Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

So add this to the growing list of decisions allowing local regulation of fossil fuel facilities. The post Local Regulation of Fossil Fuel Pipelines (or The Little City That Could) first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The fossil fuel industry has lobbied the federal government over 1017 times so far this year! The Pathways Alliance represents the six companies that together produce 95 per cent of tar sands oil in Canada (Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, Cenovus Energy, ConocoPhillips Canada, Imperial, MEG Energy and Suncor Energy).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

GOM communities, not fossil fuel interests, should determine policies that affect GOM people. ExxonMobil internal science, spanning from 1977 to 2003, featured graphs showing how temperatures would rise as a result of the heat-trapping emissions produced from burning the fossil fuels the company extracted, refined, marketed, and sold.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Today, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) released its assessment that a windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies could generate $4.2 From the housing crisis to inflation, most people living in Canada are feeling the pinch, but not the fossil fuel companies and their executives, who are benefitting from inflationary prices.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2024

Following is a reaction from Tom Rutigliano , senior advocate with the Sustainable FERC Project at the Natural Resources Defense Council -- “The bill is suddenly due for an overreliance on fossil fuels and inadequate planning for a more affordable, diverse power grid in PJM. billion to about $14.7

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Fossil fuel companies and their attorneys will have the incentives and funding to file such briefs aggressively. Understanding the Chevron Doctrine The Chevron doctrine, established in the 1984 Supreme Court case Chevron U.S.A., This deference allowed agencies (e.g.,

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 13, 2023

March was a tight competition between fossil fuel pipeline, extraction, and oil and gas production companies for who could get the most face time with the federal government. Fossil fuel transportation firm Pembina Pipeline Company had the most lobby meetings in March. and Enbridge Inc. with 10 meetings each.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Coal mine reclamation has become a flashpoint in the partisan divide over fossil fuel use. Photo © Illinois Department of Natural Resources. According to oversight documents, during 2021 Illinois’ Department of Natural Resources spent an average of $17,000 per acre cleaning up sites abandoned prior to 1977.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 2, 2024

A year ago, we celebrated a milestone victory : the Government of Canada finally released new rules ending fossil fuel subsidies. billion in financial support to fossil fuel and petrochemical companies. Fossil Fuel Subsidies are Hurting Us There is no justification for ongoing support to the oil and gas industry.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 12, 2024

It highlights the most active fossil fuel companies and industry associations, as well as the Members of Parliament, ministries and ministers targeted for lobbying. The federal ministries most frequently targeted by lobbyists were Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), and Finance Canada (FIN).

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The complaint estimates total costs to California from plastic waste to amount to many billions of dollars in natural resource damage, loss of recreation, public health harms, and other costs.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The page hosts all of our monthly round-up reports in which we profile the most active fossil fuel industry lobbyists and the most frequently targeted government ministers and ministries. In the coming year, we know you’ll share more resources on how supporters can take action and push back against fossil fuel industry lobbying.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Pathways Alliance spent millions of dollars misleading the public with ads about “greening” its fossil fuel production. Pathways Alliance is a consortium of six of the biggest tar sands producers in Canada: Suncor, Cenovus, MEG Energy, Imperial Oil, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and ConocoPhillips.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In August, the oil and gas industry had 64 lobby meetings with the federal government, with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) being the most active fossil fuel lobbyist once again. – 7 meetings each Suncor, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and Imperial Oil Ltd. Will you join us?

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

We need big investments in the energy transition from polluting fossil fuels to clean renewable energy. Did you know that economists have a tool for calculating the cost to society of continued reliance on fossil fuels? But the cost of not taking those actions is far greater.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For decades the fossil fuel lobby has masterfully weakened, derailed, and outright blocked government climate policy. The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. The biggest barrier to climate action in Canada is the oil and gas lobby.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved PJMs proposed Reliability Resource Initiative (RRI), allowing new natural gas-fired power plants to jump to the front of the interconnection queue for fast-track reviewahead of the clean energy projects that comprise 97.5% of the proposed generation in the queue.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

” Prioritizing fossil fuels over renewable energy in 2023 for insubstantial reasons does not pass strict scrutiny. For another, the Montana Legislature and state agencies remain committed to energy policies that prioritize dirty fossil fuels and will not go without a fight. that justified the harm. “The

