Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The law is clear and has been since 1991. What is missing is the strength of will within government to get this sorted.” – Guy Linley-Adams, a solicitor for Salmon and Trout Conservation. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. In Case You Missed It: . Sustainable Urban Planning Could Help Solve Mexico City’s Water Scarcity Problem.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 19, 2023

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the last natural resources cases on its docket this Term: Arizona v. Remarkably, however, and despite the fact that the federal government negotiated two important 19th century treaties with the Navajo Nation, the U.S. Navajo Nation Reservation (credit: KNAU) Today the U.S. Navajo Nation.

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Environment, Law, and History

OCTOBER 6, 2020

These two institutions shaped the exceptional stringency of 1970s American environmental laws and the powerful backlash against these laws that continues today. American colonies ensured broad private rights to use land and natural resources for profit.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When efforts by county officials to resolve the dispute informally with LADWP failed, the County sued, arguing that LADWP’s unilateral action violates California’s most iconic environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Earlier this year, a trial court agreed, ruling in the County’s favor. But it’s not.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

A more thorough history would include the settling and colonization of California by the Spanish (1500s) and Mexican (early 1800s) governments, but for brevity, I focus here on the intentional and duplicitous actions of the California state government (established in 1850) and its co-conspirator: the United States federal government.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Will there be enough water for Michigan’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation? Will there be enough water for the state’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation?

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Board’s motions also track recommendations made by UCLA Law’s Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic in two letters sent to Los Angeles County earlier this summer on behalf of clients. This field is governed by the Baldwin Hills Community Standards District, which imposes a unique set of standards on oil and gas operations.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This is despite numerous assurances from industry, and repeated promises from the government of Alberta, that these ponds full of toxic waste from industry operations will be cleaned up. She added, “We can smell the toxins in the air, they’re in our water and have been for years, but no one in government cares.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. House Floor. House Floor.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 16, 2025

While the government has made the right noises about protecting these wetlands , it has been accused of not backing up its words with action. A natural resource under threat According to the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), wetlands cover 3% of Zimbabwe s area, while the country has seven Wetlands of International Importance.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

A new report gives New York a failing grade for its flood risk disclosure laws. The waste has remained there because the federal government has not established a permanent long-term storage facility. The report issued New York an F for its risk disclosure law, saying that the law “stacks the deck against buyers.”

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Inside Climate News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

As aquifers dry up, some Midwest communities are looking to the region’s greatest natural resources for a solution. A 2008 law governs access to it—with an exemption for Illinois.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

The state failed to show that the MEPA limitation serves a compelling government interest,” the decision reads. That’s not unique to Montana , even though this case focused on state laws. The decision builds off of the plaintiffs’ own proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. that justified the harm. “The

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The Energy Law

APRIL 3, 2023

The Louisiana Legislature’s 2023 Regular Session begins on April 10th, and last Friday, Louisiana Senator Allain of District 21 filed SB 154 proposing to enact a statutory framework directly governing the rights and obligations of parties to renewable energy leases.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. House Floor. Click Here to watch online.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 20, 2022

Leaders of tribes who depend on the Colorado River say the century-old agreement on managing a resource vital to 40 million people across the West is a major factor fueling these and other water inequalities. . State laws prevent some tribes from taking water from the river if they can’t prove how much is theirs.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Within the first six weeks of 2022, both state and federal governments have taken steps toward offshore wind energy development off the coast of Louisiana. This action entails collaboration between Louisiana agencies and the federal government, as well as transmission planning agencies, energy regulators, utilities, and the private sector.

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Legal Planet

MAY 3, 2022

Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment ( CLEE ) and UCLA Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment are releasing today a new policy report: Branching Out: Waste Biomass Policies To Promote Wildfire Resilience and Emission Reduction. Phil Saksa, Ph.D.,

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In other words, who has standing to bring challenges to government action under the ERA. The ERA states: The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. By Paul Bruder, Jr., I, Section 27 is self-executing (i.e.

