Energy & the Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

SB1259 hoses (can’t think of a dignified term) royalty owners by amending Natural Resources Code §91.402 to deny a common-law cause of action for breach of contract against a payor who withholds payments for a title dispute. This change applies only to QC’s recorded after the effective date of Septmber 1, 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians. 27 Released 1.1

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Legal Planet

JUNE 29, 2021

Wells Environmental Clinic at UCLA School of Law is representing Los Angeles Waterkeeper on matters related to the subject of this post. The Superior Court sided with the boards and upheld the 2012 permit, and NRDC and LAW appealed. See Natural Resources Defense Council v. State Water Resources Control Board , No.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 12, 2022

In 1993, the State of Louisiana enacted the Oilfield Site Restoration Law (“OSRL”) with the goal of cleaning up and closing orphaned oilfield sites through the use of the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund (the “Fund”). The Litel case began as a legacy lawsuit, in which Pioneer Natural Resources, Inc. 30:80 et seq. Lyon Well #1.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 17, 2022

Kelly moved for partial summary judgment against Aethon, citing a December 15, 2017 letter and April 17, 2018 letter as satisfying the requirements of La. In addition, the April 17, 2018 letter also closely tracked La. and sought to enforce the forfeiture penalty contained in La. respectively. because it did not expressly cite La.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

PGE’s failure is a violation of the state’s Clean Streams Law,” said Barb Jarmoska, spokesperson for the Friends of the ‘Sock. The Loyalsock is classified by DEP as an Exceptional Value stream whose water quality must be protected by law, with no degradation. For more information on this project, visit the Keep It Wild PA website.

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Law Columbia

MAY 6, 2025

These pressures are further compounded by social tensions , as Indigenous communities are frequently excluded from decision-making processes, raising concerns about environmental justice and the equitable governance of natural resources. Since 1979, Decree Law No.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Beirne Green Hills Farms Unit A1H (2018) -- Chief Oil & Gas LLC (now Chesapeake Appalachia LLC) - Asylum Twp. Beirne Green Hills Farms Unit A2H (2018) -- Chief Oil & Gas LLC (now Chesapeake Appalachia LLC) - Asylum Twp. Beirne Green Hills Farms Unit A4H (2018) -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Albany Twp. Ridgebury Twp.

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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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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

“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.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 30, 2022

Louisiana’s compulsory pooling scheme seeks to balance the interests of individual landowners and oil and gas operators to promote responsible development of natural resources. Author Ethan Wood. This first letter did not contain an explicit reference to 30:103.1, This letter also did not include a specific reference to 30:103.1

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Loyalsock EV Stream The Loyalsock is classified by DEP as an Exceptional Value stream whose water quality must be protected by law, with no degradation. The Creek was also named by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as the 2018 Pennsylvania River of the Year and called a “timeless treasure.”

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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. In 2023, DEP reported plugging 169 conventional wells primarily with the additional taxpayer funding provided by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 20, 2022

State laws prevent some tribes from taking water from the river if they can’t prove how much is theirs. At an October law conference at the University of Colorado Boulder, Cloud shared her family’s experience of filling up water tanks at her uncle’s home with his garden hose.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

(NJ-7), Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-8) , and Congressman Marc Molinaro (NY-19), highlighting the importance of investing in our critical natural resource, the Delaware River Watershed. Since 2018, the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program has provided $55.1 million in funding to 195 projects, which generated $79.2

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Loyalsock Creek, Pennsylvania’s River of the Year in 2018, is a beautiful mountain stream that travels through Lycoming County on its way to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. From 2008 to 2018, the industry reported taking 595,172,958 gallons from our Loyalsock, which in many places is no more than knee deep from shore to shore.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A November 28 inspection report by the Department of Environmental Protection resulted in the agency issuing more Clean Streams Law violations to PA General Energy at the Shawnee water withdrawal and natural gas pipeline construction site on the Loyalsock Creek in Gamble Township, Lycoming County. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

of) our public natural resources’, which entails complying with all the legal/ fiduciary requirements of a trustee. In closing, we quote the 1971 Constitutional Amendment, “People have the right to clean air, pure water and to the preservation of the natural, scenic and esthetic values of the environment.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2022