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2022

On the contrary, it relies on the routine exploitation of food and farm workers , heavy use of fossil fuels and chemicals that pollute the environment , and the degradation of soil and other natural resources that are critical to future production of healthy food.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Suncor, Cenovus, Imperial Oil and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. For decades, countries like Canada—and especially private oil and gas companies operating here—have reaped substantial financial benefits from fossil fuel extraction. Millionaire fossil fuel CEOs with billion-dollar companies don’t need government handouts.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The second letter , submitted on behalf of Clinic client Natural Resources Defense Council, provided suggestions related to phasing out oil and gas production on the County’s portion of the Inglewood Oil Field. Much hard work lies ahead in removing fossil fuel infrastructure and preparing this land for healthier uses.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Most of the relevant IRA and EPRA provisions that mandate fossil fuel leasing (minimum offshore lease sales, and the provisions that tie clean energy development to fossil fuel development) have sunset provisions ranging from 2029 to 2032. A two-year statute of limitations would be consistent with other NEPA streamlining.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

Harnessing more energy from the sun would mean cleaner air, a more stable climate, less strain on natural resources, and an energy source we can depend on to be virtually pollution-free for as long as we can imagine. Solar energy is a key part of this transformation.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

We track how frequently the fossil fuel industry lobbies the federal government, and we’re ready to share some Q2 updates as well. The fossil fuel lobbyists had 289 meetings with the federal government between April and June. But that’s not all they were up to in Q2. That brings the total to 546 meetings so far in 2024.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen People are raising serious questions about the selection of Azerbaijan, a country rich in natural resources, to host this year’s round of UN climate talks COP29. On the second day of the summit, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, also spoke, calling it absurd to double down on fossil fuels.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The coalition members include Canada Natural Resources Ltd, Cenovus, ConocoPhillips, Imperial Oil, MEG Energy and Suncor. – 12 Meetings Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Together they operate about 95% of Canada’s tar sands production. And, they expect governments – aka taxpayers – to pay for it.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2017

We know that burning fossil fuels is the main cause of anthropogenic climate change, and that climate change is the source of adverse impacts on communities and even regional and national economies. by Justin Gundlach. These points are largely undisputed. Peter Frumhoff led off, presenting two key points.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

MPs who took the most meetings Shannon Stubbs, Member of Parliament for Lakeland (AB) took meetings with the Pathways Alliance, Irving Oil, and MEG, as well as multiple meetings with CAPP, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, Suncor, and Cenovus, for a total of 12 meetings. Visit this page.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The remaining bills, Assembly Bill 460 and Assembly Bill 1337 , were unable to make it out of the Senate Natural Resources and Water committee. They are still alive and can be advanced next session; We will not stop working to pass them.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Statement by Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – New analysis released today from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) demonstrates that the Government of Canada is still intent on providing massive subsidies to fossil fuel companies.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The Worth Protecting project reminds us of our innate desire to protect what we depend on: community and natural resources. The online edition includes photos that did not appear in the book due to space limitations.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 26, 2021

These truths all point to one direction: Canada needs to rapidly come up with a transition plan to phase out fossil fuel production without compromising on prosperity and community wellness. Canadians need a strategy to reduce their emissions, which means phasing out of fossil fuels and other polluting industries.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Our Lobby Bot recorded 98 meetings in November and 58 meetings in December between the federal government and fossil fuel lobbyists. Oil, coal, and gas emissions are causing the climate crisis, and yet these companies’ entire business model is to continue to grow fossil fuel production. That means Big Oil lobbied 4.5

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The move represents a lifeline for fossil fuel use in a decarbonizing energy grid. A similar measure stalled earlier this year due to opposition from conservatives on the state’s Natural Resources Board. The law has sparked controversy for transferring long-term liability for storage projects to the state of Indiana.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Background Japan has heavily relied on the use of fossil fuels for its power generation. According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossil fuel dependency was 83.2%

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Fossil fuel lobbyists met with government officials a minimum of 102 times in September: over four times per working day. The Ministries which took the most meetings with oil & gas companies and associations were: Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), took 30 meetings. Read more about the bot. ). WHO WAS LOBBIED THE MOST.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 28, 2021

So add this to the growing list of decisions allowing local regulation of fossil fuel facilities. The post Local Regulation of Fossil Fuel Pipelines (or The Little City That Could) appeared first on ACOEL. What is not in doubt is the city council’s long-held power to protect the health and welfare of the residents.

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