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Corona and Energy Law

Energy and Climate Law

The coronavirus (COVID-19) keeps affecting all areas of life and also impacts upon energy law. This blog entry provides a first overview of energy law measures that selected European countries (Germany and the Netherlands) have taken to tackle the energy-related repercussions of the corona-crisis.

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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest. Amendments to the Climate Action Law are adopted, setting a binding 2045 date for carbon neutrality, with a 2031 target of a 65% emissions reduction compared with 1990.

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It’s High Time to Ban “Monster Fracking” in California

Legal Planet

According to the Times article, since 2011 U.S. And remarkably, in large fracking states like California and Texas, water the petroleum industry uses for fracking is largely exempt from regulation under those states’ water rights laws that limit agricultural, industrial and domestic uses. (In

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

Energy and Climate Law

The background of the case goes back to the year 2011. 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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Tribal Energy Sovereignty in California

Legal Planet

In 2011, then-Governor Brown issued Executive Order B-10-11 , which established what is now the Governor’s Office of Tribal Affairs and directed all state agencies to “encourage communication and consultation with California Indian Tribes.”

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Recent Federal and State Heat Safety Proposals

National Law Center

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 2011 and 2021, there were 436 work-related deaths attributed to environmental heat exposure. The post Recent Federal and State Heat Safety Proposals appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Texas Supreme Court to Review Approval of Injection Well Permit

Energy & the Law

January 13, 2011: the RRC rescinds its no-harm letter. + February 17, 2011: TCEQ issues an order approving the application. April 2, 2011: TCEQ reissues the order. November 2010: After hearing on remand, ALJ recommends the application be denied. 20 days: The rescission takes effect. The litigation.

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