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California Supreme Court Finds County Ordinance Limiting Oil & Gas Development Preempted by State Law

Legal Planet

Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an initiative measure that would have imposed severe restrictions on oil and gas development in Monterey County is preempted by state law and therefore invalid. The decision came in the case of Chevron U.S.A., County of Monterey.

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German Atomic Energy Act Amendment Illegal - Case Comment BVerfG 1 BvR 1550/19

Energy and Climate Law

In the original nuclear phase out law of 2002 the Government allocated these residual electricity volumes to each nuclear power plant in Germany so that the total output of the respective plant corresponds to an average 32 year lifetime. There was no notification pursuant to Art.

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Department of Homeland Security Makes Changes to Immigration Enforcement

National Law Center

The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) was created in 2002 and is responsible for, among other things, border security, administration, and. The post Department of Homeland Security Makes Changes to Immigration Enforcement appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Retail Electricity Customers Denied Relief from Uri

Energy & the Law

The generators moved for early dismissal of negligence, gross negligence and negligent undertaking causes of action (there were others) on the ground that the causes of action had no basis in law or fact. Under Texas law, they have no legal duty to retail customers. All they do is generate electricity and sell it at wholesale.

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Remembering Dale Goble

Legal Planet

Dale Goble, professor of law at University of Idaho, passed this April. As a co-author of Dale’s on our Wildlife Law casebook, I wanted to add my personal recognition of his life and work. When I first started teaching law over 15 years ago, one of my first courses was a Biodiversity Law class. Download as PDF.

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What Makes the College-Educated More Likely to Vote?

Union of Concerned Scientists

A study using longitudinal data from 2002 to 2012 confirms that courses in the social sciences and humanities have the strongest impact on promoting student voting, along with service learning opportunities and being mentored while in college.

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

Circle of Blue

Harmful algal blooms are the biological consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. The waivers in the law reduced farmer costs for managing polluted runoff.