policy.
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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law @sabincenter.bsky.social · Jul 30
🌊On September 19, the Sabin Center & New York Sea Grant are holding a symposium on marine #CO2removal activities. Leading experts will discuss governance and how to ensure a fair approach to #mCDR development: buff.ly/DAnTB6L
Register ➡️ buff.ly/WtZh4lf
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Jul 25
My son this morning: Can we listen to that music from the olden days? You know, those classic songs from the early 200s. Sung by the group of girls.

Turns out he was talking about Destiny's Child.

Feeling ancient right now.
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Jul 25
Just finished this truly beautiful book. I don’t get much time to read for pleasure these days. This book made me want to find more. A poignant, yet hopeful story, with a killer twist at the end. And it’s by an Aussie! #booksky
The cover of Homecoming by Kate Morton
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Jul 22
📣 NEW REPORT: Methane Removal Under the Paris Agreement. Might it be possible to remove methane from the atmosphere? What issues would that raise under the Paris Agreement? My latest report explores the nascent, but fast developing, field of methane removal. blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...
Methane Removal Under the Paris Agreement: A New Sabin Center White Paper - Climate Law Blog
In the 2015 Paris Agreement, the international community agreed to “strengthen the global response to climate change” by limiting the “increase in global average temperatures to well below 2oC above p...
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Jul 19
“when the glaciers are all gone, what do you call an island that used to be Iceland? Just … Land?”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/o...
Opinion | The Icelandic Landscape Is Changing, and It’s Changing Us
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Jul 18
📣 UPCOMING EVENT: Join us @columbiauniversity.bsky.social on Sept. 19 for a discussion of the legal & policy landscape for #mCDR in the U.S. & internationally. For those who can't make it to NYC, we'll have remote viewing sites in Seattle (WA), Newark (DE), & BC (Canada). shorturl.at/9fn5d
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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law @sabincenter.bsky.social · Jul 16
🌊#SabinCenter & New York Sea Grant are holding a symposium with experts in the #law and #policy landscape of #mCDR. This is an opportunity to access leading expertise in mCDR governance & technology. 🔗 Learn more & register here: climate.law.columbia.edu/content/mari...
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Romany Webb @romany-webb.bsky.social · Jul 5
Chilling on Caturday
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