An October 13 inspection by the Department of Environmental Protection again found multiple violations of the state Clean Streams Law and Solid Waste Management Act at the PA General Energy Shawnee water withdrawal and natural gas pipeline construction site on the Loyalsock Creek in Gamble Township, Lycoming County. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

McKean County EQT Prod (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) -- ASHBAUGH 1H - Ashland Twp., McKean County EQT Prod (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) -- ASHBAUGH 1H - Ashland Twp., Elk County Frontier Natural Resources (2021, 2022) -- Winner 4H Well Pad - West Keating Twp., Jordan 6 - Hempfield Twp., Jefferson County -- James H.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2022

The program would clearly provide taxpayer funding to support pipelines like Energy Transfer/Sunoco’s Mariner East Pipeline that resulted in record penalties from DEP and the PUC and Energy Transfer’s Revolution Pipeline that exploded in Beaver County in 2018 right after it entered service and also penalized record amounts. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2023

“There were deficiencies found on the part of the company when it came to their best management practices in controlling erosion and sedimentation,” said Captain Anthony Quarrancino, from the Fish and Boat Commission Central Law Enforcement Office in Bellefonte. “So, Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

According to the “Rights of Nature” doctrine, an ecosystem is entitled to legal personhood status and as such, has the right to defend itself in a court of law against harms, including environmental degradation caused by a specific development project or even by climate change. Colombia : Future Generations v. Peru : Alvarez et al v.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

“The Coalition commends Senator Carper, Representative Blunt Rochester, and Representative Fitzpatrick for reintroducing the Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act to continue supporting the Basin through critical funding, bolstering our ability to protect and preserve this beloved natural resource for future generations.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Pennsylvania-based natural gas producer is building a water withdrawal point on the stream and laying a 20-inch pipeline across it to connect up to 80 fracked gas wells that will be developed on mountaintops on opposite sides of the stream in Loyalsock State Forest. By law, its water quality must be “maintained and protected.”

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 19, 2021

The blazing fire that tore through Washington state’s Olympic National Forest in 2018 scorched 3,300 acres of land and destroyed dozens of valuable bigleaf maple trees. Read the full story in the Washington Post.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for six projects aimed at improving public access, recreational opportunities and water quality, as well as enhancing shoreline and critical habitat. The Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund, created in 2018, is funded by the U.S. Funding includes more than $4.5

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

On May 18, the Natural Resources Defense Council released a new report illustrating how the PJM Interconnection plans to speed up the queue for new generation projects will likely be insufficient for states committed to renewable portfolio standard requirements.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2023

The word ‘protection’ carries the law enforcement or security connotation rather than that of an environmental resource and a partner to the citizens of Pennsylvania,” said Republican Sen. On a strictly party-line 28-22 vote, the Senate passed the name-change bill Wednesday. If it approves the change, Gov.

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Manning Law

APRIL 4, 2021

In 2018, Parliament enacted the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act , S.C. Specifically, the law required provinces and territories to implement carbon gas pricing systems by January 1, 2019 or adopt one imposed by the federal government. The Federal Carbon Pricing Law Is Constitutional. 186 (“ GGPPA ”). Federalism.

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The Energy Law

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. If you have further questions regarding this topic, contact Liskow attorneys Nicolette Kraska , Emily von Qualen , or Clare Bienvenu.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tioga County; -- Frontier Natural Resources: Winner Well Pad, Keating Twp., Potter County; -- Seneca Resources Co. DEP’s December report said the conventional oil and gas industry had a “culture of non-compliance” and recommended a series of steps to better enforce existing laws against conventional operators abandoning wells.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In August 2018, dry natural gas production from the Haynesville shale averaged 6.774 billion cubic feet per day, which is the highest daily Haynesville production average since September 2012 when production averaged 6.962 billion cubic feet per day. August 2018 was not an anomaly.

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

The state boasts cleaner water and air than many other states, significant and beautiful natural features, and progressive environmental laws. Environmental groups are split: the Conservation Law Foundation supports it, but the Natural Resources Council of Maine opposes it. As my friend Professor J.B

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 15, 2020

The Supreme Court of New York (New York’s court of first impression) found that the Attorney General “failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that ExxonMobil violated [New York state law] in connection with its public disclosures concerning how ExxonMobil accounted for past, present and future climate change risks.”

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