Legal Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

In 2011, in AEP v. CT , the Supreme Court said this: We hold that the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any federal common law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants. 410 (2011). Regulating power plant emissions is a complex undertaking. Post, at 20.

Carbon Dioxide 130

Carbon Dioxide 2011 Air Pollution Clean Air Act 130

Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The regulations were amended in 2020 to include a program for existing generation units, CES-E, which has several distinct requirements. Clarifying language related to banking of Clean Generation Attributes by aligning the regulation with language that has been included in the CES Frequently Asked Questions document since 2018.

Clean Energy 130

Clean Energy Electricity Renewable Energy 2030 130

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

She joined the DEP Policy Office in 2011 and worked as the Policy Director and most recently served as the Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator for programs related to the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. Read more here.

2006 124

2006 2009 2011 2010 124

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The CEFR reached criticality in July 2010 and connected to the grid in July 2011. Russian export laws and bilateral agreements with China explicitly prohibit the use of supplied materials for military purposes. U-235) for China’s CEFR. Transfers of highly enriched uranium happened in July 2004 , March 2014 , and July 2019.

Nuclear Power 347

Nuclear Power 2016 2017 2018 347

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On April 29, 2021, the departments of Justice, Commerce and Treasury announced that they had reached a global resolution with SAP SE (SAP), a multinational software company based in Germany, resulting from the company’s disclosure of the fact that it had provided software to users in Iran in violation of export and sanctions regulations.[[N:

Regulations 52

Regulations 2020 2011 2021 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

The bipartisan infrastructure law provided up to $7.5 The market at the time (all of 6,743 California sales in 2011) was dominated by the 73-mile range Nissan Leaf, the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt (with a 35-mile electric range ). There was robust debate about the feasibility of EVs reaching 15 percent market share in CA by 2025.

Electricity 363

Electricity Climate Change 2025 2023 363

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Perry was named Deputy for Oil and Gas Management in September 2011 by Gov. Corbett when that Deputate was formed to focus more attention on regulating unconventional (shale) gas drilling in Pennsylvania. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as an Attorney and Counselor of Law. No other comments on personnel actions were made.

Regulations 121

Regulations Environmental Protection 2011 Radiation 121

Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A short list of environmental and energy law changes compared to recent years: Fisheries. For stormwater and other nutrient sources, the law continues to require nutrient offsets in the same hydrologic area. House Bill 329 (Renewable Energy Amendments) makes several relatively minor changes to energy laws. The law, G.S.

2019 40

2019 Law Renewable Energy Electricity 40

The Energy Law Blog

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.

2011 40

2011 Greenhouse Regulations Clean Air Act 40

Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

As I outlined here , Montana state law prohibits the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions or climate impacts–– inside and outside the state’s borders––when reviewing projects and approving permits. This now-infamous climate prohibition has been called a “limitation” on the Montana Environmental Policy Act, or MEPA.

Fossil Fuels 243

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse Clean Air Act 243

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).

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Regulations Waste Technology 52

Environmental and Urban Economics

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

If climate change risk is a "known unknown", then a regulator with a taste for Robustness will sign up more customers for CPP. On extreme weather days, the Texas utilities declare a CPP day and the subset of consumers now face much higher power prices and as we know from the law of demand they consume less power.

Climate Change 264

Climate Change Electricity 2011 Regulations 264

Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. Civil law cases. Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. In September 2017, in Sendai Citizens v. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

Paris Agreement 143

Paris Agreement Climate Change 2018 Fossil Fuels 143

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point. Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Climate Change Mitigation.

2021 130

2021 2022 Sea Level Clean Energy 130

The Energy Law Blog

MAY 5, 2016

ISDA ) announced the 2016 ISDA Credit Support Annex for Variation Margin for use with New York law transactions (the 2016 CSA ). prudential banking regulators [1] , the U.S. For over 20 years, the existing 1994 CSA has been the preferred instrument for detailing credit support arrangements related to New York law ISDA contracts.

2016 40

2016 Law 2015 2011 40

Law Columbia

MAY 29, 2024

The Advisory Opinion handed down by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on 21 May 2024 is truly remarkable. Under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ), States must now take all necessary measures to prevent, reduce and control GHG emissions. under Arts.

Paris Agreement 56

Paris Agreement Climate Change Law Regulations 56

Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 8, 2023

46 days after publication allowing for a comment period, the Department will be free to adopt the 2021 IgCC by regulation. . A decade later, in 2011, Maryland was the first state to authorize the use of the IgCC for private and public construction. Live webinar “Does Your Lease Address New GHG Laws?” The backstory is important.

2021 52

2021 2001 2011 2012 52

Law of the Lands

JULY 26, 2024

Noxious weeds are those that are prescribed in the Regulation made under the Act (including giant hogweed, poison-ivy, leafy spurge, sow-thistle, ragweed, etc.) and other plants that may be deemed to be a noxious weed (called a “local weed”) in a by-law passed by a municipality. The landowners had purchased their property in May, 2011.

2014 52

2014 Law 2011 2013 52

CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The 2011 General Plan EIR ultimately established three thresholds of significance—one for residential, one for commercial and industrial, and one for transportation activities—based on the strategy and assumptions underlying AB 32’s year 2020 GHG emissions reduction goal, estimated in the 2008 Scoping Plan as 15% below 2005 levels.

