PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Yaw, Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, said he was instrumental in helping create legislation establishing the Marcellus Shale Impact Fee, now known as Act 13 of 2012. Since its inception, the impact fee has generated more than $2.5

2023

The Energy Law

JULY 25, 2013

Holden EPA’s most recent NPDES regulations for stormwater permitting of oil and gas facilities were vacated by the Ninth Circuit in 2008 and new regulations have not been promulgated. 29, 2008); 77 Fed. By Carlos J. Moreno and Robert E. The 2006 regulations were judicially challenged and eventually vacated. 3d 591 (9th Cir. See 73 Fed.

Regulations

CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

Finally, in 2008, DWR approved the settlement agreement and certified the EIR. But instead of addressing the substance of those claims as the trial court had done, it held that the application of CEQA to the relicensing of a dam under FERC’s aegis was preempted by federal law pursuant to the Federal Power Act (“FPA,” 16 U.S.C.

Climate Change

CEQA Developments

AUGUST 7, 2022

The Court’s majority acknowledged such actions would contravene FERC’s “sole jurisdiction” over licensing process disputes and be preempted under longstanding federal law. (18 After the trial court ultimately rejected the Counties’ EIR challenges on their CEQA merits – in mid-2012 – the Counties appealed. 152, 164 (“ First Iowa ”).).

Regulations

CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

2012) 215 Cal.App.4th 2008) 43 Cal.4th The Court rejected plaintiff’s argument that CEQA requires analysis of more than the “no project” alternative as a matter of law. County of Siskiyou (2012) 210 Cal.App.4th Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years.

2012

The Energy Law

AUGUST 24, 2012

Wiegand On August 21, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). Circuit’s remand in 2008 of EPA’s Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which was EPA’s prior attempt at implementing the good neighbor provision. By Stephen W.

Air Pollution

Law Columbia

JULY 16, 2013

This decision allows what is known as the “back-loading” proposal to proceed to further negotiations with the European Council to reach a commonly approved text that could become law in the future. euros a ton in April 2013, compared to its peak near 30 euros in July 2008. As a result, the EUA price hit bottom: a record low of 2.63

2013

Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2018

It took place in Ecuador between 2012 and 2015. It happened in a remote area, a frontier-area with many socio-environmental conflicts where law enforcement is challenging. This recognition, dating back to 2008, has been of difficult to integrate and to apply in complex situations because traditionally humans consider Nature as an.

Law

The Energy Law

AUGUST 21, 2012

Moreno On August 13, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) disapproval of revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) dealing with the state’s Flexible Permits program. 13, 2012) ( quoting in part from 42 U.S.C. State of Texas v. 7410(a)(1).

2012

Vermont Law

MARCH 22, 2016

The environmental law world buzzed with optimism as late November neared. It was expected to set the stage for a five percent reduction in carbon emissions that would occur beginning in 2008 through 2012, based on 1990 emission levels. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. COP 21: A Kyoto Protocol Redux?

Carbon Emissions

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In the past decade, as the use of Red Notices by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) member states has increased dramatically, so too have calls for INTERPOL to strengthen its gatekeeping function and guard against national authorities' potential misuse of this powerful tool of international law enforcement cooperation.

Politics

Vermont Law

AUGUST 7, 2018

Ocurrió en Ecuador, entre 2012 y 2015. Este reconocimiento, que data del año 2008, ha sido de difícil integración jurídica; y, sobre todo, de compleja aplicación práctica pues la naturaleza ha sido tradicionalmente considerada como un. He also lectures environmental law in Ecuador, at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Law

Acoel

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Beginning in 2012, I spent seven years on the Advisory Committee for Civil Rules. LEXIS 28171, 2008 WL 926587, at *2 (N.D. And how could there be when the court of appeals is citing cases dated in 1991, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2011. But the court of appeals’ statement of the law was not. Posted on October 6, 2021 by John M.

