Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Their collective trauma dates back to August 2, 2014, when she and half a million other Toledoans woke to alarming news: the water coming out of their taps was toxic. After the 2014 Toledo water crisis, the binational International Joint Commission tried to put a price tag on the event. Carl Ganter, Circle of Blue. September 20, 2022

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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

JANUARY 24, 2024

This critical legislation was originally expected to be signed into law by the fall of 2023, but a chaotic schedule—and an often dysfunctional Congress—got in the way. One of these was for Congress to codify, or permanently authorize in law, the national network of climate hubs, and to provide $50 million in annual funding for them.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Million Penalty From EQT For Drilling-Related Pollution In Tioga County [October 2014] -- DEP Fines National Fuel Gas Midstream $250,000 For Pipeline Construction Violations in Lycoming [September 2014] -- DEP Fines Range Resources $4.15 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 17, 2021

So many wells went dry in 2014 in the town of East Porterville that Tulare County supplied portable public showers. Could a state groundwater regulation law passed in 2014 prevent farmers who are cut off from surface water from pumping so much groundwater that household wells go dry? Graphic by Katie Riles/Circle of Blue.

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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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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

And it would apply the two-thirds vote retroactively to projects approved since 2014. Through October 27, Clean Energy Matters , Hydro-Québec Maine Partnership , Mainers for Fair Laws , and Vote No to Protect Maine have collectively spent about $80.9 Proponents of the transmission line have spent more money on their campaign.

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The Energy Law

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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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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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 22, 2025

org, a climate advocacy group, found that from 1996 to 2014 Enbridge pipelines in the U.S. and Canada, the two principal laws overseeing Line 5 operations in the Straits, expressly Michigans authority to protect state waters from Line 5s risks. And its owned by a Canada-based company, Enbridge Inc.,

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They are allowed by law and timid regulatory inertia to annually spread 400 millions of tons of solid manure, and 4 billion gallons of raw, untreated liquid animal feces and urine – 5,000 to 7,000 gallons per acre – on 600,000 acres across Michigan; . “If There’s no excuse for these blooms to be happening in Michigan.”.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 2014, CAISO launched the Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM), a real-time energy market for the West that as of 2022 included 19 participants. It’s important to note that CAISO’s current governance structure is written into California law and thus new legislation would be needed to change the current system.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 4, 2024

In 2014, the federal government – in which Mr Poilevre was a Cabinet Minister – was very eager to suppress the voices of organizations like Environmental Defence (and others) who spoke out about the risks of climate change and Canada’s oil and gas industry’s contributions to it.

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

asylum law, and the broader international community’s responsibilities. History of Asylum Law in the United States U.S. asylum law has evolved since the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. asylum law regarding climate refugees. The recent case of Cruz Galicia v.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Read more here ] Complaint Trends Means also reported, for comparison, from 2009 to 2014 there were 1,160 water supply/stray gas complaints in the Northcentral/Eastern District with 132 found to be impacted. And deciding where that's coming from, it gets really complex, really fast. There are currently 438 cases on that list.

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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

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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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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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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