Environment, Law, and History

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In a series of publications, most importantly her 2009 book, Chasing the Wind , Noga Morag-Levine has argued forcefully for distinguishing between continental European-style "police" regulation and common-law-style environmental regulation based on a nuisance conception.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A report this year by the US Fish and Wildlife Service found between 2009 and 2019, the nation lost enough acreage of forest and scrub wetlands to equal the size of Rhode Island. An analysis by the Environmental Law Institute found that 24 states do not independently protect their wetlands, relying completely on the Clean Water Act.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

DEP Penalties From 2009 to this year, the Department of Environmental Protection was involved in penalty settlements totaling over $129.7 56,650 For Susquehanna County Spills [October 2009] -- DEP Fines Company Handling Gas Drilling Frack Water $3,000 For Unpermitted Transfer Station [August 2009] -- DEP Agrees To Allow U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Prior to joining DEP she worked in the Department of Labor and Industry on workforce development, labor law compliance and unemployment compensation issues from 2010 to 2011. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Kurt Klapkowski, DEP Deputy Secretary for Oil and Gas Management, added, I think we've got a lot of room to make administrative changes, things that wouldn't necessarily require regulations or statutory changes, although we would certainly be interested in those types of changes if it seemed like that was the best approach to get to those places.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 25, 2021

Famiglietti, now the director of the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, began warning of severe sinking in the valley based on satellite imagery as early as 2009. All of the company’s surface water transfers and exchanges have been approved by state water regulators. Nemeth said.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

it is enough that the condemnor has proceeded by authority of law for a public purpose." DEP regulates gas storage fields to help protect their integrity from coal mining and oil and gas drilling and ensure their safe operation. The PA Supreme Court said, ".it Click Here for a DEP fact sheet on Gas Storage Fields.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

In addition, we already have regulations in place to achieve methane reductions, so we are essentially subsidizing compliance with existing rules. In fact, the Polluter Pays principle is enshrined across provincial and Canadian laws: companies don’t just have a moral obligation to clean up after making huge profits from public resources.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The VIDA, enacted in December 2018, will standardize incidental discharge permits and regulations, replacing the 2013 Vessel General Permit (“VGP”) that commercial vessels are currently required to follow. Coast Guard (“USCG”) to develop corresponding regulations to enforce compliance with the EPA’s standards. It also requires the U.S.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As I noted in my introductory post on the Commission, I served as an advisor to the Secretariat and my students in the UCLA International Climate Law and Policy Clinic provided research and analytic support to the Secretariat. It is thus consistent with large body of prior international law.

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Law Columbia

JULY 1, 2022

While the United States Supreme Court yesterday delivered a major setback to the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in West Virginia. Brazil’s Climate Fund was established in 2009 as a financial instrument of the National Climate Policy Plan. In practice, the law in question is overridden by the treaty.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Interior’s authority to regulate offshore wind comes from the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which amended the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to expressly authorize Interior to issue leases for renewable energy projects in federal waters. It is anticipated that BOEM will seek to hold the first GOM wind lease sale in 2023. 556.400; 30 C.F.R.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The package consists of a revised Gas Directive (COM(2021) 803 final) (hereafter: rGD), a revised Gas Regulation (COM(2021) 804 final) (hereafter: rGR) and a Regulation on the Reduction of Methane Emissions in the Energy Sector (COM(2021) 805 final) (hereafter: MER). However, it is crucial in setting the tone and the main pillars.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 7, 2010

By Stephen Wiegand EPA recently announced its position regarding the timing of the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Program. However, pollutants such as carbon dioxide, for which EPA regulations only require monitoring and reporting, are not subject to PSD permitting.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Going into 2020, anticipated federal regulation will significantly affect the nation’s response to the Emerald Ash Borer and aquatic invasives in ballast water. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates the response cost to EAB infestation from 2009 to 2019 at . Coast Guard to issue implementing regulations. lakes and rivers.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2025

Well was drilled in 2009. remediation of a 2020 release from the Greenzweig Wastewater Impoundment failed to comply with Act 2; Olympus Energy, LLC failed to comply with acid forming rock regulations during pad construction; XTO Energy Inc. This violation was originally issued October 28, 2024. DEP inspection report.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

In order to steer investment toward environmentally sustainable activities, the European Union launched the Taxonomy Regulation framework to define activities deemed sustainable. The following elements of the Regulation proposal are dealt with in this review. of the proposal) and for existing installation only until 2040 (see §4.28).

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As previously reported on this blog, ocean CDR research could implicate various international and domestic laws that might affect whether, when, where, and how projects take place. Both the LC and LP require parties to adopt domestic laws to regulate the “dumping” of “waste and other matter” at sea. Many haven’t yet done so.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2022

SRBC can include more stringent time of year water withdrawal limits in Exceptional Value watersheds if they believe that is necessary, but the Commission relies on state environmental agencies like DEP to regulate water quality issues. For natural gas industry operations, SRBC starts regulating water withdrawals from the first gallon.

