Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Even so, in 2020, we saw the highest rate of voter turnout—66%—in a national election for more than a century. AAS : You and your team analyzed data from the 2020 presidential election from eleven counties in seven battleground states that are likely to be significant in the upcoming election. It’s not just election law.

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2022

I’ve linked to an early version of the paper that appeared online in 2020. The post Taking A Data-Driven Tour of Air Pollution Law appeared first on Legal Planet. Still, there’s a lot of meat in there worth chewing on, if you understand or are willing to ignore the technical aspects of the studies. *A Download as PDF.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Antitrust counsel Athanasia Gavala was recognized as a "Rising Star" by the Rising Stars Awards Europe 2020. Gavala, who is based in the firm's Brussels office, advises clients on European Union and international competition law matters. Gavala was recognized in the "Competition and Antitrust" category and in the Belgium jurisdiction.

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Environmental Law Prof Blog

AUGUST 19, 2020

For the past few years, I’ve written a post listing schools that are interested in hiring tenured or tenure-track environmental law faculty. This year's list appears below. Readers should be aware of a few things about this list. First, it.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Edmonton, AB — The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) quietly released a report on its web site last week showing that oil sands tailing ponds grew another 90 million cubic meters in 2020, despite a drop in oil production. It’s a crime against the law of nature, against humanity.”. Jesse Cardinal, Keepers of the Water, nipiy3@gmail.com.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 24, 2020

One of the major outcomes of the 2020 Louisiana Legislative session was the passage of tort reform legislation that supporters argue will lower insurance rates and change the state’s notoriously litigious environment. Further, the new law will preclude discussion of a party’s insurance coverage before a jury.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Top 10 Environmental Watch List addresses important environmental issues that Vermont Law School faculty and. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. For each environmental issue, faculty members and editors worked collaboratively to discuss the relevant legal framework and explain what readers should expect in 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2023

The two states engaged with Carson Consulting to review existing state litter laws and interview key stakeholders to evaluate the strength of the states’ current litter enforcement tools and systems. This study helps to support and identify what is most effective from a law enforcement and judicial perspective.”

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As we head into 2020, the upcoming presidential election in the United States looms large. The Top 10 Environmental Watch List is not about politics on its face, but as any 1L taking Constitutional Law can tell you, law and politics are fruit of the same tree. 2020 will prove a test in more ways than one.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This ongoing PUCO proceeding is specific to the costs of operating the two coal plants in 2020. These pre-2020 subsidies were approved by the PUCO as hedges, so that customers would get a credit when market electricity prices exceeded OVEC’s costs. The post-2020 subsidies tell a very similar story.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Going into 2020, anticipated federal regulation will significantly affect the nation’s response to the Emerald Ash Borer and aquatic invasives in ballast water. 25, 2019, with a final rule likely to be published in 2020. Thus, there is reason to be hopeful in 2020. At the Limits of the Law: The Challenge of Invasives in 2020.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 22, 2022

On June 13, 2022, Chile published its Climate Change Framework Law (“the Climate Act”). Momentum created by this event created the perfect conditions and political will to move forward with an ambitious bill on Climate Change, submitted to Congress in January, 2020. By Robert Currie Ríos*. Conclusions.

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The Energy Law Blog

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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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Why Indian farmers believe new laws are rigged to favour India’s richest man Quartz PaulaR Thu, 11/16/2023 - 18:43 Tuesday, December 8, 2020 Read more Niharika Sharma Thousands of Indian farmers are protesting against three new farm laws —and two of the country’s richest men.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Section 102(2)(C) requires the agency preparing an impact statement to obtain comments from any other agency that “has jurisdiction by law… with respect to any environmental impact involved.” NEPA itself recognizes that the agency will consider impacts under the regulatory authority of other agencies. It chose not to do so.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

ADV Amendments The annual amendment for ADV Parts 1A (and 1B for state-registered advisers) and the Brochure (ADV Part 2A) is due March 30, 2020 (for firms with year-end fiscal years). SEC Statistics on Advisers In the “2020 Examination Priorities”, the SEC published some interesting statistics. Available at [link].

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Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2020

Under Governor Northam’s direction, Virginia’s Energy Policy shifted quite dramatically from when he first took office in January 2018 to what we have at the end of the 2020 Legislative Session. The new decade has been a busy start for Virginians as the General Assembly started its 2020 session on January 8. By Antonia Douglas.

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National Law Center

JANUARY 18, 2024

In April 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued its final ruling Cty. The post EPA Weighs in On Supreme Court Decision Regarding Groundwater and the CWA appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, 590 U.S.

