Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

However, since major US environmental laws are enacted to protect the air, water, and land separately (i.e. Reports informing decisions Minnesota passed a cumulative impacts law in 2008 that implemented a method that required facilities to include a report on potential health impacts when applying for a permit.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In the 2021 update to its Nationally Determined Contribution, under the Paris Agreement Japan pledged to reduce its GHG emissions by 46 % by 2030 compared to its 2013 levels (with aspirational target of 50%) and to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The proposed amendment is a brief but powerful statement of principle, according to John Dernbach, a law professor at Widener University Commonwealth Law School. Environmental Protection Agency and passed landmark environmental laws to protect air, land, and water. Dernbach told Circle of Blue. It doesn’t need to be long.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 16, 2025

The core of the study and its fatal weakness is a survey of all federal appeals court decisions involving NEPA lawsuits from 2013 through 2022. And identification of what claims are being raised in lawsuits can give an indication of what changes to law might reduce (or increase) litigation.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

However, this federal scrutiny is clearer when considering Vermonts status as home to one of the nations leading environmental law schools, which trains attorneys to advocate for stronger environmental oversight. Vermont Law School cited numerous concerns with how ANR issued and enforced discharge permits to prevent water pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Act 14 Notices To Municipalities Many communities and citizens are not aware that a state law passed in 1984 gives them the first chance to comment on Department of Environmental Protection permit applications even before they are submitted to the agency. Youll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 20, 2023

F]ederal maritime law governs whether a claim sounds in admiralty and that the relevant substantive law governs whether a plaintiff has alleged a valid prima facie claim,” citing Blue Whale Corp. Both the time charter and the voyage charter selected the law of England to apply. Grand China Shipping Dev. 3d 488, 495 (2d Cir.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

since 2013 have been integral to creating the conditions that led to the County’s actions, is also a member of the County coalition. The Board’s motions also track recommendations made by UCLA Law’s Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic in two letters sent to Los Angeles County earlier this summer on behalf of clients.

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Energy & the Law

JUNE 2, 2021

2013: Broadway Bank, John, and the original grantees of the 2005 deed execute a second correction deed, again attempting to change the fee interest to a life estate. A dispute arises: Did the royalty interests conveyed to Yates vest in the remaindermen in the 2013 correction deed or did Yates and its successors obtain a fee interest.

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Energy & the Law

JUNE 23, 2023

Federal tax law treats them as partnerships unless they elect to be treated otherwise. Hegar , a Texas court addressed how Hibernia, a non-taxable entity under federal law, is taxable under Texas law. Your musical interlude *Kamal is a rising 3L at SMU Law School and a Gray Reed summer associate.

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Energy & the Law

AUGUST 11, 2021

The plaintiffs disclaimed any claim arising under federal law (wanting the cases to remain in the state courts). The petitions did not affirmatively reveal on their face any grounds for federal-officer removal, and allegations of violations of Louisiana orders did not reveal a relationship to federal law. The result.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2023

Just last week, Governor Newsom signed an amended version of this package into law, with the CEQA bills passing through largely untouched. As such, cases subject to 270-day judicial streamlining are often not resolved within the allotted time period, even though all CEQA cases already receive calendar preference under existing law.

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Law and Environment

JULY 27, 2023

Early this afternoon, Governor Janet Mills signed into law LD 1895 , legislation directing the state to procure up to 3 GW of offshore wind by 2040. Now that the bill is signed into law, Maine is the seventh U.S. I am pleased with of the outcome of this legislation and proud to sign it into law.” The post Maine Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

2013), claims under the ERA had very little teeth without a supporting claim of a violation of some other statutory or regulatory provision, and an ERA claim often served as strongly worded bluster without any substance. 2013)) (citing Pa. Commonwealth, 83 A.3d 3d 901 (Pa. Further, the Commonwealth (i.e. Pennsylvania Envtl.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013. In its Nationally Determined Contribution , Japan has committed to reducing GHG emissions by 46% in 2030 from 2013 levels and achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Civil law cases. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

So far in 2025, DEP issued 39 violations to 10 shale gas drilling companies for abandoning and not plugging their well, most drilled in the early days of shale gas development in Pennsylvania-- 2009 to 2013. Read more here. Read more here. In response, the General Assembly passed and Gov. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2023

Federal Infrastructure Louie Krak, DEP Federal Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator, will provide the update on mine reclamation, well plugging and other projects in the agency funded by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Visit DEP’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law webpage for more background. Read more here. Read more here.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 17, 2022

s language and, in pertinent part, stated as follows: [t]his letter is to call to your attention your company’s failure, as unit operator of the 3 units, to comply with Louisiana law which requires an operator to report to an unleased owner in a unit ongoing operating costs and expenses for the unit well by sworn, detailed, itemized statements.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2024

Act 14 requires applicants to submit notices to municipalities and counties for air quality, water obstruction (Chapter 105), any permit issued under the Cleans Streams Law (including Chapter 102, stormwater, NPDES, many more), any solid waste and hazardous waste, land recycling and water allocation permits. Read more here. Montgomery County.