2015

Vermont Law

MARCH 16, 2018

By Dan Wilcox, Senior Notes Editor, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Long recognized in both American and English common law, the defense rests on the claim that an otherwise illegal act is legally excusable as necessary to avoid a greater harm. 10, 2008), [link]. Upcoming cases will provide U.S. Can it work? Cohan, supra.

2016

Acoel

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Yep, it’s those Sacketts—the ones who went to the Supreme Court the first time in 2012 to argue that Clean Water Act jurisdictional determinations (usually, as here, regarding whether wetlands are “waters of the United States”) are final agency actions that can be immediately appealed. 3d —, 2022 WL 952072, at *2 (D.

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The infrastructure act’s use of taxpayer dollars to finance the AML fund marks an abandonment of the intention of the mine cleanup law. The original law made coal companies pay for the industry’s past environmental harms. That’s half of total US production in 2008, when production peaked at nearly 1.2 billion tons. Photo © U.S.

2008

HumanNature

APRIL 28, 2022

2012; Ste-Marie et al., 2012), as was done with the Florida torreya ( Torreya taxifolia ) in a citizen-initiated conservation effort that garnered quite a bit of controversy in 2008. 2012; Ste-Marie et al., 2012; Ste-Marie et al., One study estimated that trees will need to migrate at least 1,000 meters (0.6

2012

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter. Pushed by the powerful farm lobby, state and congressional legislators have displayed scant interest in fixing big holes and outright waivers for farms in the federal water quality law. Photographs by J.

Clean Water Act

The Energy Law

MAY 3, 2021

In 2008, Samson’s landman prepared a Boundary Stipulation of Ownership of Mineral Interest between the Farmars (owners of the southeast-tract mineral estate) and the Richeys (owners of the northwest-tract mineral estate). The parties signed the stipulation in August and September 2008, and it was subsequently recorded in the county records.

2008

The Energy Law

MAY 3, 2021

In 2008, Samson’s landman prepared a Boundary Stipulation of Ownership of Mineral Interest between the Farmars (owners of the southeast-tract mineral estate) and the Richeys (owners of the northwest-tract mineral estate). The parties signed the stipulation in August and September 2008, and it was subsequently recorded in the county records.

2008

Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law. Who's to blame?

Deforestation

Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law. Who's to blame?

Deforestation

Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law. Who's to blame?

Deforestation

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The EPA’s cap-and-trade program to control smog in the Central and Eastern United States is lawful and wise, and the Supreme Court should overturn the D.C. In 2012, in. CSAPR is both lawful under the CAA and good policy. Albert Monroe is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Quinnipiac University School of Law.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Million In Darby, Upland, Upper Providence Twps -- Western PA Conservancy Newsletter: Volunteers Plant Trees, Federal Infrastructure Law Great News, Fallingwater Winter Walks -- Dept.

Conservation

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

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 FWS concluded in 2008 that the trout should be listed but reversed course in 2014 and concluded that listing was no longer warranted. and non-U.S. Jewell , No.

2019

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate, a multi-school online forum run by student editors from the nation’s leading environmental law reviews. . In 2008, the RGGI states issued a Model Rule that participating states could use as guidance to establish and implement their individual programs. [24].

Greenhouse

Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

BLM’s decision to exclude GHG emissions from its ESA jeopardy analysis can be traced back to a 2008 legal opinion for the Department of Interior (DOI) which declared that it is impossible to establish a causal connection between project-level emissions and harm to specific species and their habitats. 2012) ; Cal. USFS (9th Cir.

Climate Change

Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

Technology

Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Department of Justice | March 23, 2012 Lockheed Martin Corporation has agreed to pay $15,850,000 to settle allegations that it mischarged perishable tools used on numerous government contracts, the Department of Justice announced today. USA: Lockheed Settlement Aviation Week | January 7, 2008 The U.S Million Settlement with U.S.

Government

Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Leonora LaPeter Anton | Tampa Bay Times | August 24, 2012 Seventy-five protesters, many dressed in pink, gathered outside the local production plant of Raytheon on Thursday, denouncing the defense contractor for its role in drone warfare. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

Technology