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Supreme Court Issues Decision Sharply Limiting Clean Water Act Jurisdiction over Wetlands

E2 Law Blog

715 (2006), and embraced ever since in a series of rulemakings and jurisdictional determinations by the EPA and the U.S. Finally, it states that a third category (category C), consisting of wetlands “adjacent” to traditional navigable waters, is “includ[ed]” within B. United States , 547 U. at (slip op. at (slip op.

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Does anyone remember consensus?

Acoel

VIRGINIA forever was established as a 501(c)(4) organization in 2006 as a project of The Nature Conservancy utilizing a grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment. The group quickly agreed that it should support the environmental agencies’ budget requests in two broad categories: water quality improvement and land conservation.

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That Dam Case (Again):  Third District Upholds Oroville Hydropower Facilities Relicensing EIR Against Numerous CEQA Challenges

CEQA Developments

DWR’s efforts in this regard took place from 2001 to 2006, involving “five federal agencies, five state agencies, seven local government entities, five Native American tribes, four local water agencies, and 13 nongovernmental organizations,” with three years of hearings and two years of negotiations. Transit (1995) 37 Cal.App.4th

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Vacated EPA’s Administrative Stay of Methane Standards for Oil and Gas Facilities. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. EPA Administrator , Nos.

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Research Roundup: FDA Uses Fall and Winter 2021 to Release Significant New Guidance Governing Hot-Button Life Sciences Research Topics

Arnold Porter

This Advisory provides an update on several recently issued US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) draft guidance documents and advice addressing areas of increased attention. They should have agreements in place to ensure that any RWD owned by a third-party may be provided to FDA for inspection.[[N:While ”[[N:Id.

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Fourth District Addresses Numerous Significant CEQA Issues In Action Challenging City of San Diego’s Utility Undergrounding Projects

CEQA Developments

After briefing and argument, the trial court denied the requested writ relief, finding McCann failed to exhaust administrative remedies prior to seeking judicial review of the Exempt Projects, and failed to demonstrate that substantial evidence supported a fair argument that the MND Projects may have a significant environmental impact.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

Energy Information Administration ("EIA") estimates renewables will be a larger source of electricity than natural gas in the United States by 2050. While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally. The answer is that there was a lot more generating capacity in 2006 than in 2020.