Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point. Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Climate Change Mitigation.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 14, 2024

That’s true for two reasons: first, the federal government plays only a modest role when it comes to administering and enforcing water rights laws. water rights administration is primarily the responsibility of state regulators, applying and enforcing state laws. That’s because across the U.S.,

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 7, 2023

And political malpractice is a new category. There oughta be a law … While the world needs energy, your Administration commits govenmental malpractice. With it being Lent and all, we ask, are this year’s Ferrymen of the River Styx using these 40 days to turn from wickedness and find their way to repentence? Punishment: Pending.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2021

In a recent post , I analyzed the California Legislature’s recent passage and Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing into law of two important bills–SB 9 and SB 10–designed to confront California’s well-documented housing crisis. Davis School of Law faculty colleagues Chris Elmendorf and Darien Shanske.).

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2022

Supreme Court will hear a case that may narrow the scope of a landmark environmental law. 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. In context: EPA Clean Water Rule Meets Political Pushback. The post The Stream, January 26, 2022: U.S.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. In 2022, the Labor coalition passed a law mandating that Australia cut greenhouse gas emissions 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050. The law built on the Safeguard Mechanisms.

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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*. Paradigm Shift.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 25, 2022

As we look back in this ‘year in review’ at our most read blog posts in 2022, at a time when many have emerged from 2 years of permacrisis to the highs of a future where ESG opportunities are accelerating. This blog is a microcosm of the issues we assist clients with daily in our own non-law and law practice.

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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. In October 2022, Sen.

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Environment, Law, and History

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Posted recently to International Law Reporter, a nomination by Gail Lythgoe for the most interesting, important, or influential article or book published in 2022: Joanne Yao, The Ideal River: How Control of Nature Shaped the International Order (Manchester Univ.

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Physics World

APRIL 1, 2022

With that in mind, the cover feature of the new April 2022 issue of Physics World magazine , is sure to intrigue you. You can also read the article on the website from Monday 4 April 2022. Crisis in Ukraine – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a test for those who want science and politics kept apart. • Michael Banks investigates.

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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(5)(f).

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

September 20, 2022 . It really does come down to the fact that poor people, that have the least ability to pay, are the ones who are forced to come up with the dollars to upgrade their infrastructure, but the problem is coming from external forces,” says Nick Schroeck, the former director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 2, 2023

I had a small glimpse into this work in early 2022 when his office reached out to me after reading a report I co-authored on the risk of chemical spills from storage tanks in Virginia. McEachin, who passed away last November, was a lifelong advocate for social and environmental justice in my home state of Virginia.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Hughes water supply options for Teravalis, some available now, others that will require a change in state law and regulation, include tapping another aquifer and delivering water by pipeline. The law also requires developers to replenish aquifers with the same amount of water that they withdraw. . Soaring water prices. Keith Schneider.

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 19, 2023

Antitrust law today is the subject of intense public and political focus.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 18, 2024

Green , and James Bee On 15 March 2024, EU Member States endorsed the Belgian Presidency’s political deal on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), despite Germany abstaining from the vote. Davies , Michael D. For more information on the original proposal, refer to this Latham blog post.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

A lot must be done to change the water rights system in California, yet, even communities that have been “systematically marginalized” by the system share an interest in improving its enforcement, including stopping water theft, as outlined in the 2022 California Curtailment Cases Amicus Brief. AB 460 seeks to prevent just that.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This blog post is adapted from testimony delivered at the New York City Department of Buildings hearing on proposed rule §103-14 , Procedures for Reporting on and Complying with Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Certain Buildings in connection with the City’s building performance standard, Local Law 97. Additionality.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In these “carbon intensity” calculations, CARB is not allowed to count reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that are already required by law. At the federal level, agricultural operations are exempt from laws intended to prevent pollution to water and to the air. To CARB, installing digesters is a win-win.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The initial core loading of fuel, likely containing around 30% U-235 or less, was supplied by TVEL in 2022. China’s imports of enriched uranium from Russia in 2022 and 2023 increased compared with pre-2020 levels, as seen in Figure 1. Where China gets its uranium Russia and China’s nuclear cooperation has deepened in recent years.

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Acoel

JANUARY 4, 2023

Madison established that “[i]t is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” At that time, the leading case on judicial review of agency interpretations of the law, Skidmore v. Over the ensuing 38 years, though, Chevron has come under increasing judicial, academic, and political scrutiny.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

October 4, 2022. Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice — Circle of Blue. POLLUTION CLEANUP: Michigan’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the California-based company FKI Hardware for violating the state’s pollution cleanup laws, MLive reports. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. In the News.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Greenworks Law & Consulting LLC The following article first appeared on LinkedIn November 19, 2022 -- On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf quietly signed into law resurrecting the prospect of liquified natural gas ("LNG") export facilities at the Port of Philadelphia. By Lauren M. Williams, Esq.,

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan. Civil law cases. By Yumeno Grace Nishikawa, LLM*. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Environment, Law, and History

MAY 12, 2022

Among other things, it demonstrates that environmental regulation is often driven politically by pressure from businesses that stand to profit from the regulation, a phenomenon we have also seen, for instance, in the history of the Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting substances.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward. ” Available at SSRN 4198146 (2022). Kedward, Katie, Daniela Gabor, and J.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 26, 2022

Further, the article asserts that CARB’s Draft 2022 Scoping Plan’s housing provisions evidence a “profound unfamiliarity with housing” and propose climate-driven “solutions” that are infeasible and simply invite more CEQA litigation. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 15, 2023

In 2022, the U.S. The techniques are further described in the model law. We also have a forthcoming book that provides more detail on the applicable international laws and domestic laws in seven countries in North America, Europe, and Asia. The model law only applies to research projects.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

Solar PV Project in Cuba (Photo credit: IRENA ) Today, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) jointly published a new report titled Building a Cleaner, More Resilient Energy System in Cuba: Opportunities and Challenges. The report also explores how a bilateral dialogue between the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A native of Philadelphia, he received his Master's degree in Political Science from Lehigh University and his Bachelor's Degree in Politics from DeSales University. McDonnell will assume his responsibilities as President & CEO of PennFuture on October 15, 2022. Posted: September 12, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Last week, the Ontario Legislature passed the Planning Statute Law Amendment Act (Bill 150), reversing the reckless and counterproductive changes to Hamilton settlement boundaries that were the subject of the litigation. Bill 150, which follows through on this announcement has now passed into law.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2023

Vanuatu published the first draft of the resolution in late 2022. The requests are pending at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS ) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR, see here for an initial analysis of the advisory opinion request). Both the science and law around climate change have progressed.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2023

Negrin is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Wagner College, where he was a consensus football all-American and served as captain of the 1987 National Championship football team.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Data from the agency shows that requests have accelerated since 2022 when a decree was issued regulating the transfer of marine areas from the government to the sector. The bill for this framework was set to be voted on this August by the Senate, although political impasses are hindering its progress. GW in 2022.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Guest Post by Débora Nunes , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. It seemed like a great mix of the subjects I loved: mathematics, politics, history, and geography. There, I met Professor Stefanía Vela Barba, who taught Sexual and Reproductive Rights.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2023

Causer To Chair House Energy, Environmental Resource Committee -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Coal Falls, Natural Gas Climbs In PA, But Not Without Tradeoffs -- Citizens Voice: PPL Customers Suspect They Were Overbilled -- Citizens Voice Editorial: Consumers Ripped Off By PPL, Abandoned By PUC -- Group Against Smog & Pollution: (..)

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