Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). As the largest conservation measures in the nation’s history, ANILCA reserves roughly 65 million acres of land in Alaska from development in national parks, wilderness areas, and other conservation areas. Comprehensive Emergency Response and Cleanup Act (CERCLA ).
Legal Planet
AUGUST 15, 2023
State of Montana, a Montana trial court ruled that the state Constitution’s guarantee of a healthy and clean environment prevails over Montana’s longstanding fossil-fuel-based state energy system. The court’s 103-page decision in Held v. Despite the Held plaintiffs’ dramatic legal victory, the case is far from over.
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Legal Planet
MARCH 28, 2023
Second, and perhaps more controversially, the IIJA amended provisions in the Federal Power Act dealing with the “backstop” authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the DOE. As a result, transmission development is a crucial consideration for large-scale renewables planning.
Acoel
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
In actuality, the Standard Time Act of 1918 was enacted during the first World War as an initiative to conserve fuel. Repealed and reinstated during World War II, it wasn’t until 1966 that DST was again enshrined in federal legislation, the Uniform Time Act.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 10, 2025
Laws Covered Laws covered by the order-- Department of Energy-- Atomic Energy Act of 1954; National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987; Energy Policy Act of 1992; Energy Policy Act of 2005; and Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
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