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German Renewable Energy Act (EEG Novelle 2021) - Considerable Changes Proposed

Energy and Climate Law

Enacted in 2001, it survived several amendments and revisions, changing from a feed-in tariff regime to a, specific German, feed-in premium modell. This way of amending laws is a standard procedure in the German legal system. For onshore wind an increase of installed capacity to 71 Gigawatt in 2030 shall be reached.

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Cultural Heritage is a Human Right. Climate Change is Fast Eroding It.

Union of Concerned Scientists

The foundational document of international human rights law is the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 2001, the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity affirmed that “cultural rights are an integral part of human rights, which are universal, indivisible, and interdependent….”

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As Drought Grips American West, Irrigation Becomes Selling Point for Michigan

Circle of Blue

In 2001, a group of Mecosta County residents sued to stop Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, from depleting a spring to fill its Ice Mountain water bottles. In law and practice Michigan succeeded in sharing the burden of collecting data needed to make groundwater withdrawal decisions between the state and high-capacity well developers.

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Recognize Kristina Thompson & PennDOT District 5-0 With Walter Lyon Award; Former DEP Secretary David Hess With Karl Mason Award

PA Environment Daily

PAEP presents these awards to Pennsylvanians who made unique and creative contributions to the field of environmental management in Pennsylvania with preference given to the fields of administration, law, regulation and community organization. The awards were presented at the PAEP annual conference in State College.

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Oil Spill Liability: OPA 90 v. the IMO’S CLC

The Energy Law

Reasonable costs of restoring the damaged environment Interaction with Other Laws No pre-emption over State law – they work in conjunction as long as the State Laws are not less strict than OPA 90. Individual states may enact their own pollution prevention and liability laws that will also apply to vessels in their waters.

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MAS publishes Code of Conduct for ESG Rating and Data Product Providers

Clean Energy Law

Next Steps The MAS is considering a phased approach to regulating the ESG Rating Providers as Capital Markets Services licensees under the Securities and Futures Act 2001. Further public consultation will be conducted when MAS takes formal steps towards developing a regulatory regime.

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Michael A. Braymer Appointed DEP Chief Counsel

PA Environment Daily

Braymer started his Commonwealth Career as a summer law school intern with the Department of Environmental Protection in the summers of 2000 and 2001. Braymer received his undergraduate degree in History from the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1999 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2002.

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