Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

109, quoting R v Rimmington [2005] UKHL 63, [2006] 1 AC 459. The Court found that he had – the impacts of climate change would indeed engage rights that fit within the categories identified in existing case law. And it should put corporations on notice: failing to reduce GHG emissions is a legal risk. 7, 2024) [link].

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The majority responded to this latter point by saying that “[t]he dissent’s view is akin to saying that incurring a debt has legal consequences, but forgiving one does not. What is disputed is whether it is just or legal to convict Ward of felony crimes for acting peacefully and responsibly to prevent greater harm to the climate.”

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 21, 2021

City of Lodi (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th While similar in nature, each undergrounding project is independent of the others in that it is not a “first step toward” and doesn’t “legally compel” or “practically presume” the completion of other actions, and “can be implemented independently.” (Citing Banning Ranch Conservancy v.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 6, 2007

2208 (2006). In 2006, the Supreme Court decided two consolidated cases involving the Corps’ authority to require dredge and fill permits under CWA § 404 for discharge into wetlands having only indirect connections to navigable waters. 2208 (2006). United States , 126 S. United States , and Carabell v. United States , 126 S.

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Ohio Environmental Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Following the 2006 decision by the U.S. The Navigable Waters Rule covers four categories of waters: The territorial seas and traditional navigable waters (i.e. The legal basis for such challenges will likely include whether the Trump Administration provided sufficient justification for revoking the Obama WOTUS rule.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

715 (2006), which was issued 17 years ago but was not uniformly applied due to Justice Kennedy’s use of the “significant nexus” test in his concurrence. Brief Overview of “Waters of the United States” The Supreme Court previously considered the scope of “waters of the United States” under the CWA in 2006 in Rapanos. 715, 739 (2006). [3]

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Ohio Environmental Law

MAY 8, 2020

Following the 2006 decision by the U.S. The NWPR covers four categories of waters: The territorial seas and traditional navigable waters (i.e., Ohio law also protects categories of waters that are not protected under the NWPR. Supreme Court in Rapanos v. federally protected). What waters are federally protected under the NWPR?

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

EPA unveiled a proposed rule that would take the Navigable Waters Protection Rule off the books and reinstate long-standing regulations defining which streams and wetlands are subject to federal protection, a category known as “Waters of the U.S.,” or WOTUS. “In United States.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

For the time being, no regulation is on the books, and extended delay might prompt legal action from environmentalists. It changed long-time agency policy to allow major sources of pollution to reclassify as area sources, a category with fewer regulatory requirements, once their emissions fell below a certain threshold.

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