The Global Methane Pledge
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
California’s 2016 law, SB 1383 , requires a 40 percent reduction from 2013 levels, which is comparable to the 30 percent reduction from 2020 levels identified in the Global Methane Pledge.
Has Gasoline Use in California Peaked?
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Number of cars are up, but gasoline use is down The number of passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs in California has continued to increase over the last ten years, from less than 23 million in 2013 to almost 29 million in 2023. These regulations (both state and federal) that UCS has advocated for have saved drivers money and reduced emissions.
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Upcoming Developments in International Governance of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Even if the resolution is adopted, it would not be binding in the same way as a formal international agreement, but it could still impact how countries regulate marine CDR. Both the London Convention and London Protocol require parties to adopt domestic laws to regulate the “dumping” of “waste and other matter” at sea.
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Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
It was a big step towards providing adequate health protections, but Environmental regulations need to look at people, not just pollutants—and the way to get there is by assessing cumulative impacts. But the requirements in the rule were developed considering that one carcinogen from that one type of facility.
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Ask a Scientist: It’s Getting Easier for US Car Owners to Go Electric
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Before joining the UCS staff in 2013, Reichmuth—who has a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley—worked at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California, where he conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the relative benefits of vehicles powered by batteries, hydrogen fuel cells, and petroleum.
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What’s New About Income-Graduated Fixed Charges?
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design. Despite California regulators’ stated interest in pricing based on marginal costs, however, fixed costs have often been bundled into volumetric rates. Regulators are acting on these redistributive concerns.
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What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Dernbach told Circle of Blue that these amendments act as a steadying force in state politics, because constitutions are more stable than policies and regulations, which can change from administration to administration. Rhode Island followed in 1987, and was the last state to do so.
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DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 13 PA Bulletin
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 12, 2024
April 13 PA Bulletin, page 2013 ] -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 13 PA Bulletin that Eyoyo is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?
Five Things the “Nuclear Bros” Don’t Want You to Know About Small Modular Reactors
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 30, 2024
But as I showed in my 2013 and 2021 reports, the hype surrounding SMRs is way overblown, and my conclusions remain valid today. In any event, regulators are loosening safety and security requirements for SMRs in ways which could cancel out any safety benefits from passive features.
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 8
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 7, 2023
PA Bulletin, page 2013 ) -- Coterra Energy, Inc.: PA Bulletin, page 2013 ) -- Seneca Resources Co LLC : DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Baldwin Run (High Quality) located in Delmar Twp., PA Bulletin, page 2013 ) -- Williams Field Services Co. .: PA Bulletin, page 2013 ) -- Williams Field Services Co. .:
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Tackling Agricultural Methane: An Overview of the Science
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Innovative regulation and incentive programs can facilitate the development and implementation of many of these methods, and these will be explored in a future blog post. 2013 , IPCC 6th Assessment Report, Chapter 6 , González et al., 2013 , Patra and Yu, 2012 , Kinley et al., 2013 , Patra and Yu, 2012 , Kinley et al.,
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Sen. Bartolotta, Sen. Yaw Announce Bill To Withhold Gas Drilling Impact Fees To Municipalities That Set More Protective Standards On Natural Gas Development Than State Law, And While There Is a Legal Challenge To Local Restrictions
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 12, 2024
While municipalities may have some flexibility in how they zone or regulate oil and gas operations – provided they do not exceed limitations in state or federal law – doing so in an unreasonable manner which prevents future natural gas development should render the municipality ineligible for state collected and distributed impact fees.
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Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard Being Revised
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. CRECs arise from a past release of a hazardous substance that has been address to the satisfaction of regulators, but carry some implementation of controls, like a drinking water restriction.
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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out
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. Both courts took the position that the regulation of GHG emissions was a policy issue.
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DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 10, 2022
On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.]
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Call For Nominations! PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Awards
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.
Louisiana Adopts EPA Revision to Condensable PM Requirements in its Definition of “Regulated NSR Pollutants”
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.
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Regulating Imports into RGGI: Toward a Legal, Workable Solution
Law Columbia
AUGUST 21, 2013
On August 21, CCCL released a new white paper that evaluates the legal workability and constitutionality of regulating imports into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or “RGGI” (for background on RGGI, the Northeastern states’ cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide, see prior posts ).
