Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In August, the California Air Resources Board finalized regulations that will phase out the sale of new internal combustion engine automobiles by 2035. The regulations (known as Advanced Clean Cars II) deliver on a commitment Governor Newsom made in a 2020 executive order and build on decades of emissions reduction programs from CARB.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 26, 2022

July 26, 2022. We as the consumer have the burden of paying for a lack of regulation, mandates, and policies on water contamination.”. Under state law, the city can be held responsible if failures by government officials caused at least half of the damages. October 11-13, 2022: Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting – register.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The next week has the potential to bring important developments for international governance of marine carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Even if the resolution is adopted, it would not be binding in the same way as a formal international agreement, but it could still impact how countries regulate marine CDR. seaweed) for carbon storage.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Activists call on Bolivia to regulate the mining industry’s use of mercury, which continues to pollute biodiverse watersheds, rivers, and drinking water. The Year in Water, 2022 — “Sharpening the Shark’s Teeth,” a roundup of Circle of Blue’s reporting and investigations, from climate change to public health to ecosystems.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Critically, AB 3233 clarifies and confirms local government authority to regulate, and even prohibit outright, oil and gas operations. In so doing, the law acknowledges the traditional role of local governments in exercising land use controls to protect the public health and safety of their residents.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 21, 2022

Environmental groups are celebrating a victory in Albania, where the government has blocked the construction of a dam on one of Europe’s last wild rivers. To plan the national park, the Albanian government has called on the environmental groups EcoAlbania and RiverWatch. Last month, Chile’s environmental regulator rejected the project.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The EPA is getting ready to finalize a critical regulation limiting emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NO X ) and soot (or particulate matter, PM 2.5 ) from new heavy-duty trucks. This is the first time EPA has sought to limit emissions in over two decades, and it is long overdue. Limits on mal-maintenance/tampering.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 25, 2022

As state governments begin to grapple with the serious impacts of climate change on a range of local industries and economic actors, it will be vital for leaders and investors to have access to comparable, high-quality risk disclosure. Download as PDF.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

It was filed by the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union and the Green League, who object to a 30-year groundwater pumping permit given by state regulators. The lawsuit claims that the state government did not adequately address climate change when approving a water use permit for the 5-billion Euro factory.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Water-related crises around the world have shown that current systems of governance and economic organization are unsuited for a world altered by global warming. By Mariana Mazzucato, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , Johan Rockström , and Tharman Shanmugaratnam — September 27, 2022. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

August 9, 2022. The waste has remained there because the federal government has not established a permanent long-term storage facility. The standards will allow Wisconsin to regulate the harmful chemicals while the state’s other attempts at rulemaking are challenged in court. . Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. In context: Who Pays?

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

There is similar lack of regulation on the nitrogen-rich manure produced by contemporary animal agriculture. The result is that nitrates are causing health and ecological trauma in farming regions across the country and around the world as farmers and governments intensify their efforts to produce more food from each acre of land.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 28, 2022

government’s response to forever chemicals in drinking water. Alan Roberson is the executive director of the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, a group that represents state regulators. The post What’s Up With Water — June 28, 2022 appeared first on Circle of Blue. Transcript.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 25, 2022

October 25, 2022. The federal government awards $18.9 Pennsylvania takes another step toward regulating two PFAS in drinking water. Pennsylvania Is a Step Closer to Regulating Two PFAS in Drinking Water. government awarded $18.9 October 26, 2022 : Great Lakes Water Authority board meeting — web link.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As described in Latham’s previous reporting on the rulemaking [iii] and adoption [iv] of Rule 2305, the regulation applies to warehouses in the South Coast Air Basin [v] of 100,000 square feet or more and aims to reduce regional nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and local diesel particulate matter emissions.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 14, 2023

In a proactive move toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in the state, the Maryland Department of the Environment has today released draft regulations to implement key aspects of Senate Bill 528 of 2022 – The Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022.