2008 85

2008 2011 Climate Change 2020 85

The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2017

The record in Abbott included a 2011 report by the Department of the Interior which concluded, following a Congressionally-mandated investigation, that “Mr. United States ex rel. Escobar , 136 S.Ct. 1989 (2016).

Regulations 40

Regulations 2011 2014 2016 40

Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2021

EPA’s current policy on tribal consultation is set forth in the May 4, 2011 “EPA Policy on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribes.” Administrator Regan’s pledge to improve the consultation process suggests substantive changes to EPA’s 2011 Consultation Policy may be in the works.

2011 40

2011 Government 2002 2019 40

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In August, French regulators suspended thermal pollution standards for rivers, allowing nuclear plants to overheat streams. Legal scholars called the targeting of essential infrastructure a violation of international law. A similar initiative to regulate groundwater in nearby Willcox basin did not pass. Keith Schneider.

2022 299

2022 Climate Change Government Law 299

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2023

From June 10 to 16, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 651 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 67 violations of environmental regulations-- 61 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 6 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry.

Natural Gas 94

Natural Gas 2023 2011 Regulations 94

Arnold Porter

JUNE 28, 2021

According to the SEC’s order, Guggenheim’s compliance manual included language prohibiting employees from initiating contact with any regulator without prior approval from Guggenheim’s legal or compliance department, and the firm included similar language in its annual compliance training materials. ” 17 C.F.R.

2015 52

2015 2016 Regulations Law 52

Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2022

As the collaborative explored last week , regulators are now encouraging some water utilities to consolidate, a catch-all term that could mean small steps like sharing staff, or big changes like closing decrepit, oversized water plants in favor of buying water from a neighbor. All that excess infrastructure is expensive to maintain.

2022 264

2022 Government Regulations 2011 264

Arnold Porter

JUNE 17, 2021

Formed in 2011, the OWB was established one year after the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) amended the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) by, among other things, adopting Section 21F. Background. The Commission has relatively straightforward procedures for claiming a whistleblower award.

2020 96

2020 2021 Law Regulations 96

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. from Villanova University School of Law.

Climate Change 121

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2006 121

Law Columbia

AUGUST 11, 2022

The catalyst for the dispute was the Polish authorities’ concession extension to operate the mine until 2026 without carrying out an environmental impact assessment (EIA) as required by European Union (EU) law. Owned by the Polish Energy Group (PGE), the Turów mine supplies lignite to the 1984 MW Turów power plant.

Precautionary Principle 40

Precautionary Principle 2030 2021 2026 40

Renewable + Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

3, effective June 8, 2021, is a multi-pronged law that attempts to make the Texas energy system more resilient to the effects of extreme winter weather events. It is not entirely clear as to the penalties that will be issued for noncompliance with the new regulations. Key to S.B.

2011 52

2011 Electricity 2021 2020 52

Renewable + Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

3, effective June 8, 2021, is a multi-pronged law that attempts to make the Texas energy system more resilient to the effects of extreme winter weather events. It is not entirely clear as to the penalties that will be issued for noncompliance with the new regulations. Key to S.B.

2011 52

2011 Electricity 2021 2020 52

Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 30, 2021

For every one degree Celsius that the temperature increases, the atmosphere can hold 7% more water, a thermodynamic law of physics called atmospheric holding capacity. Flooding on the Schuylkill River from Hurricane Irene, 2011. Courtesy Philadelphia Water Department. Courtesy Philadelphia Water Department.

Sea Level 98

Sea Level Climate Change 2011 Atmosphere 98

The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 19, 2013

On October 25, 2012 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its corrected definition of “regulated NSR pollutant.” The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) adopted EPA’s revised definition of “regulated new source review (NSR) pollutant” at LAC 33:III.509.B B in a May 20, 2013 Louisiana Register Notice.

Regulations 40

Regulations 2013 2012 2011 40

The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2017

At the Fourth Annual Liskow & Lewis Energy Law Lecture, Professor Jim Rossi of Vanderbilt Law delivered a presentation entitled “Federalism Battles in Energy Transportation.” Natural gas pipelines have historically been governed by federal law since the passing of the Natural Gas Act of 1938.

Natural Gas 40

Natural Gas Clean Water Act Law 2005 40

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Baka explained the study is based on 28,500 water sampling results submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection as part of pre-shale gas well development by shale gas operators since about 2011. When [shale] oil and gas companies drill, they are going to be liable if they contaminate somebody's drinking water.

2003 97

2003 2011 2022 Regulations 97

PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

Under the COA, Shell will pay a civil penalty of $4,935,023 – and as required by Act 57 of 2011, 25 percent of this penalty will be directed to local communities. Until Shell can prove their facility can operate within the law, the Shapiro administration and PADEP must order a temporary shut down." Josh Shapiro.

Air Pollution 97

Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide 2023 97

A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

“It is important to note that once a mining permit is issued in a forested area, there must be deforestation, but the problem is that current mining regulations in Indonesia still allow such a thing to happen. Thus it is necessary to assess this regulation,” Hariadi says. of total tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2019.

Deforestation 98

Deforestation 2019 Government 2020 98

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

VJEL Newsroom Announcing VJEL's 2024 Top 10 Environmental Watch List By VJEL December 18, 2023 The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (VJEL) is pleased to announce the publication of its 2024 Top 10 Environmental Watch List. Instead, the U.S.

2024 40

2024 Ocean Conservation Paris Agreement 40