August, 2015

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PCB Lawsuit Against Monsanto

Eco Lawyers

An explanation of our ?PCB? lawsuit against Monsanto, which we are litigating with Baron & Budd | Protecting What’s Right. The post PCB Lawsuit Against Monsanto appeared first on EcoLawyers.

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Texas Court Rules Lease’s Retained Acreage Clause Incorporates Drilling Unit Size of Statewide Density Rule 38, ConocoPhillips Must Release 15,351 Acres to Lessor

The Energy Law Blog

A Texas appeals court recently ruled in ConocoPhillips Company v. Vaquillas Unproven Minerals, Ltd. that a lease’s retained acreage clause invoked the Texas Railroad Commission’s field spacing rule as well as the statewide drilling unit rule, Rule 38, which operated to reduce the acreage the lessee was permitted to retain under the lease from 640 acres per well to 40 acres per well.

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Model Protocols for Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on the Built Environment under NEPA and State Equivalents

Law Columbia

T oday, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is releasing a set of model protocols for assessing the impacts of climate change on the built environment under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and state equivalents. The protocols are intended for use in environmental reviews of proposed buildings and infrastructure (we plan to initiate a similar project for natural resource and land management projects in the near future).

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Pope Francis’ 2015 Encyclical: The Environmental Reader’s Digest Version

Vermont Law

Summary: In his May encyclical, Pope Francis called for swift global action on climate change. He linked science, morality and church doctrine to do so. Now, citizens around the globe are taking action. By Ashton Roberts. On May 24, 2015 Pope Francis used his. encyclical. as a vehicle to call for a sweeping transformation of politics, economics, and lifestyles to tackle environmental degradation and climate change.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Hillary Clinton’s Climate Change Plan

Columbia Climate Law

Grant Glovin, Sabin Center Summer Intern. Hillary Clinton’s climate change plan , released last week, centers on two goals: installing 500 million solar panels by 2021, and, relatedly, adding enough electric generation capacity from renewable sources to supply all residential electricity needs. The plan appears ambitious: the solar power expansion alone would represent a sevenfold increase in the country’s current solar generating capacity.

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The Pope’s Environmental Economics

Law Columbia

By Michael Greenberg, Sabin Center Summer Intern. Pope Francis’ June 18 encyclical Laudato Si’ , On Care for Our Common Home includes a section about the economics of carbon mitigation. Although a small part of the encyclical—one paragraph out of 246—the pope’s economic prescription received extensive coverage from top newspapers such as the Washington Post and New York Times.

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The Dirty Truth of Michigan v. EPA

Vermont Law

Summary: The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in . Michigan v. EPA. is a shift for this historically Clean Air Act-friendly Court. It is the first “anti-environmental” decision in the CAA realm since their 2007. Massachusetts v. EPA. ruling. Here, the Court concluded that EPA must consider compliance costs when determining . whether to . regulate toxic emissions from power plants, rather than consider the cost when determining . how to . regulate emissions.