Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As a compromise, California law (AB 398) has limited offsets to 4% of compliance obligations for the 2021-2025 period and capped the offsets without in-state benefits that can be utilized for compliance. .

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

On October 7, the Ohio River Valley Institute released the results of a new poll which found 90% of Pennsylvania voters support stricter regulations on the fracking industry, according to the poll conducted by Upswing Research for the Ohio River Valley Institute. Click Here for poll results narrative. Click Here for presentation slides.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

On October 13, 2021, the State of California, on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General and the California Air Resources Board (CARB, and together, the State), filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD or the District) adoption of Rule 2305. By Joshua T.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In that decade, the federal government created the U.S. And state governments began to secure those same rights for individuals in their constitutions. The post What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue. Rhode Island followed in 1987, and was the last state to do so.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In Uganda, national regulators are cracking down on the illegal destruction of wetlands in an attempt to reduce flood risk in the east African country. Regulators are keen to act because wetlands reduce flood risk by absorbing heavy rains. The post What’s Up With Water – December 6, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 12, 2022

The government finally posted draft regulations to ban six single-use plastics over the holidays. As written, the regulations wouldn’t rid Canada of the harmful products until sometime in 2024 at the earliest, an absurd timeline that undermines the government’s own promises to reign in plastic pollution.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 21, 2021

The trend lines aren’t promising, so government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for a difficult summer in which thousands of wells could fail. Experts and officials interviewed for this story felt that government agencies and nonprofit groups are better equipped to respond this time around.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Proposed regulations in California could fine residents for wasting water. Hope for government relief is weaning among Ghanaians displaced by rising sea levels and flooding. “By Residents affected by flooding are asking their government to relocate them, but are skeptical that officials will ever act. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2023

New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting , a lawsuit challenging the state’s March 2021 regulations for siting and permitting major renewable energy facilities. Lawsuit Challenging ORES’s Regulations In March 2021, ORES promulgated regulations to implement the new siting process, as required by statute.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

While communities and governments rallied to action in the wake of disasters, can you guess how oil and gas companies responded? They met with the government 131 times to promote their interests. The RCMP raided again in 2021. Coastal GasLink has had over 50 warnings from the province of BC about environmental violations.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

SB 1145 requires CARB to create and maintain an online dashboard providing the public with information about the state’s progress on meeting its climate change goals, increasing government accountability. The end of the 2021-2022 Legislative Session saw notable legislation on climate, heat, clean energy, water, and land use become law.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

No water, no water, that’s the reality.” – Najdet, a Kurdish man who earns $30 per month working for the Syrian government-run electricity board in al-Kasakah. The post The Stream, November 19, 2021: Flooding Devastates British Columbia appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2021

At a contentious board hearing on May 7, 2021, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) approved a first-in-the-nation rule to regulate trucking emissions from warehouses by a 9-4 vote. A local air district approved a rule requiring warehouses to adopt clean technologies or pay a mitigation fee. By Joshua T.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

HotSpots H2O: ‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ Calls for Water, Land, and Resource Governance at 2021 IUCN World Conference — Indigenous activists and organizations from around the world met virtually this week for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Zoom-based World Conservation Congress.

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Law and Environment

JULY 2, 2021

On June 29, 2021, a cohort of New York local governments (including many where large-scale solar projects are currently proposed), community organizations, and avian interest groups filed a lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court (the State’s trial-level court) against the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (“ORES”).

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 4, 2022

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation – The federal government announced today that they will delay action on requiring disclosure of toxic ingredients on labels of consumer products.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

On July 15, 2021, the Commission voted 4-0 to formally open the rulemaking process and seek public comment on the NOPR in the PA Bulletin. On July 15, 2021, the Commission voted 4-0 to formally open the rulemaking process and seek public comment on the NOPR in the PA Bulletin. Click Here for formal notice.