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Physics World

JUNE 14, 2021

The gravity law of human migration says that the movement between two urban areas decrease with distance and increases with population size or importance of the areas. The data were collected during different periods between 2006 and 2013. Gravity and radiation. Or put more simply, people are unlikely to travel far too often.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

(This post was authored by Eric Peshkin, a JD candidate at NYU School of Law and CLEE summer research assistant). 2013 , IPCC 6th Assessment Report, Chapter 6 , González et al., 2013 , Patra and Yu, 2012 , Kinley et al., 2013 , IPCC 6th Assessment Report, Chapter 6 , González et al., 2018 , Petersen et al.,

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CEQA Developments

DECEMBER 7, 2022

County of Merced (2013) 216 Cal.App.4th Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. For nearly all that time, the firm also has written Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 3d, a 12-volume treatise on California real estate law. “The

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Energy & the Law

MAY 4, 2022

In 2018, amidst the Eagle Ford Shale leasing frenzy, EP acquired the “First Presbyterian” lease and the “Donaldson Brown” lease, both effective back to 2013. EP: It would pay only for acreage on which it paid bonuses after the effective date of the Donaldson Brown lease—September 25, 2013., EP paid bonuses of $500 per net mineral acre.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 13, 2021

“The Migratory Bird Treaty Act is a bedrock environmental law that is critical to protecting migratory birds and restoring declining bird populations,” said Secretary Deb Haaland. The Service is now requesting public comment on issues of fact, law and policy raised by that MBTA rule published on January 7.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2023

Most recently, Barrow has served as Chief of Staff for Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille since 2013. From 2008 to 2013, Barrow served as Chief of Staff in the Office of Commissioner Wayne E. Starting as a staff attorney at the Commission in 2001, she spent several years practicing administrative regulatory law.

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The Energy Law

JULY 1, 2021

In 2013, the decision in State of Louisiana v. This was all done in light of this Court’s 2013 La. The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post. LL&E II , at *2. The interplay between Act 312 and private land-damage lawsuits has been in a state of constant evolution. 12-0884 (La.

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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 6, 2023

Ian Irvin Ian Irvin is an attorney-- graduate of Dickinson Law School-- who worked for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the last eight years specializing in administrative law related to nuclear material licenses. DEP’s Monthly Written Report to Council on agency activities is also available for review.

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Endangered Species Law

MAY 18, 2022

The Service proposed the Bi-state Grouse for listing as threatened in 2013, then later withdrew that proposal. The Bi-state Grouse lives along the California-Nevada border within six population management units (PMUs) monitored by the Service.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Presumably Dagsvik and Moen are used to this kind of model, but they seem to be inexperienced with the models used for weather and climate, which on the other hand are based on the laws of physics. On the other hand, we expect to see the effect of greenhouse gases when we look at the temperature averaged over the entire globe.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 17, 2022

When Caltrans and other state and local agencies build or approve projects that increase car traffic, state law requires them to mitigate those impacts. Senate Bill 743 , originally enacted in 2013, called for a new transportation impact measure that promotes greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and multimodal transportation.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2024

These prestigious awards are presented to Pennsylvanians who made a unique and creative contribution to the field of environmental management in Pennsylvania with preference given to the fields of administration, law, regulation and community organization. Public Health Service in Washington D.C.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2024

He served four terms on the WeConservePA board of directors (2007-2013 and 2015-2021) and continues to serve on the WeConservePA policy council. In 1977, he graduated from Capital University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate magna cum laude. This research began his keen interest in real estate law. In 2012, WPC v.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 25, 2021

The Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard E1527-13 will sunset in late 2021, eight years from its approval on November 6, 2013. Environmental Protection Agency as satisfying its All Appropriate Inquiry rule to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

These records were set simultaneously in 2013 when the University of Maine deployed its VolturnUS 1:8 , a scaled version of its floating concrete semi-submersible offshore wind turbine design, in state waters off the shores of Castine, ME. Josh is a regular contributor to the Law & The Environment and Energy Climate Counsel blogs.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The hybrid set-up, with video links between the two hubs and digital attendence through zoom, was a change from previous ICRCs held in ICTP (2011) , Brussels (2013) , Stockholm (2016) , and Beijing (2019). The “law of small numbers ” implies a minimum number of independent simulations in an ensemble (Rabin, 2002).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 2013 ) Erosion & Sedimentation Permits - Issued -- Blackhill Energy LLC - Unknown Project: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for an unknown project impacting Mill Creek located in Springfield Twp., Received June 11, 2024, Issued Feb. 24, 2025. ( Washington County. Received Sept. 19, 2024, Issued Feb. 21, 2025. (

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