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A(nother) California “Regulatory Takings” Case Heads to the Supreme Court
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Even before the justices granted review in the Sheetz case last Friday, the Court’s 2023-24 Term was shaping up as one featuring sweeping constitutional challenges to government regulation generally and to environmental regulation in particular. Finally, in the 2013 case of Koontz v.
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PUC Welcomes New Commissioner Kim Barrow, Thanks Senate For Confirmation Votes, Governor For Nomination
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 30, 2023
Commissioner Barrow Background Barrow has been involved in the utility regulation industry for more than two decades. 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.
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An encroaching desert intensifies Nigeria’s farmer-herder crisis
Circle of Blue
APRIL 14, 2022
In the pre-colonial era, mechanisms such as the traditional administrative system which regulated grazing activities and demarcated cattle migratory routes, known as the burti, were key to establishing clear boundaries between farmers and herders. The Sahara, which is the world’s largest hot desert, grew 10% bigger between 1920 and 2013.
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Boulder strengthens rules against plastic bags – but do bans and fines actually reduce waste?
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
by Eleanor Putnam-Farr, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University Boulder, Colorado, passed stricter regulations against plastic bags at the beginning of 2024, banning them from all retail stores.
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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Parties to those instruments are set to meet in London next week—from October 2 to 6—to discuss the regulation of so-called “marine geoengineering activities” (among other things). 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.
Environmental Groups File Suit to Compel EPA to Review and Revise Oil and Gas Waste Regulations
The Energy Law Blog
MAY 12, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. See Appalachian Voices v. McCarthy , 989 F. 2d 30, 53-56 (D.
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EPA’s Proposed Rule on Vessel Incidental Discharges Brings VIDA One Step Closer to Full Implementation
The Energy Law Blog
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.
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Guidebook explores regulatory barriers and potential solutions for tribal solar projects
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 7, 2023
Tribal land holds more that 5% of the solar photovoltaic potential in the United States, according to a 2013 report by NREL. Read the full story from NREL. However, this resource remains underutilized, and tribes often cite regulatory hurdles to achieving their solar deployment goals. In a three-year project funded by the U.S.
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The Ontario government boasts about a “clean energy advantage” while dismantling it
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 3, 2023
Ontario Power Generation, a Crown corporation that generates a chunk of the province’s electricity, has been secretly selling clean energy credits since about 2013 and has made billions in profit from the sales. Tell the Feds to strengthen these regulations so Ontario can’t build new gas plants!
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Some cosmic neutrinos may not be cosmic after all
Physics World
APRIL 11, 2022
Since 2013 the facility has reported evidence for dozens if not hundreds of cosmic neutrinos. One thing that is not clear is whether or not the proliferation of gluons inside protons at high energies tends to self-regulate or “saturate” above a certain energy.
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DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Hear Updates From Oil & Gas, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Programs Feb. 14
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Read more here ; -- Status of updating conventional drilling regulations; and -- Natural gas industry effort to reform permitting, limit public comments. The Council will be discussing their comments on the 2013-2018 report at this meeting. Read more here ; -- Conventional Oil & Gas Compliance Report issued in December.
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DEP Assesses $600,000 Penalty For Illegal Disposal Of Over 1,800 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas Waste Drill Cuttings In Fayette County
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Joseph – individually and doing business as Joseph Contracting, John Joseph Contracting, and Perry Stone Supply LLC – to settle violations of the Solid Waste Management Act and Pennsylvania regulations that occurred between 2012 and 2015 in Dunbar, Perry, and South Union Townships, Fayette County.
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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Recognize Kristina Thompson & PennDOT District 5-0 With Walter Lyon Award; Former DEP Secretary David Hess With Karl Mason Award
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
PAEP presents these awards to Pennsylvanians who made unique and creative contributions to the field of environmental management in Pennsylvania with preference given to the fields of administration, law, regulation and community organization. The awards were presented at the PAEP annual conference in State College.
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Elk River Spill Aftermath: Do We Need New Regulations and From Whom?
