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First District Holds LA’s Water Allocations To Agricultural Lessees Were Authorized Under Existing Leases And Did Not Constitute Or Implement A Separate “Project” Subject to CEQA Review

CEQA Developments

The case holds that the City’s water allocations to the City’s agricultural lessees were authorized under its existing 2010 leases and thus did not constitute a new project subject to CEQA review before they could be lawfully implemented. In this era of wildfire and drought, there will no doubt be many more. acre feet per acre.

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Flooding soon in a basement near you: the impacts of weakening wetland protection in Ontario

Enviromental Defense

Over the past several years – and especially in the past few months – Premier Doug Ford’s government has made sweeping changes to environmental protection and land use planning rules across Ontario. . Changes in wetland cover for counties and municipalities are described in the Southern Ontario Wetland Conversion Analysis report (2010).

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Why Energy Bills Will Be Even Higher This Winter

Union of Concerned Scientists

The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms. Henry Hub is the national benchmark for wholesale gas prices (Source: US Energy Information Administration ). Debt-fueled boom and gas-friendly policies.

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DOJ Defeats Motion to Dismiss in Precedent-Setting Criminal Wage-Fixing Case

Arnold Porter

Mazzant III of the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Texas denied a motion to dismiss the government’s first ever criminal indictment for alleged wage-fixing. Jindal and Rodgers argued that because wage-fixing is not a per se violation of the Sherman Act, the government has failed to state a criminal offense.[[N:The

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

In a separate but similar Ninth Circuit appeal, the federal government filed a brief on October 18 urging the court to overturn a district court decision vacating the listing of a ringed seal subspecies as threatened based on climate change threats through the end of the century.

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

However, others argue that the other topographical features - of low precipitation (1-2” or 2-4cm annually) and high evapotranspiration leave them firmly in the desert category. This will be problematic while carbon emissions continue to increase, and world governments will need to do something about it in the future. Types of Desert.

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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. 52] And from 2010 to 2019, consumers from across the U.S. 5] The U.S. as a whole. [52]