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Losing Justice Hobbs, Western Water Expert and Valued Mentor

Legal Planet

But people across the Colorado legal community, the broader Western water community, and a far-flung network that includes Berkeley Law staff, faculty, and alumni. Long-term connections with Berkeley Law. Justice Hobbs’ connections with Berkeley Law run deep. He got his JD here in 1971. I was lucky enough to be one of them. .

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Los Angeles County Passes Motions to Protect Environmental Justice Communities from Urban Oil Drilling

Legal Planet

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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Environmental Attorneys Push Vermont to Take CAFOs Seriously

Vermont Law

Iowa Department of Natural Resources considered over half of Iowas lakes, reservoirs, rivers and streams impaired. 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.

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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

Law Columbia

According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossil fuel dependency was 83.2% In February 2023, the Tokyo District Court found that the Notice of Finalization, which had been issued through a simplified permitting procedure, was lawful. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Judicial Update: The Law Of ‘Constitutional Standing’ Taking Shape in Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

The ERA states: The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 2013)) (citing Pa. Commonwealth, 83 A.3d

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Louisiana Coastal Zone Litigation Likely to Remain in Federal Court

Energy & the Law

The Louisiana Coastal Resources Program’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) required that to benefit from a grandfather clause in SLCRMA actual use or activity must have been begun in good faith before enactment. The plaintiffs disclaimed any claim arising under federal law (wanting the cases to remain in the state courts).

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DEP: US Interior Dept. Withdraws Orphan Oil & Gas Well Regulatory Improvement Grant Program To Help Prevent Future Well Abandonments, A Severe Problem In PA

PA Environment Daily

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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