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. 6 was signed into law by Ohio Gov. Even if you don’t live in Ohio, you may have heard about H.B. In addition, FirstEnergy—owner of the two uneconomic nuclear power plants H.B.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

XTO) [ExxonMobil] and Hilcorp Energy Company (Hilcorp) , agreed to resolve alleged Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act violations involving their oil and gas production operations in Pennsylvania. The EPA identified the alleged violations through field investigations conducted in 2018 and 2019.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Civil law cases. Civil lawsuits were filed in Sendai in 2017 and Kobe in 2018 by citizens against corporations that planned to build new coal-fired power plants. In September 2018, in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. In September 2017, in Sendai Citizens v. Kobe Steel Ltd., Administrative complaints.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When efforts by county officials to resolve the dispute informally with LADWP failed, the County sued, arguing that LADWP’s unilateral action violates California’s most iconic environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Earlier this year, a trial court agreed, ruling in the County’s favor.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 4, 2024

Can the new advisory opinion interpreting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) move us beyond the lethargy of unmet climate change policy needs ? By accepting the COSIS request, ITLOS boldly advanced the international law of climate change to take full account of its harmful impacts on the marine environment.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

As a matter of law, the Court also held the County improperly relied on the existing facilities exemption for the project. or if the public agency failed to give the notice required by law.” Existing Facilities Exemption Did Not Apply As A Matter of Law. Factual/Procedural Background. Applying the holding of Tomlinson v.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Lee Highlights PA’s Abandoned, Unplugged Conventional Oil & Gas Well Problem -- Times Leader: Ohio Attorney General Charges PA Company Austin Master Services With Storing Excessive Quantities Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater, Threatening Ohio River -- The Energy Age Blog: Fracking Cecil Township In Washington County -- Environmental Health (..)

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Energy Transfer had its brand new Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline explode in Beaver County in 2018 and paid a penalty of $30.8 The Public Utility Commission imposed its own penalties for violations under its laws. million to DEP. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 13, 2021

It would add millions of tonnes of carbon pollution and endanger the health of nearby communities with increased air pollution. It’s even died once before, only to be raised from the dead in 2018 by Premier Ford’s government. Ontarians say No to the proposed Highway 413.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 4, 2023

The American Lawn and De-Colonizing the Permaculture Movement By Abigail Bailey , Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 4, 2023 Many Americans consider lawns synonymous with success, comfort, and community. (1) 31, 2018) [link] Id. 1) They have often become ubiquitous, perhaps without due consideration. (2)

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 16, 2019

In 2018, a host of lawsuits wound their way through the courts seeking an answer, including several from localities and states alleging the responsibility of fossil fuel companies. But what actions does the law require these facilities to take on their own to prepare for climate change and should those requirements be set higher?

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million in 2013.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The issues on appeal were limited to the adequacy of certain aspects of the project EIR’s analyses of GHGs and criteria air pollutants. County of Fresno (2018) 6 Cal.8 8 th 502, why it was not feasible to correlate the level of the project’s air emissions to specific human health impacts from the project.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million in 2013.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

Each bill addresses emissions over roughly the same period—2000 to 2018 in Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York, and 2000 to 2019 in Vermont. No federal statutes explicitly preempt state Climate Superfund laws, and different U.S. In 2023, the Supreme Court of Hawaii held the opposite in City & County of Honolulu v.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million in 2013.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Thanks to the hard work of the Office of Attorney General’s Environmental Crime Section and the US Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General, these men will now need to answer for their actions in a court of law.” Read more here. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2022

Remember the Christmas Eve 2018 fire at the Clairton Coke Works that knocked key emissions reduction equipment offline for three months? Steel’s air emissions compliance by analyzing Allegheny County Health Department’s 2018 enforcement order related to the Christmas Eve fire, as well as court transcripts from the hearing related to U.S.

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Law Columbia

MAY 9, 2024

How the court addressed gendered vulnerability In its judgment, the ECtHR provides a detailed overview of the evidence and law on the differentiated impacts of climate change. The applicants produced evidence to show that “overall, women aged above 75 (such as applicants nos. Similarly, General Recommendation No.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

By Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of DCNR In 2018 at the Lancaster County farm for the kickoff of the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership , I remember thinking about what an ambitious challenge planting that many trees would be and how important reaching that goal is for clean rivers and streams in Pennsylvania. Read more here.]

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Supreme Court will hear arguments in an animal welfare case from California that could have profound, negative impacts on a host of the Golden State’s environmental laws and policies. Specifically, the trade groups claim that the California law violates so-called “dormant” Commerce Clause principles. Constitution.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

In 2018, “the name of the program was changed to Oil and Natural Gas Production to cover potential health impacts from both conventional and unconventional oil and gas production.” These include contamination of surface or groundwater, air pollution or soil degradation. within one-half mile). 27 Released 1.1

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 24, 2020

The existing space law regime is not sufficient to address the growing issues presented by the increasing creation of orbital debris. [8]. Under current international law, mitigation guidelines are voluntary and there is no enforcement mechanism preventing anti?satellite We cannot wait decades to act like we did with earth’s oceans. [22].

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

Through the Clean Streams Law, which will assist farmers with best management practices, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will receive $8.8 The Wolf administration has also prioritized protecting air quality. As impressive as all this work has been, it cannot only be for some Pennsylvanians — it must be for all.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

Yet the state law minimum “set-back” for well construction is only 500 feet. The recommendation said-- “Everything we’ve seen confirms that all the impacts of fracking activity are magnified by proximity. The closer you live to a gas well, compressor station or pipeline the more likely you are to suffer ill effects. That is dangerously close.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The researchers never made the claim that air pollution was responsible for the observed effects, and included in the study report was the limitation of not being able to identify a specific hazard. Shapiro And The Shale Gas Company CNX [5.2.24] -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 27, 2023

In 2018 and 2019, the City adopted ordinances to tax and impose licensing procedures and regulations on commercial cannabis businesses, but it was also required to designate certain parcels in the City where cannabis-related land uses would be permitted before it could accept permit applications.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2024

“Pennsylvanians have a constitutional right to clean air and pure water – that’s why my Administration secured this record-breaking agreement with Shell to hold them accountable for violating the laws and regulations that protect our environment,” said Gov. Josh Shapiro.

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CEQA Developments

JULY 7, 2022

While the project would create needed new housing and eliminate blight, it would result in significant unavoidable environmental impacts including air pollution emissions from increased traffic. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for more than fifty years.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

As the 2018 Farm Bill is set to expire on September 30, 2023, we believe this report is timely. In North Carolina, where many hog CAFOs lie within 100 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, several hurricanes have struck and caused lagoons to overflow, including Hurricane Florence in 2018, Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Floyd in 1999.

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