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Columbia Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Under the existing ESA regulations, FWS and NMFS are not required to designate critical habitat if such designation would not be beneficial to the species. The Court’s answer to that question – and in particular, its interpretation of “essential” – could have important implications for this portion of the ESA regulations.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Effective September 10, 2021 , the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council revised FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, and related FAR sections to address an inconsistency between that clause and the corresponding Small Business Administration (SBA) regulation at 13 C.F.R. § 125.6.[[N: N: SBA promulgated 13 C.F.R.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

By Matthew Simone After seven months of discussion and postponement, Caddo Parish Commissioners approved new regulations affecting oil and gas operations. These regulations involve three directives. These regulations are scheduled to take affect on November 1, 2009. For more information go to: [link]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

DEP is inspecting shale gas wells drilled in the early days of shale development-- 2009 to 2013-- to determine their status which is resulting in most of the violations. .] -- Record Number Of Abandoned Shale Gas Well Violations 2024: Record number of violations for abandoning shale gas wells in 2024-- 47. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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Acoel

MARCH 9, 2023

Is this an element of state water law or something new and different? One of the earliest attempts to regulate this area was The Weather Modification Policy Act (the “Act”), which was enacted in 1976 to address the interstate nature and broad environmental effects of weather modification technology. 490, 90 Stat.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 6, 2010

By Stephen Wiegand On December 15, 2009, EPA published in the Federal Register its final endangerment findings with respect to greenhouse gases. 15, 2009) [[link] This rulemaking is a response to Massachusetts v. Many view the existing Clean Air Act as ill-suited to the regulation of greenhouse gases. See 74 Fed. 66496 (Dec.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 12, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a one hour virtual program, “ESG an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” Not just for lawyers, this Tuesday, December 14 at noon. In 2009 the King of Bhutan proclaimed his Himalayan country was ‘carbon negative’ because all of its power was hydroelectric or solar buttressed with large forested areas.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 22, 2023

It would be one thing if this topic was only prospective, about leases to be entered into in the future, but the reality is there are very large numbers of existing leases including with renewal terms that are for premises that will be regulated by emergent greenhouse gas emission disclosure and reduction statutes, rules, and regulations.

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Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

This blog post discusses these plans by (i) looking at the underlying challenges, (ii) reviewing the scope of the strategy, (iii) analyzing the current regulations, and (iv) assessing the proposed measures to spur the development of carbon management infrastructure within the EU.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 17, 2020

The denials are accompanied by an order from BSEE to decommission the pipelines by removal, with reference to Notice to Lessees (“NTL”) 2009-G04 and/or “significant sediment resource areas” (“SSRA”) in the vicinity of the pipeline. that, if left in place, would hinder other users of the OCS.” 250.1700(b).

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The Energy Law

JUNE 18, 2009

Hinnigan On June 10, 2009, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) reaffirmed its strong stance that the states remain best positioned to regulate the use of hydraulic fracturing for the production of oil and natural gas.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2016

This is not the first time that the legislature has diverted RGGI proceeds for other purposes—it also diverted $90 million in 2009 and $41 million in 2015 to the general fund. If the Senate proposal is approved, the diversions will total $269 million—nearly 30% of the $925.8

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 23, 2016

In 2015, the Ohio Supreme Court decided that the local ordinances conflicted with state law, which regulated oil and gas production within Ohio. The court held that the state law preempted the local ordinances because they sought to regulate oil and gas production in a similar manner. Beck Energy Corp., The decision in.

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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.

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

Through high school and college, I continued to spend my summers farming and eventually started my own mixed-vegetable operation, which I ran between 2009 and 2019. State statutes, case law, and regulatory frameworks for water resources in the Northeast are very different from those found in the western part of the United States.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 23, 2022

It is one thing when government leaders make an ESG claim: In 2009 the King of Bhutan proclaimed his Himalayan country was ‘carbon negative’ because all of its power was hydroelectric or solar buttressed with large forested areas. For years, in our sustainability law practice, we have assisted businesses in managing carbon asset risk.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This contamination led to multiple Dimock residents suffering from impacts to their own personal water supplies, including the explosion of Norma Fiorentino’s drinking water well in January 2009. Coterra entered a plea to Prohibition Against Discharge of Industrial Wastes, a violation of the Clean Streams Law. Williams, Esq.,

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We also report on recent updates in relation to sanctions and the growth of cryptoasset-related regulation. Regulators concluding the HBOS investigation with no further action against senior managers. million for misleading its regulator, the FRC. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022. KPMG fined £18.4

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