Vermont Law
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
The Freedom Industries chemical spill in Charleston, West Virginia exposed holes in state and federal regulations for chemical storage tanks. Almost immediately, politicians and community groups cried for new regulations to prevent something like the Elk River spill from happening again. Summary: . A new Senate bill – S.
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 22, 2023
From April 15 to 21, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 465 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 50 violations of environmental regulations-- 46 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 4 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry. SWN Prod Co. Beech Creek Twp. -
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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Six kids in town besides Jacob were diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. This map shows nitrate concentrations in drinking water between 2016 and 2018 for federally regulated water systems. He and Shari are active in the Pediatric Cancer Action Network, a grassroots advocacy and support group in Nebraska.
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How Do We Nudge "Behavioral" Decision Makers to Adapt to Emerging Climate Risks?
Environmental and Urban Economics
JANUARY 4, 2022
In the absence of government regulation, insurance prices for real estate will rise there. Since the government regulates insurance and effectively subsidizes risk taking (by putting limits on insurer "price gouging"), building codes are needed to raise the average quality of the housing stock in risky places.
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Revoking the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Incidental Take Rule, Once Again
Greenbuilding Law
JUNE 13, 2021
Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposed rule to restore criminal penalties for accidental killing of migratory birds, revoking the January 7, 2021, final regulation that limited the enforcement of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Last week, the U.S.
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Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Pay Only $46,100 Of The $10,600,000 It Costs DEP To Regulate That Industry; Taxpayers May Be Asked To Pay The Difference
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
On February 15, the Department of Environmental Protection told the Environmental Quality Board conventional oil and gas drilling companies only paid $46,100 of the $10,600,000 it cost for DEP to regulate that industry in FY 2020-21. percent of the cost of regulating their industry; the unconventional industry pays the remainder.
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Federal Acquisition Regulation Council Amends Limitations on Subcontracting: Compliance and Risk Mitigation Considerations for Your Small Business
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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California Releases Draft Plan to Reach Carbon Neutrality by 2045
Legal Planet
MAY 11, 2022
The initial plan was approved in 2008 , with the second in 2013 , and the most recent iteration in 2017. CARB must update this plan at least once every five years. at § 38561(h). Each of these plans provides a snapshot of the tools (e.g., For any jurisdiction, this is a Herculean task.
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Center for Coalfield Justice Blog: Update On Underground Longwall Coal Mining In Greene, Washington Counties; Next DEP Report On Longwall Impacts Due… Soon
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
As for who can participate, DEP’s website states, “…the Department will consider input from mining professionals,” meaning the very industry regulated by the act will play a part in assessing its effectiveness. However, the 6th version is being done internally by the Department of Environmental Protection itself. Read more here.
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Analysis: Bhutan ramps up its solar ambitions
A Greener Life
JUNE 22, 2022
However, officials from the Department of Renewable Energy said this will require changing policies and regulations. A draft regulatory framework has already been prepared and the 2013 Alternative Renewable Energy Policy revised. This will contain the principles that determine tariffs for selling power to the grid.
Research Integrity: Identifying and tackling peer review fraud
Frontiers
AUGUST 10, 2021
We need to make sure systems are in place to ensure the effective regulation of our peer review process, including ones to root out and eradicate any conduct that may compromise the process, potentially damaging public trust in science. Subversion of the peer review process can occur in several different ways. He joined Frontiers in 2019.
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New Texas Legislation Authorizes TCEQ to Permit Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Energy Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
By Jillian Marullo House Bill 788, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (“GHG”) “[t]o the extent that greenhouse gas emissions require authorization under federal law.” In July 2013, the D.C.
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DEP Imposed $422,365 In Penalties On 14 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators In 2023 For Abandoning Wells, Spills, Venting Gas; 93 Operators Cited For Abandoning 271 Wells
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 6, 2024
DEP issued conventional oil and gas operators a record total of 6,860 violations for all infractions of law and regulations in 2023, nearly 52% more than in 2021. Failed To Operate Well To Meet Regulations (2023 violations) [ DEP inspection report ] -- Civil Penalty - $7,700 - Mikalik 2 - Greene County, Dunkard Twp. Read more here.
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