Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It also wants to destroy environmental regulation, especially climate law. There’s no logical connection between a belief in authoritarian government, upholding traditional hierarchies, and views about protecting the environment or the reality of climate change. That’s not a coincidence. Other factors may also be relevant.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Environmental Defence, Équiterre, Ecology Action Centre and the David Suzuki Foundation are responding with a joint statement welcoming the regulations as a strong step towards reducing emissions and the cost of living for Canadians. . We need the government to commit to finalizing this reg in the next six months.

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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. The total capacity bill for the region will increase from $2.4

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I’ve written previously about how the truck industry is fighting regulations at the state and federal level with everything they’ve got. One of the scare tactics truck manufacturers have been pushing is the old industry canard of job-killing regulations. Why would truck regulations impact jobs? Source: ERM 2022 ).

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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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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

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

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Edmonton, AB — The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) quietly released a report on its web site last week showing that oil sands tailing ponds grew another 90 million cubic meters in 2020, despite a drop in oil production. 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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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It’s time for another round-up summarizing lobbying by Canada’s oil and gas industry of the federal government. The oil and gas industry’s lobbyists met with federal government officials a minimum of 94 times in December. ENGOs are granted far less access to key government decision-makers. What were they lobbying for?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This proposal would support both zero- emission vehicle incentive programs and charging infrastructure investments while complementing existing regulations on clean vehicles. This November, California voters have a chance to speed the transition from gasoline to electricity by approving Proposition 30. What does Proposition 30 do?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

On October 7, the Ohio River Valley Institute released the results of a new poll which found 90% of Pennsylvania voters support stricter regulations on the fracking industry, according to the poll conducted by Upswing Research for the Ohio River Valley Institute. Click Here for poll results narrative. Click Here for presentation slides.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Photo © Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The issue boils down to the fact that the government is not collecting enough money to pay for cleanup. . If the operator fails to perform adequate cleanup, state regulators confiscate the bond and use it to hire contractors to finish the job. In the eastern U.S.,

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 12, 2024

In 2023, they had at least 1,255 lobby meetings with the federal government. Some of the key takeaways from the report include: Fossil fuel companies and their main industry associations had at least 1,255 meetings with the federal government in 2023. That means Big Oil lobbied Parliament nearly five times per working day.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Navigator responds that it has complied with state regulations, which require the company to notify landowners in the pipeline’s path and consider citizen safety when routing the project. The company is seeking powers of eminent domain from state regulators.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 28, 2022

Both categories are regulated by the Office of Conservation within the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The pertinent regulations are in Statewide Order No. The State regulations that will govern Class VI wells once primacy is achieved are in Statewide Order No.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2024

The report finds that oil and gas companies and industry associations try to influence the government through persistent lobbying. In 2023, they had at least 1,255 lobby meetings with the federal government, which is the equivalent of meeting nearly five times per workday.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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. They’re trying to buy social license and support for the oil and gas industry in Canada so that the public and government won’t push to regulate their climate pollution.

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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. In addition to their lobby meetings as members of Pathways Alliance, the companies that make up the coalition also lobby individually and had 22 meetings with the government in July.

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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. Our lobby bot recorded 103 meetings between oil and gas industry lobbyists and federal government officials from the lobby registry. and Enbridge Inc.,

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Since then, it has been tweeting out a constant stream of announcements about which oil & gas companies and associations have been lobbying which Canadian government politicians and ministries. Fossil fuel lobbyists met with government officials a minimum of 102 times in September: over four times per working day.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2022

As the collaborative explored last week , regulators are now encouraging some water utilities to consolidate, a catch-all term that could mean small steps like sharing staff, or big changes like closing decrepit, oversized water plants in favor of buying water from a neighbor. All that excess infrastructure is expensive to maintain.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2022

Seth Grove (R-York) introduced House Bill 2444 that contains a natural gas industry wish list of measures they want to expand natural gas drilling, subsidize pipeline expansion using DCNR Oil and Gas Fund revenue, automatically approve of well permits and preempting local government regulation of all facilities regulated by DEP.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 8, 2023

The WIPPES Act would require federal regulators to issue rules that require companies to label sanitary wet wipes with the phrase “Do Not Flush.” Natural Resources Defense Council. How can the federal government support salmon re-introduction in the upper Columbia River? government water policy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The grid operator establishes the details that govern the capacity market, with input from stakeholders and oversight from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. It also estimated that about five gigawatts of resources left the market in the four years prior to 2022. If supplies do not meet the reliability target the price is high.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The agency is the Canada Energy Regulator, and its mandate is “advising and reporting on energy matters.” This report is used by federal and provincial governments developing public policy, energy companies making decisions about future directions, and investors trying to figure out where to put their money.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Supreme Court issued a radical constitutional decision that over the last century has proven enormously consequential in a host of environmental, natural resources and public health contexts. ” But, Holmes continued, the question is one of degree: “if regulation goes too far, it will be recognized as a taking.”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

These bills on the agenda, but saw no action-- -- Notice Of Oil & Gas Permits: House Bill 43 (Conklin-D-Centre) require publication of newspaper notice of oil and gas well permits; and -- Regulating Food Processing Waste: House Bill 586 (Friel-D-Chester) requires a DEP permit to spread food processing residuals. Jack Rader, Jr. (R-Monroe)

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 5, 2022

As water crises beset North America, all eyes are on the Great Lakes and the leaders, systems, and rules that govern them. Minnesota state regulators are penalizing the oil and gas company Enbridge for harming groundwater during the construction of the Line 3 pipeline. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. This Week’s Watersheds.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I remember when we first launched you on twitter at @FedLobBot , so that you could take publicly-available information out of the federal lobby registry, a complicated government website , and make it more accessible for everyone. We’re celebrating this milestone birthday by creating a new webpage just for you, Lobby Bot.

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Fossil Fuels Natural Resources Climate Change Government 121

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 5, 2023

California’s trucks cleaned up and defended Speaking of vehicles, over the past two years, UCS advocated for the California Air Resources Board to strengthen and eventually adopt the Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which it did earlier this year. They are still alive and can be advanced next session; We will not stop working to pass them.

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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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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Notice: See You February 10 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.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2025

On April 7, the House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee amended and reported out House Bill 109 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing an environmental justice permit review program in DEP to consider cumulative impacts of pollutants on communities already burdened by pollution by a vote of 14 to 12-- Republicans opposing.

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Environment, Law, and History

OCTOBER 6, 2020

A recurring theme in scholarship on environmental regulation is the roots of the American approach to environmental regulation , and to what extent this approach is exceptional. American colonies ensured broad private rights to use land and natural resources for profit.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2025

The partners filing this appeal believe that, in granting a preliminary permit, FERC acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner, did not exercise reasoned decision making, and acted contrary to proper interpretations of FERCs own regulations and applicable legal precedent, the Federal Power Act.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 7, 2025

Researchers, policy-makers, and government officials gather to get a briefing on a stream monitoring system in southwest Washtenaw County. Recently, a few researchers, politicians, and government workers gathered on a small bridge over the Saline River, where it is little more than a channeled creek. Environmental Protection Agency.

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