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 5, 2022

Senior associates Tom Pettit and Christian Sheehan were quoted in articles from Law360 discussing government contracts cases and policies to watch in 2022. In an article focused on cases for government contractors to watch this year, Pettit highlights the pending challenges to the federal contractor COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2023

Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued temporary and proposed rules for the “direct pay” mechanism enabled by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and codified under Section 6417 of the Internal Revenue Code. This blog post reviews details of particular use to cities and other units of local government.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 8, 2022

” – Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs for Environmental Working Group. In Context: Some rural California communities have waited nearly a decade for state regulators to repair their tainted drinking-water systems, reported California Health Report last year. Recent testing from the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 5, 2022

The two dam projects still require state government approval before they can break ground. Gavin Newsom ordered state regulators to consider new restrictions on water use. The post What’s Up With Water — April 5, 2022 appeared first on Circle of Blue. It was not to be. Because of the worsening water supply forecast, Gov.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2022

Reeling from the ongoing megadrought, beekeepers in Chile demand more support from the government. Chilean beekeepers protested in front of the presidential palace in Santiago on Monday, demanding more support from the Chilean government in the face of the ongoing megadrought. “Bees are dying. 300,000 FAMILIES.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Many regulations will have to be promulgated to make all of this happen. The Maryland Department of the Environment has already begun drafting regulations and proposed regulations will first be circulated for public comment in winter 2023 with final regulations adopted in summer 2023.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2022

In an attempt to alleviate decades worth of environmental harms, the Finnish government has begun efforts to restore parts of the country’s forests and waterways, the Guardian reports. What’s Up With Water—January 24, 2022 – This week’s episode covers a strategically important dam in Syria that was the target of a U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Pipeline Safety Rulemaking The action by the Commission is the latest step forward in a comprehensive process to explore and address pipeline safety regulations in Pennsylvania. The proposed rulemaking would create a new heading within Chapter 59 of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s regulations (52 Pa.

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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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Legal Planet

MARCH 25, 2024

Hopefully, Assembly Bill (AB) 3233––a new bill introduced last Friday by Assemblymember Dawn Addis––can clarify the essential role of local governments in phasing out fossil fuel extraction here in California. ” (Emphasis added). ” (Emphasis added). This is not to say that the Court’s decision in Chevron v.

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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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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Both categories are regulated by the Office of Conservation within the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The pertinent regulations are in Statewide Order No. It is currently anticipated that primacy for Louisiana will be granted in late 2022 or early 2023. Regulatory approval for CCUS falls under two broad categories.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 4, 2022

Michigan’s Lack of Septic System Regulations is Causing Problems for Some of its Most Pristine Lakes Failing systems can allow contaminated water to seep through the earth into nearby bodies of water. Lester Graham, Michigan Radio – May 4, 2022. . Throughout the Great Lakes region and across the U.S., water systems are aging.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

Transmission policy is vital to supplying grid modernization, and some state governments see their role in planning ahead for the grid we need. States should be heard on transmission When regulators make policy, utilities listen. Where do we go for that modern infrastructure?

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2022

Residents in a major neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria lack access to clean drinking water and say their government has abandoned them. What’s Up With Water—April 26, 2022 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers paying for groundwater in California and a controversial canal project in Nebraska. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 10, 2022

In even-numbered years like 2022, lawmakers focus on relatively small budget requests, “fixes” and limited policy proposals. Environmental priorities coalition 2022 Each year, we get together with more than 20 other environmental groups to advocate for a slate of shared priorities. But there’s still a lot happening!

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Legal Planet

JUNE 24, 2024

One post focused on the federal government’s successful criminal prosecution of a San Joaquin Valley water district manager who illegally diverted millions of gallons of water from the government’s Central Valley Project for more than two decades. Problem solved, right? Unfortunately, no.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 7, 2024

The new law, Public Act 233 of 2023 , seeks to rein in the proliferation of severe local restrictions by (a) establishing limits on the restrictions that local governments can adopt and (b) allowing the Michigan Public Service Commission (PSC) to step in when local governments exceed those limits.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

The Alberta government has allowed 1.4 Any credible solution to the toxic tailings problem starts with replacing the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) with an effective and fair regulator that works in the public interest, not for the industry it is intended to regulate. Less than 0.1 Read our tailings facts sheet here.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 12, 2022

On December 1, 2022, the US Department of Labor published a final regulation (the Final Rule) in the Federal Register addressing the extent to which fiduciaries of ERISA-covered retirement plans may consider ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) and other factors when investing plan assets and, in the case of plans with participant-directed investment, (..)

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