The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

An entity classified as an “arm of the state” would be entitled to sovereign immunity provided by the Eleventh Amendment; in contrast, a “political subdivision” is not afforded the same protection. The burden of proof falls on the entity seeking immunity and SRA-L failed to meet its burden. Caremark, Inc., 3d 655, 658 (5th Cir. 4 (5th Cir.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 3, 2023

We must apply the laws that the Legislature has written to the facts in the record. Factual and Procedural Background UC campuses are required by law to periodically adopt LRDPs to guide their decisions on land and infrastructure development. Amador Water Agency (2004) 116 Cal.App.4th Our task is limited. 4th 1099, 1109.)

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

British American Tobacco accused of bribing senior politicians in order to sabotage anti-smoking laws Jonathan Owen | The Independent | November 30, 2019 British American Tobacco, one of Britain’s biggest companies, has been accused of bribing senior politicians and civil servants in a bid to sabotage anti-smoking laws.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Confirming initial projections when the law was passed, models now predict that IRA will significantly cut emissions by 2030. By 2035, those emissions reductions will be 43-45% below 2004 levels. Federal subsidies create new national political dynamics. The impact by 2035 is likely to be even greater.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

In 2004 Michael and Chantell Sackett bought property near Priest Lake, Idaho and backfilled the lot with dirt in preparation for building a house. Sometimes the most monumental Supreme Court decisions spring from the most modest facts.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

CorpWatch Stories Stalled Case Against ExxonMobil Sees Movement Jacqueline Koch | Special to CorpWatch | July 14, 2004 After languishing in the courts for two years, a lawsuit that accuses ExxonMobil of complicity in human rights violations is beginning to move, thanks to the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the Alien Tort Claims Act.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

coastlines is a much more complex environmental, economical, and political discussion. In 2004, the. Stryker is a second-year law student at Vermont Law School pursuing his J.D. and Master’s of Energy Regulation and Law, where he focuses on the intersection between water and energy. While simplistic. Cody Stryker.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

CorpWatch Stories Stalled Case Against ExxonMobil Sees Movement Jacqueline Koch | Special to CorpWatch | July 14, 2004 After languishing in the courts for two years, a lawsuit that accuses ExxonMobil of complicity in human rights violations is beginning to move, thanks to the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the Alien Tort Claims Act.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The court rejected Exxon’s argument that it could withhold documents based on an accountant-client privilege under Texas law. and non-U.S. Avista Corp.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 8, 2022

For ten years—from 1994 to 2004—there was a limited ban on assault weapons. But only public pressure can shift the political barriers to greater understanding of problems and the implementation of effective policies. All of these measures have been shown by research to reduce gun violence while still allowing responsible gun ownership.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 18, 2024

After all, a framework document is not a rule or law, and it may seem broad and abstract. The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) wrote about this concept in 2004, and the state of California was doing this work in 2008. Why does it matter? What to look for So whats in the framework document itself?

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 1, 2021

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. Those obligations flow from current interpretations of both the federal securities laws and fiduciary duties of loyalty and care rooted in state law.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Several workers have also been injured and others killed in explosions at the Point Comfort plant in 2005 and at a PVC plant in Illiopolis , Illinois in 2004. The multibillion-dollar conglomerate was fined twelve times for breaches of the law in this case, fines that totaled about U.S.$48,000. billion complex in St.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Protest Toyota Campaign vs. Toyota Protest Toyota Campaign vs. Toyota | March 4, 2004 TMPCWA filed a complaint against Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMP) for labour rights violations. T accusing the companies of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in fraud by concealing the use of substandard metal components in vehicles.

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Environment, Law, and History

AUGUST 27, 2023

The reason may have been the high political stakes in the car industry or the relatively easier task of setting standards for new products in a single industry using a single energy process. That’s quite different from the standards for industrial pollution sources, which Congress has always delegated to EPA. EPA, 1973).

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 28, 2023

A study investigating how much education affects voting rates from 1950 to 2004 found that this positive correlation has increased since 1980. College attendance and areas of study influence student voting rates Whether the effect of a college degree on political participation is direct or indirect is debated among sociologists.

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MAY 10, 2022

Since the subcommittee was created, I have admired its strong commitment to uncovering violations of scientific integrity related to the pandemic response; for instance, they documented more than 80 instances of political interference by the Trump administration. “However, science at federal agencies has long faced a serious problem.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

The Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS), which would be updated under the Governor’s PRESS plan, is a 2004 Pennsylvania law requiring electricity suppliers to include specific percentages of renewable energy in their supply, in turn creating increased demand for renewable energy. Click Here for Gov.

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 15, 2021

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. Today, the legal and political institutions in the United States and the EU are demanding ESG ideas be implemented by businesses posthaste.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This is a case study in how not to enact a law that’s in the interest of the people of Pennsylvania.” The first shale gas well was drilled in 2003 and that well was the first shale gas well fracked in 2004. Shale Gas + 20 The first commercial oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania in 1859.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 1, 2023

This is our tenth version of the survey since 2004 and, to our surprise and delight, while challenges remain, the widespread consensus is that scientists in the federal government feel more positive about their workplaces now than they have at any other time we have administered the survey.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Individual Records & Summaries Click here for violation data on Koch Industries Total Penalties $935,266,865 (September 30, 2022) Number of Records 436 Books Axis of Ideology: Conservative Foundations and Public Policy (National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, March 2004). The fine was $30 million. James Parish.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The defendants argued that the Second Circuit’s decision confirmed that the plaintiff’s claims necessarily arise under federal law. and non-U.S. 21-8001 (D.C.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi after that hearing I noted that I am aware that Congressional hearings involve some political theater. However, I am not a political appointee. I did not expect to be drawn into political theater that violates basic civility. That may be the case. I do not represent a large trade association.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. First Circuit Certified State Law Preemption Questions in Case Challenging Local Ordinance Prohibiting Crude Oil Loading at Harbor. and non-U.S. 19-50178 (5th Cir.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

John Bellinger and Ambassador Tom Shannon co-chair Arnold & Porter’s Global Law and Public Policy practice. Ambassador Tom Shannon previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs during the same period and as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 to 2018.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 7, 2023

By Elizabeth Beairsto , Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law August 7, 2023 Introduction From Flint Michigan’s contaminated water supply to Cancer Alley in southern Louisiana, communities of color and low-income communities are disproportionately affected by environmental pollution. 117-169, H.R. 5376, 117 Cong.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2022

Nelson Introduces College Voucher Bill To Redirect State Funds From Pitt, Penn State, Temple To Other PA Colleges -- City & State PA: Despite Bipartisan Support, It’s Unclear What’s Holding Up Action On LGBTQ Protection From Discrimination -- PA Politics: In Memoriam: Rep. Capitol, Efforts To Overturn Nov. Daley -- Budget 2022 -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2023

“I'm going to oppose the bill today, but I'll look forward to studying this bill in further detail to determine if it's truly needed and that it does not in any way stifle free speech or in any way discourage or inhibit those who feel they have a legitimate cause of action to bring that action in a court of law.”

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2022

Wheezing Power Grid Leaves States At Risk [Not PJM/PA] -- Bloomberg: Here’s How The Government Wants To Disaster-Proof Your Home PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: Delaware County Man Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charges Related To Assault On U.S. Other States/National/International -- WPost: A Summer Of Blackouts?

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