Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A local air district is developing a rule that would require both existing and proposed warehouses to reduce trucking emissions or pay a mitigation fee. By Joshua T. Bledsoe. The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD or District) is developing a so-called Indirect Source Rule (ISR) that would require Southern California warehouses to reduce emissions associated with trucking activity and on-site equipment.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

One of the world’s most productive ecosystems, the Bristol Bay watershed, has shaped the southwestern Alaskan landscape. A broad range of species find sanctuary in the watershed, including all five species of Pacific Salmon. These salmon raise, rear, and then run in the watershed, with the sockeye salmon run yielding roughly 46% of the world’s sockeye catch.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Bayer, the German drug corporation and Monsanto’s parent company, is currently consumed by litigation concerning their Roundup weed killer product. Those who have had extensive exposure to Roundup followed by a diagnosis of cancer have looked to the courts for retribution. Currently, about 18,000 U.S. lawsuits are pending against Monsanto claiming that “. exposure to the company’s glyphosate-based herbicides caused them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma and that Monsanto hid the risks associated w

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

What’s destructive, disruptive, and invading all over? Invasive species! An invasive species is commonly defined as a non-native organism “. whose introduction causes or is likely to cause environmental harm, or harm to human, animal, or plant health.” According to a. February 2019 senate hearing. , there are more than 5,000 invasive species in the United States, which cause more than $120 billion in annual economic damage.

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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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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The “Forever” Chemicals. The phrase “you have it in you” is typically used to inspire. It is not something you want to hear about toxic chemicals. Unfortunately, an estimated 99.7% of Americans have measurable concentrations of a now-ubiquitous class of toxic chemicals in their blood known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl, or. PFAS. PFAS are incredibly stable, making them highly resistant to heat and chemical reactions.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Top 10 Environmental Watch List addresses important environmental issues that Vermont Law School faculty and. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. editors predict will arise in the upcoming year. For each environmental issue, faculty members and editors worked collaboratively to discuss the relevant legal framework and explain what readers should expect in 2020.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

It has been a busy year for climate litigation and 2020 promises even more fireworks. The continuing saga of. Juliana v. United States. , the landmark securities fraud trial in New York against Exxon, and the proliferation of state nuisance cases against oil companies will put courts in the position to answer important questions on how they will handle climate issues.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In 1953, famed Indian law scholar Felix Cohen . wrote. : “It is a pity that so many Americans today think of the Indian as a romantic or comic figure in American history without contemporary significance. In fact, the Indian plays much the same role in our society that the Jews played in Germany. Like the miner’s canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the

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