Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2024

A 2015 survey by UCS and the international climate disclosure organization CDP found that few companies were willing to disclose their memberships or discuss whether their public stance on climate change aligned with the groups they funded (associations are not required by law to disclose their members or boards of directors).

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So too have the overpumped groundwater aquifers in California’s San Joaquin and Salinas Valleys that belatedly prompted state political leaders to enact California’s first-ever groundwater regulatory program in 2014. aquifers.

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

On December 3, 2021, the Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register of a settlement between Federal and State Trustees and Kirby Inland Marine, LP (“Kirby”) to resolve natural resource damages from a 2014 oil release. The Trustees for this incident include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S.

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Yale E360

OCTOBER 8, 2021

A 2014 California law intended to protect the state's depleted aquifers is going into effect, requiring farms not to pump groundwater faster than it can be replenished. The policy is pushing growers to find new ways to refill the state's depleted aquifers, NPR reports. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 , the notorious law the Legislature passed in 2019 that slapped Ohio ratepayers with a monthly surcharge to bail out two struggling nuclear plants. The OVEC coal bailouts, which the PUCO approved in 2014, were set to expire in 2024 and only applied to utility customers who had a stake in OVEC. 6 was signed into law by Ohio Gov.

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Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2024

In 2014, CAISO expanded the territory of its real-time market , through which utilities can buy small amounts of electricity to correct real-time fluctuations in customer demand and electricity dispatched by generators. Kelly Cook is a Berkeley Law J.D. renewables).

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Legal Planet

MAY 30, 2022

General Secretary said in 2014: “The environment has long been a silent casualty of war and armed conflict. It was not only the youth of Europe who were mown down by that senseless conflict. Soils in many places remain contaminated by heavy metals to this very day.

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National Law Center

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

First authorized in the 2014 Farm Bill, the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (“RCPP”) is a voluntary conservation program administered by the. The post Building Blocks: The Basics of the RCPP appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In 2014, the California legislature passed into law the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) , and for the first time, groundwater basins in the state would need to start cutting back on over-drafting our shared groundwater resource. This is definitely the case in the Cuyama Valley.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Similar concerns are buffeting Santolina, a 13,700-acre planned development proposed in 2014 by Western Albuquerque Land Holdings. Hughes water supply options for Teravalis, some available now, others that will require a change in state law and regulation, include tapping another aquifer and delivering water by pipeline.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

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

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

Since companies and policymakers do not want to pay a lot to ensure reliability, they both subscribe to the theory that the law of supply and demand will provide an adequate supply at a low cost. This system worked so well in the past that gas plants totally dominated new power plant investment from 1990 through 2014.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

Thousands of wells in the state went dry in the previous drought , in 2014 and 2015, mostly in the southern San Joaquin Valley. California’s groundwater act, signed into law during the previous drought, requires sustainable use of aquifers. For those whose wells have gone dry, getting water is a costly chore.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2022

These blog posts summarize our recent article in Ecology Law Quarterly , coauthored with my collaborator Moira O’Neill. The second blog post (summarizing the relevant law) is here. But a majority of the housing units that San Diego County approved in 2014-17 were in those areas. What is happening on the ground.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking supplies. It’s frustrating,” he said. Since the discovery, Ann Arbor has spent $1.5

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Photos by Evan George) When California lawmakers enacted the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in 2014, it was an effort to tame the wild , wild west of water. The dispute highlights the limits of California’s landmark groundwater law—especially if you’re not a large corporation.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

So far, the country has adopted several laws to strengthen the legal framework towards achieving these goals. Colombia ’s Legal Climate Framework Colombia’s climate change laws are extensive and align with its open commitment to fight climate change and its devastating effects. Law 629 of 2000 on the Kyoto Protocol.

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Energy & the Law

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Adams settled with most of the defendants by a settlement agreement in 2014 but continued to seek damages from the Grafers. The Grefers were not released by the 2014 settlement agreement. The Grafers owned the land where, pursuant to a lease, the pipes and other equipment were cleaned. Your musical interlude

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

(This post was authored by Eric Peshkin, a JD candidate at NYU School of Law and CLEE summer research assistant). SB 605 (2014) took the first step in methane-specific policy, directing the state’s Air Resources Board to create “a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants” such as agricultural methane.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

The CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM) started in 2014, and participation has grown to the point that it now covers approximately 80% of load in the western interconnection. The list goes on, but you get the point. billion dollars since the market began. Basically, it’s all up in the air right now.