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Nanotech

JANUARY 12, 2022

In December 2021, the German Environment Agency (UBA) published a document entitled Risk Governance of Advanced Materials: Considerations from the joint perspective of the German Higher Federal Authorities BAuA, BfR and UBA. Some regulations include provisions and/or guidance specifically addressing nanomaterials, however.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 26, 2021

Perhaps not surprisingly, these are the very same companies leading a coalition that filed a shocking lawsuit against the federal government last week suing them for taking action to tackle plastic pollution. Big Plastic wants to stop the federal government from regulating plastics under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA).

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 25, 2022

The case concerns the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). In January 2021, the D.C. EPA , a case that is currently before the United States Supreme Court.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 8, 2023

Maryland is on the cusp of being the first state in the country to authorize use of the new 2021 edition of the International Green Construction Code for public and private building. 46 days after publication allowing for a comment period, the Department will be free to adopt the 2021 IgCC by regulation. .

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution. Photo credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 19, 2023

The proposal to regulate PFAS as a class of chemicals allows the government to more effectively address the human health and environmental harms associated with these thousands of chemicals in products. PFAS are a group of thousands of chemicals that are linked with adverse human and environmental health effects.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. A new NRDC report describes these risks and how weak regulations fail to appropriately protect workers and communities. oil and gas industry produced an estimated one trillion gallons of produced water in 2017.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

We study how regulation limiting ESG policies distorts financial market outcomes. In 2021 Texas enacted laws that prohibit municipalities from contracting with banks with certain ESG policies, leading to the exit of five of the largest municipal bond underwriters from the state. Download the paper.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Water regulators investigate nearly 1000 reports of violations to the Water Management Act in New South Wales. High Costs, Few Customers: Benton Harbor Water Woes Loom for Michigan Cities — Shrinking populations and wealth have left many local governments unable to collect enough ratepayer revenue to cover long-term water system costs.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Zimbabwe’s Batonga tribe, who traditionally made a living fishing along the Zambezi River and Lake Kariba, say they are being cut off from their way of life by expensive permits and national fishing industry regulations. The post The Stream, September 22, 2021: Water in the Largest U.S.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

Governments are, it seems, beginning to listen to the growing chorus of scientists who have warned that deploying CDR is essential to avoid catastrophic climate change. Government funding for research and deployment of CDR is increasing. Yet, key issues around definitions, guidance, and climate governance remain.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The patrol group of Indigenous farmers, teachers, and hunters spend their time working with conservation officers to track deforestation and report their findings to government regulators. The post The Stream, December 1, 2021: New Testing Rule In U.S. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. In Case You Missed It: .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This, along with many other chemicals, like diesel particulates and ground-level ozone that form soot and smog, and metals like lead in paint and drinking water, are regulated by the EPA to keep us safe. Project 2025 calls for all of these regulations to be reexamined. Project 2025 takes aim at all those protections.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2021

FDA’s decision to issue this investigator-specific guidance follows publication of a draft sponsor-specific safety reporting guidance in June 2021, and is part of an effort to ultimately replace the older guidance documents with role-specific guidance. 2021) (RWE Draft Guidance). A summary of these documents follows below.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 20, 2021

It is the latest development in China’s regulations of drug change management since the promulgation of the newly amended Drug Administration Law in 2019 and more than 20 regulations and technical guidelines. Latest Developments in China’s Drug Change Management Regulations. ???????????????.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 20, 2024

The public’s ability to weigh in on new rules and regulations proposed by agencies lies at the heart of a strong democracy. It offers a critical mechanism through which members of the public can have a direct say in the decisions our government is making.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 13, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler Tweeted about the future of ESG regulation. You do not need to be a futurist to know that SEC regulation of ESG is coming although precisely when has been unclear, however, it is now apparent that the SEC will release a proposal at its March 21 Open Meeting.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The agency is the Canada Energy Regulator, and its mandate is “advising and reporting on energy matters.” This report is used by federal and provincial governments developing public policy, energy companies making decisions about future directions, and investors trying to figure out where to put their money.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Canadian decision makers in government and business are ill-served by the 2021 Canada’s Energy Future report released today by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It wants government handouts to pay for experimental projects to burn plastic or turn it into fuel. Stop environmental regulation of plastics. Federal government research forecasted an increase in polyethylene production of nearly 15 per cent (to 4.25 million tonnes) between 2017 and 2021.

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