Smith Enviorment

JULY 9, 2019

July 9, 2019. The 2019 legislative session got off to a very slow start. In 2018, the legislature allocated $2 million to DEQ’s Division of Water Infrastructure to help local governments extend water lines to properties affected by contamination caused by per? fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) including GenX. Section 12.13

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 25, 2022

EPA repealed the Clean Power Plan in 2019 and replaced it with the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, stating that Section 111(d) did not authorize the generation-shifting measures contained in the Clean Power Plan. As of now, there is no rule governing greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants in effect under Section 111(d).

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 16, 2019

Fingerprints Effective January 1, 2019, Louisiana Senate Bill 416 requires all investment adviser representative (“IAR”) applicants to submit fingerprints for a criminal background check to the Louisiana Commissioner of Securities. ADV Amendments Advisers must file their annual Form ADV Amendment by March 31, 2019. 51:703(D)(5).

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

California has done well in terms of total emission reductions – about a 10% reduction from 2009 to 2019. Electric power related emissions went down about 40% from 2009 to 2019. Total direct transportation emissions in 2019 were about the same as those a decade earlier. What’s the Overall Verdict? Some Puzzles Remain.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 27, 2019

December 27, 2019. The statutes do not require direct notice to either the local government or to owners of property along the affected shoreline. Section 3 amends the law governing how the N.C. A short list of environmental and energy law changes compared to recent years: Fisheries. 113-202 (bottom leases) and G.S.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

In another respect, though, there’s more similarity: in both countries, subnational governments play a key role in climate policy. Regional governments. Although ultimate power remains in the national Parliament, the national government has devolved certain powers to regional governments in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. Renewables are relatively small, at only 6%, but growing rapidly, having doubled from 2010 to 2019. The government has also pledged that a third of new cars will be electric or hydrogen by 2030. What is South Korea doing to cut its emissions?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2023

Since January 2019, many changes have occurred in our local communities’ recycling services – not the least of which was the loss of glass recycling as a curbside residential recycling option. By PA Resources Council , Michael Brothers Hauling & Recycling , CAP Glass, Inc. Why Is This Change Happening Again?

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Arnold Porter

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This anticipated spending provides significant opportunities for government contractors. But companies seeking government contracts should be aware that there is a new cop walking this beat. For example, concrete is an essential component of many construction projects, including road and bridge projects managed by government agencies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 1990–2019. By 2019, the largest growth in absolute emissions occurred in carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry. As one example, according to an analysis by Client Earth , in 2019 Chevron’s disclosed emissions amounted to 697 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

For France, the “Affaire du Siècle” case was filed in the Administrative Court of Paris in May 2019 by four NGOs against the government for its failure to act on climate change. Two months later, in January 2019, the claimants sued the state before the Conseil d’Etat for rejecting their demands.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 13, 2023

On Thursday, March 2, 2023, California’s principal energy agencies – the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) – held a first-of-its-kind, joint en banc hearing at Cal Poly Humboldt with Tribal government leaders and all 10 commissioners of the CEC and CPUC.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2022

In 2019, Governor Wolf signed Executive Order 2019-01 to establish Pennsylvania’s first climate goals, as part of his strategy to fight climate change and protect Pennsylvania from climate dangers. ernor Wolf has also unveiled a Climate Action Plan , announced the largest government solar energy commitment in the U.S.,

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As described previously on this blog , in 2019, Berkeley enacted its so-called “natural gas ban,” setting off a wave of building electrification requirements across the state and, to some extent, the country. Constitution, and most states, including California, delegate some or all aspects of it to local governments within their borders.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 21, 2024

Glen Oaks – a 2022 lawsuit brought by a group of cooperative apartment owners – sought to invalidate Local Law 97 of 2019 , New York City’s building performance standard aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the City’s largest buildings. City of New York. Beyond this, cities are key players in the state’s climate plans.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2024

These include: Data collection and data deserts The impact of climate change and infrastructure resilience Jurisdictional overlap and gaps While these issues do not represent the entirety of the challenges and opportunities facing Indian country, I think they highlight the three most common transportation issues across Tribal governments.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In 2015, the Dutch environmental organization Urgenda Foundation with nearly 900 co-plaintiffs took the Dutch government to court. They argued that the government was failing to take sufficient action to combat climate change, which was, in their view, a violation of its duty to protect its citizens’ well-being. In the Leghari v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The US government is also committed to bolstering domestic recycling. Since 2019, the Department of Energy’s ReCell Center has been researching effective and affordable battery recycling technology. Governments and industry can leverage these five tactics to move energy storage batteries towards a more circular end-of-life stewardship.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2024

