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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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 19, 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.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 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.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

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. It will help the non-profit law firm grow and fundraise as they secure new trial dates and file new cases. that justified the harm. Who will do the pushing?

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Legal Planet

JULY 1, 2022

The law will affect just about every type of plastic packaging you see walking down the supermarket aisle in California, and it’s a major step in the fight to reduce plastic waste, over 90 percent of which does not get, and much of which cannot currently be, recycled.

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Environment, Law, and History

JANUARY 31, 2023

Specifically, I consider how external legal changes alter the incentives for how local users organize themselves and how those changes in local organizations alters the political coalitions, affecting subsequent legal changes. Acequias have been held up as a case of a long-lived successful communal management regime of a natural resource.

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Acoel

JANUARY 4, 2023

Madison established that “[i]t is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” At that time, the leading case on judicial review of agency interpretations of the law, Skidmore v. Over the ensuing 38 years, though, Chevron has come under increasing judicial, academic, and political scrutiny.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile are all in complex political, social, and economic situations. However, extreme inflation numbers, among other political problems in Argentina, still make it a highly risky place for western companies to make serious investments.

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 27, 2023

Nature crimes threaten our collective security. They undermine the rule of law, fuel corruption, destroy ecosystems, and drive species to the brink of extinction, all the while providing billions of dollars to transnational criminal syndicates that prey upon the world’s most vulnerable populations.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

Montgomery County 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables [ There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay ] -- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Slump 7.5%

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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. But the federal government and the intervening states may have the law on their side–that law being the “Law of the River,” a complex, century-old set of interstate compacts, U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2023

Negrin is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Wagner College, where he was a consensus football all-American and served as captain of the 1987 National Championship football team. “As Click Here for her bio.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 15, 2024

Statement by Aliénor Rougeot, Program Manager, Climate and Energy It is good news for workers and communities that the Sustainable Jobs Act is one step closer to becoming law. This legislation is essential for preparing Canadians to succeed in the green economy.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 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.

Natural Gas 89

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 6, 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.

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Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2024

Proposition 4 would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10 billion pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a variety of projects combating climate change, increasing resiliency, and supporting climate solutions. Some of the notable investments include: $3.8 billion for wildfire and forest programs, and $1.2

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Legal Planet

MARCH 2, 2022

from Lewis & Clark Law School, with a certificate in environmental and natural resources law, and a B.A. Prior to joining CARB, Jason worked in private practice, as a legal intern for Mercy Corps, and as a law clerk for the Center for Biological Diversity. Jason received his J.D.

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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. And political power with it.

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Environment, Law, and History

MARCH 25, 2021

Last year's The Americas published an article by Christopher Woolley, "'The Forests Cannot be Commons': Spanish Law, Environmental Change, and New Spain's Council on Forests". The catastrophic mortality of the Spanish invasion was the second step, which rendered conservation measures seemingly unnecessary among both woodcutters and officials.

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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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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

On September 12, former DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell was appointed President & CEO of PennFuture , a statewide advocacy organization dedicated to protecting public health, restoring and protecting natural resources, and moving Pennsylvania toward a clean energy future.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Hosts Webinar Update On PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, Community Solar Legislation + Review 2021-22 AEPS Compliance Report. 2 In The Country When It Comes To Citizen Militias, What Does Constitution Say About That?

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Acoel

JULY 3, 2024

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Jeff Thaler The ACOEL webpage “About Us” states that we are to be “Advocates for environmental law and process for a better environmental future.” Allow me to throw down this gauntlet to Members: What “better environmental future” is the College is advocating?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Environment Members -- Katie Blume , Political & Legislative Director, Conservation Voters of PA. -- Romulo Diaz , Ret. Roth, Ph.D. Principal, Entropia LLC; Former State Director, Clean Power PA Coalition -- James M. NewsClips: -- City & State PA: Shapiro To Be Sworn In As Next Governor Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 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.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point. Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Climate Change Mitigation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

Riparian rights were inherited and adapted from British common law and are primarily used in rainy eastern states. By incentivizing the occupation of land, ownership by force, and exploitation of natural resources, the state and federal governments promoted the violent dispossession and genocide of Native Americans from the land.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 9, 2022

It seemed like a great mix of the subjects I loved: mathematics, politics, history, and geography. For the first time, I saw research&political-involvement&passion&personal-experience&energy&knowledge-from-the-body&chaos all at the same time in a university classroom.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Greenworks Law & Consulting LLC The following article first appeared on LinkedIn November 19, 2022 -- On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf quietly signed into law resurrecting the prospect of liquified natural gas ("LNG") export facilities at the Port of Philadelphia. By Lauren M. Williams, Esq., Williams, Esq.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

An entity classified as an “arm of the state” would be entitled to sovereign immunity provided by the Eleventh Amendment; in contrast, a “political subdivision” is not afforded the same protection. The burden of proof falls on the entity seeking immunity and SRA-L failed to meet its burden.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice — Circle of Blue. POLLUTION CLEANUP: Michigan’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the California-based company FKI Hardware for violating the state’s pollution cleanup laws, MLive reports. Fresh from the Great Lakes News Collaborative. In the News.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

The Climate Superfund bills have already attracted vicious opposition from the fossil fuel industry and its political allies and, if passed, will inevitably face vigorous legal challenges. No federal statutes explicitly preempt state Climate Superfund laws, and different U.S. Moreover, the Second Circuit’s reasoning in New York v.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 7, 2022

The Future is : Gender Inclusion in Climate Crisis Solutions By Beckett McGowan , Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23), Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 7, 2022 Climate Change is the great exasperator. 1) However, natural disasters are not the only thing exasperated by Climate Change. Hill, et al.,

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Climate change causes sea-level rise, natural resource scarcity, and natural disasters. First, scarcity of natural resources can change the political economy of a state. The expensive food and water scarcity put external pressures on the political climate in Syria. role in Syrian unrest.

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Manning Law

APRIL 4, 2021

Specifically, the law required provinces and territories to implement carbon gas pricing systems by January 1, 2019 or adopt one imposed by the federal government. Climate change has proved to be a political “hot potato” in large part because of those who would deny that climate change is real. Climate Change Is Real.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2024

Act 14 Notices To Municipalities Many communities and citizens are not aware that a state law passed in 1984 gives them the first chance to comment on Department of Environmental Protection permit applications even before they are submitted to the agency. You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Constitution, the legislature adopts the laws under which state agencies operate, but responsibility for implementing those laws rests with executive branch agencies like DEQ. Aside from the constitutional issue, legislative intervention in a permitting action sets a precedent for direct political intervention in permit decisions.

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