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Montana “Youth Citizens” Win Landmark Climate Change Case Against State Government

Legal Planet

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.

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OCSLA Amendments Pave the Way for Carbon Sequestration in Offshore Federal Waters

The Energy Law Blog

The Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (the “Act”), which was passed into law on November 15, 2021, included key amendments to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”) that pave the way for carbon sequestration in offshore federal waters.

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Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico

The Energy Law Blog

Status of Wind Energy in the Gulf of Mexico. Interior’s authority to regulate offshore wind comes from the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which amended the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to expressly authorize Interior to issue leases for renewable energy projects in federal waters. 585.107(a).

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How Can We Build Transmission Infrastructure Responsibly?

Legal Planet

The ways in which the IIJA and IRA address the need for new transmission capacity will be the subject of the second panel in our symposium, Transmission Case Study: Remaking our Power Grid for Renewable Energy. As a result, transmission development is a crucial consideration for large-scale renewables planning.

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FERC Proposes Reforms to Speed-Up Approval of Interstate Transmission Infrastructure

Law Columbia

will need to rapidly decarbonize its electricity generating system, replacing fossil fuel power plants with renewable energy systems. transportation and buildings) which will further increase the need for renewable generation. (For The Biden Administration has set an ambitious goal of cutting U.S. To get there, the U.S.

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