Regulated Entities shall focus on “governance,” “strategy,” “impact, risk and opportunity management,” and “indicators and objectives” throughout their analysis and reporting processes. This involves assessing both the impact of their activities on the environment and the risks and impact environmental factors may have on their business.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In a pathbreaking opinion, the German Constitutional Court ordered the government to adopt much stricter emissions targets for 2030. By taking weak initial measures, the government hadn’t entirely precluded the possibility of compliance with the Paris target. Here, I want to briefly summarize some key rulings. C as possible.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2024

Back then, those contracts were canceled by the Puerto Rican government for failing to improve service and meet minimum performance standards. Even though Puerto Rico’s 2019 Energy Public Policy Act mandates substantial progress in renewable energy goals sources by 2050, it barely reaches 5% today. It is truly crazy.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 25, 2022

Unlike previous floods in 2017 and 2019, this storm spared no parts of the city, triggering mudslides in areas rich and poor. Sutherland’s work documents how residents of the slums rebuild quickly after disasters, spontaneously forming self-governing structures to distribute resources. The destruction was concentrated in the slums.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In 2019, the team announced that Chevron was renewing the deal and would continue as the “presenting sponsor of the Chevron STEMZONE at Levi’s Stadium and the 49ers STEM Leadership Institute” (STEM being Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). She’s right.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Renewables are 42% of electricity.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 14, 2022

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund dropped the company from its portfolio because of environmental destruction from mining in Indonesia. In 2019, it signed an agreement with a Chinese steelmaker to find ways to reduce emissions from steel making. A planned mine in Arizona may create a two-mile sinkhole a thousand feet deep.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2022

The civic failure of the local and state institutions, including hospitals, nonprofits organizations, government, and local businesses, became apparent immediately. The Tribes in South Dakota took notable action around their borders and in strong contrast to the hands- off let-it-rip response of local and state governments and businesses.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The new wave of litigation also arose from the urgency of combating the rise in deforestation under the right-wing-oriented President Jair Bolsonaro, who left the government in January 2023 for the return of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula). The decision was made in a lawsuit filed by four political parties (PSB et al.

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New Scientist

MARCH 25, 2022

The UK government imposed a moratorium on shale gas extraction in November 2019, leaving fracking firms that had paid licence fees out of pocket, but the country's oil and gas regulator decided to refund them

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 3, 2022

In 2019, researchers at the U.S. Government … Continue reading Flood maps show US vastly underestimates contamination risk at old industrial sites.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Since 1999, after the Chinese government approved the reactor plans, TVEL, Russia’s nuclear fuel company and a Rosatom subsidiary, worked with the China Institute of Atomic Energy to supply highly enriched uranium fuel (64.4% Transfers of highly enriched uranium happened in July 2004 , March 2014 , and July 2019.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 19, 2019

As a result of the Pulwama incident, the Indian government sought to cut off some of the downstream water flows to Pakistan. Considering Climate Risks and the Indus Waters Treaty in the 2019 India-Pakistan Showdown (Part 1). By Nadia B. Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for that attack. appeared first on.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2021

“We are suffering the effects of a drought that began in June 2019. In July, the Argentine government announced a $10.4 Government officials have advised citizens to “save water,” and capture rain for home and commercial use. million relief fund to offset these economic losses.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

3), upheld the City of Livermore’s (“City”) approval of a 130-unit affordable housing project on a downtown infill site and its accompanying determination that the project was CEQA-exempt under Government Code section 65457 (“Section 65457”). ( Save Livermore Downtown v. City of Livermore (2023) __ Cal.App.5th__ 5th__ (“ SLD” ).)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2024

For more than a century, the United States has recognized this, and maintaining roads and bridges has been a core function of federal, state, and local governments. The federal government embraced a role in supporting transit in the 1970s, but this was cut back for the past 40 years and didn’t rebound until the pandemic.

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Environmental Law Centre

MAY 5, 2021

In July 2019, shortly after the provincial election, the Kenney government set up the Public inquiry. The Inquiry Into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns: What’s Next? The post The Inquiry Into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns: What’s Next? appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Beginning with the start of FY2024 on October 1, funding for the federal government will – absent a continuing resolution (CR) – expire, as will the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, better known as the 2018 Farm Bill. So what, exactly, would a government shutdown mean for agriculture?

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 2, 2023

The prospect of climate interventions, particularly SAI, might offer large reductions in climate-change risks that are not possible through emissions cuts, adaptations, or atmospheric removals alone, but also raise serious new uncertainties, risks, and governance challenges. This may be on the cusp of changing, but it hasn’t yet.).

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