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Environment, Law, and History

APRIL 4, 2021

It's a very short piece but filled with references to her publications in French on Roman law issues such as flooding, integrated management, riparian ecosystems, and more, for instance her article "La culture juridique romaine de gestion résiliente du risque d’inondation" , published in Index in 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2023

In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the survey was sent to 2,713 schools with 199 responding. In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, 81.4% Act 101, the landmark 1988 recycling law that made Pennsylvania a leader in 1988, needs multiple updates to meet the demands of today’s economy. Of the schools surveyed, 86.6% Also, 43.5%

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Law and Environment

JUNE 11, 2021

As Anne Reynolds, executive director of the Alliance for Clean Energy – New York (“ACE-NY”) stated when the law was enacted, “[Section 94-c] improves the process and will hopefully get people to work, building wind and solar projects.”

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Environmental Law Reporter

MARCH 1, 2022

Sea-Level Rise and High Tide Flooding, 1920-2020. Rachel Jean-Baptiste. Tue, 03/01/2022 - 05:30.

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Arnold Porter

APRIL 18, 2023

In addition to being named a “Top Verdict” of 2022, the case is significant because it is the first in the United States to challenge the use of force by police against protestors during the 2020 protests.

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Scientific American

MARCH 6, 2024

A California resident faces charges under a 2020 law that seeks to curb powerful planet-warming and ozone-depleting hydrofluorocarbons

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This Advisory is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice. This newsletter is our seventh annual review of significant state court decisions relevant for private company M&A transactions and related governance matters and disputes.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Whole Foods did not break the law by banning Black Lives Matter apparel, judge rules CNN PaulaR Tue, 01/02/2024 - 13:37 Thursday, December 21, 2023 Read more Ramishah Maruf New YorkCNN — Whole Foods did not act unlawfully by banning employees from wearing items with Black Lives Matter messaging, a judge ruled Thursday.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In 2020, another trial is set to be held in St. Only three states—California, Washington, and Minnesota— have laws protecting workers from heat. Undocumented migrant farmworkers’ fears of deportation empower employers to violate the law without worry that exploited farm workers might report them to labor authorities. 10 billion.

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SPR Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

On October 29, 2020, the New York City Council passed Int. No 1947-A—a bill that significantly amends the affordable housing provisions of Local Law 97 of 2019 to require more buildings to meet greenhouse gas emissions caps.

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Environment, Law, and History

MARCH 2, 2021

I consigli di diritto europeo dei giuristi (secoli XIV-XVI) (Aracne, 2020). deal with the solutions envisaged and proposed (with greater or lesser confidence) by late medieval law doctors to the problems raised by epidemic outbreaks for, respectively, the public management of cities and the regulation of private business.

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Arnold Porter

MARCH 15, 2023

Arnold & Porter partner Matt Douglas was named to Law Week Colorado 's 2023 "Top Litigators" list, which recognizes "the leading trial attorneys in the state who had the biggest wins (and saves) in the courtroom during 2022." Douglas told Law Week Colorado that his "most rewarding cases" have been in the pro bono space.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 3, 2021

With respect to my second reason, CEQA is generally an active area of law in terms of appellate cases, new legislation, and other significant developments; keeping track of the published – i.e., most important – cases is a big enough task without worrying about the even greater number of non-precedential unpublished ones.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest. Feed-in tariffs are replaced by auctions for renewables. Renewables are 42% of electricity.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On March 19, 2021, Governor Newsom signed SB 95 into law. The law requires public and private employers with more than 25 employees to provide supplemental paid sick leave for absences related to COVID-19. The law applies retroactively to January 1, 2021 and is effective through September 30, 2021. Eligibility.

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Environment, Law, and History

JANUARY 19, 2021

The recent issue of the Journal of Environmental Law has a review by Stephen Tromans of Richard Macrory's Irresolute Clay: Shaping the Foundations of Modern Environmental Law (Hart, 2020). Macrory concludes that ‘the notion of both environmental law and environmental lawyers seems now to be fully embedded in our legal system.’

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the State of California joined the State of New York in adopting legislation that allows state authorities to bypass local laws in permitting large-scale renewable energy projects. Law § 94-c(2)(h). Credit: New York Office of Renewable Energy Siting. b)(1) (emphasis added); and. emphasis added). 94-c(4)(g).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) announced plans to introduce legislation to prohibit municipalities from receiving Act 13 drilling impact fees if they set more protective standards on the development of natural gas than required in state or federal law and while a challenge to local restrictions is being litigated. Read more here.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Though increasingly climate migrants to other countries are described as “ climate refugees ”, displacement by disasters and climate change is yet to be included in the definition of a refugee as established under international law. Their rights are only covered under human rights law.

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