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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.

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Acoel

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Extended producer responsibility [“EPR”] laws are intended to place a significant share of the environmental costs of a product on the manufacturer or “producer.”. In the United States, approximately 40 states have enacted EPR laws since 2008. For an earlier (2014) perspective on EPR in this blog space, consider this article.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2022

These blog posts summarize our recent article in Ecology Law Quarterly , coauthored with my collaborator Moira O’Neill. The second blog post (summarizing the relevant law) is here. Our data covered 2014-2020 in San Diego County. The first blog post (providing an overview of the issue) is here. Implications.

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Energy & the Law

MAY 24, 2023

In 2014, Apache bought lessee Gunn’s remaining interest of the leases and its PSA rights. The Court applied the common-law default rule for describing time when parties use the words “from” or “after.” Derek is a rising 2-L at Baylor Law School and a Gray Reed summer associate. Your musical interlude.

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 4, 2021

This GT Alert summarizes the Decree and shows the agreements no longer in effect as a consequence of the Decree.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The EPA and others warned about potential contamination as far back as 2014. But Washington state law does not require schools or health departments to act on those findings. Read the full story at ProPublica. Read more →

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

Environmental protection laws must be enforced in response to incidents like last year’s major spill and leak from Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine. Since 2014, the AER has only collected 71 cents from oil sands companies to pay for cleanup. The Alberta government has allowed 1.4 This is too little, too late.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

4, 2014), Docket No. 19, 2014), Docket No. 1451 et seq.). [3] 3] 15 U.S.C. 717b(a), (e). [4] 4] Shell U.S. Gas & Power, LLC (“Shell”) , 148 FERC ¶ 61,163 (Sept. RP14-52-000, Emera CNG, LLC (“Emera”) , 148 FERC ¶ 61,219 (Sept. CP14-114-000, Pivotal LNG, Inc. Pivotal” or “Pivotal II”) , 151 FERC ¶ 61,006 (Apr. 2, 2015), Docket No.

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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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Clean Energy Law

MAY 17, 2019

The denial of certiorari follows a 2014 refusal by the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit decision in a similar case, commonly known as Rocky Mountain I , that upheld the constitutionality of California’s LCFS program under the same reasoning. Indeed, long-term offtake agreements for LCFS credits generally have not been available.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

To avoid claims of ignorance of the laws, she told Circle of Blue, “the first step is to make sure everyone understands what their obligations are and how the curtailment process works.”. In 2014, a very dry year, nearly 200 complaints were filed, three times as many as the previous year.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 27, 2023

As relevant here, the City certified a Final EIR in 2014 (2014 EIR) for a General Plan Update (GPU) with a 2035 development horizon. The Findings addressed each of the environmental issues studied in the 2014 EIR and compared the effects of the Project to those of the adopted GPU.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 2, 2023

After two unsuccessful attempts to create an oil and gas buffer zone at the state level and the success of numerous local efforts to phase out oil and gas activities, the State of California passed SB 1137 , a drilling setback law that was introduced by Senator Lena Gonzalez. Remember the plastic bag ban?

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Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

In 2014, California enacted the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), which aims to protect groundwater resources by requiring groundwater sustainable agencies (GSAs) to formulate plans to sustainably manage groundwater resources within their basin. Groundwater use is a topic of dire importance in California.

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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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Energy & the Law

JULY 26, 2021

This suit was filed in 2014 when Quintanilla sued Regency. For the sake of clarity that might be gained from additional Supreme Court rulings, we encourage the parties to make some more law. Swift has nine leases on different portions of the Quintanilla Ranch in the vicinity of Regency’s injection well.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Department of Justice, will give the first David Sive Memorial Lecture on Environmental Law at Columbia Law School on Thursday, October 22, 2015, 7:00 p.m. His topic will be “The Arc of Environmental Law and the U.S. Senate on December 16, 2014. Department of Justice.”

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