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Energy & the Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

COG sued for declaratory judgment that it has the sole right to the produced water by virtue of its leases and surface use agreements and common law. There is a clear distinction in the law between the two. Cactus Water counterclaimed that it had ownership of produced water under its own agreements. 16 TAC 3.8(a)(29)

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“It really does come down to the fact that poor people, that have the least ability to pay, are the ones who are forced to come up with the dollars to upgrade their infrastructure, but the problem is coming from external forces,” says Nick Schroeck, the former director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center. The victory was short-lived.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 11, 2024

Enable ICARP to provide navigation support for practitioners and applicants through structural and financial support, formalizing ICARP’s existing role as a resource in the adaptation landscape. Sustain ongoing funding for resilience grant programs, particularly for initiatives that support the planning to implementation pipeline.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 14, 2024

But it’s rare indeed when such water rights violations are prosecuted criminally, especially by the United States government. That’s true for two reasons: first, the federal government plays only a modest role when it comes to administering and enforcing water rights laws. That’s because across the U.S.,

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Environment, Law, and History

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A few months ago the NYU Law Review published an article by Vanessa Casado Pérez and Yael R. Lifshitz, "Natural Transplants". Often, instead of carefully tailoring a regime to the new resource, decisionmakers simply rely on mechanisms they are familiar with. Linnaea Mallette, Wind turbines in the ocean

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ESA

JULY 2, 2024

Natural Resources Defense Council (1984). For over 40 years, the application of the Chevron doctrine principle served the public interest well by deferring the interpretation of unclear laws passed by Congress to experts in federal agencies to create polices and regulations. Department of Commerce, No.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Act of a third party (must be the sole cause) Government negligence (must be the sole cause) Responsible Party Denied Use of Defenses Responsible Party loses defense if he fails to: 1. Natural resources damages 6. Natural resources damages assessment costs 7. Loss of subsistence use of natural resources 1.

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Environmental Professionals Radio

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

On today’s episode, we bring back Fred Wager , partner with Venable, LLP to talk about Practicing Law, Policy Updates, and Infrastructure. Prior to joining Venable, he spent more than 20 years in private practice at a national law firm focusing on environmental and natural resources issues. Read his full bio below.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

The regulatory decisions made by the Governments of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile in the following months and years will set the course for the lithium industry, with significant consequences for the planet’s future. Bolivia has the largest lithium reserves in the world; however, it does not produce lithium carbonate at an industrial level.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2022

But under current law, Michigan regulators have little ability to force local communities to engage in such partnerships. That’s where it becomes important to structure the rates, so that low-income people are not getting slammed,” said Erik Olson, senior strategic director with the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 3, 2020

When the idea of ecological civilization and green development became part of China’s national strategy, the issue of illegal exploitation and utilization of natural resources in nature reserves and other special regions also became a public concern. New Paragraph.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians. 27 Released 1.1

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

State of Louisiana through the Department of Natural Resources , 22-0625 (La. In 2006, a group of landowners filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (“LDNR”) concerning the ownership of riverbanks in the Catahoula Basin. In Crooks v. 1/1/23), So.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 11, 2024

This edition also includes maps and data visualizations that were prepared by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Blue Raster LLC. An increasing number of local governments have adopted ordinances prohibiting solar energy systems from farmland. There has been significant litigation against offshore wind projects.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 7, 2022

Industry-specific reviews of government subsidies have been much more common than analyses examining several natural resource sectors at once. Indeed, it is the combination of support provided by multiple levels of government and government programs, across numerous natural resource areas, that can… Read more →

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Tammany zoning ordinance prohibiting hydraulic fracturing was preempted under State law. [4] Tammany Parish Government v. Tammany’s attempt to ban hydraulic fracturing eight years ago, which was ultimately struck down by Louisiana courts, finding that the St. Ordinance No. Welsh , 2015-1152 (La. 3/9/16); 199 So.3d

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Officials in many areas are preparing “for the worst-case scenarios” and asking the federal government for relief aid. A new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations found that global per capita internal renewable water resources declined by 20 percent between 2000 and 2018. inches) of rain in 12 hours.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2023

On April 12, DEP, DCNR and many guests dedicated the Law Library Conference Room in the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg to Franklin Kury, the legislative author of Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment to the state Constitution. constitutional amendment on environmental rights.

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