Energy & the Law

MARCH 7, 2023

Lots of cash was flown by private jets to Cameroon and South Sudan from 2011 through 2016. How he did it: From 2019 through 2021 in managing different oil and gas mineral rights investment funds he allegedly inflated the value of the rights to be sold to investment funds and used their money to obtain a loan of $6.5

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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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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The 2021-2022 Legislative Session was light on CEQA amendments, and once again did not produce any significant reform. SB 6 was the companion bill to AB 2011, but it does not create a ministerial approval process. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years.

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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. Researchers were able to date the radium found in this study to a time after 2011, making it clear that the limited restrictions on wastewater disposal are not enough to protect Pennsylvanians’ health.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. Civil law cases. Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013.

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Renewable + Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

On October 21, 2021, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved a rule that creates requirements for power companies to better prepare for winter weather. 3, effective June 8, 2021, is a multi-pronged law that attempts to make the Texas energy system more resilient to the effects of extreme winter weather events.

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Renewable + Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

On October 21, 2021, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved a rule that creates requirements for power companies to better prepare for winter weather. 3, effective June 8, 2021, is a multi-pronged law that attempts to make the Texas energy system more resilient to the effects of extreme winter weather events.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In its first 100 days in office, the Biden-Harris Administration has already proposed or passed sweeping reforms in federal laws and policies, with many more campaign promises still in process. Dodd, Arnold & Porter, former US Senator and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1981-2011). Ambassador Kenneth I.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Steve Chester. On September 30, 2021, U.S. EPA’s current policy on tribal consultation is set forth in the May 4, 2011 “EPA Policy on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribes.” Constitution, treaties, laws and court opinions.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 17, 2021

After fiscal year (FY) 2020, when the Office of the Whistleblower (OWB) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) awarded a record-breaking $175 million to 39 individuals, FY 2021 has proven to be even more active. The OWB’s activity in the first half of 2021 continues the uptick in awards seen in 2020.

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HumanNature

APRIL 28, 2022

Guest Post by Katie Nigro , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. The current barriers to implementing assisted migration include the established laws and attitudes about forest restoration in land management agencies and the logistical constraints of time, money, and personnel needed to plant the trees (Dumroese et al.,

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Law Columbia

MAY 29, 2024

The Advisory Opinion handed down by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on 21 May 2024 is truly remarkable. Under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ), States must now take all necessary measures to prevent, reduce and control GHG emissions. under Arts.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 11, 2022

Czech Republic v Poland (Mine de Turów, ECLI:EU:C:2021:420, ECLI:EU:C:2021:752, ECLI:EU:C:2022:74 ) concerned the operation of a lignite mine in Poland. In February 2021, the Czech Republic asked the CJEU for interim measures, requesting the immediate closure of the lignite mine. However, the case also holds climate aspects.

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Washington Nature

JULY 20, 2023

Over the course of seven days in November 2021, two atmospheric rivers brought down over 12 inches of rain across the Pacific Northwest. For comparison, the left is a photo of the Fraser River from 2011, the right was taken on November 17, 2021, showing the floods from space. SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0,

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Joseph Otis Minott - Lifetime Achievement Award PennFuture honored Joseph Otis Minott, an environmental law leader, with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades-long career fighting for the environment and public health in Pennsylvania. from Villanova University School of Law.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

In 2021, the country produced 610 million tons of coal, half of which was exported, at a value of US$29.6 Jatam’s 2021 report reveals that coal permits issued by local and central governments cover 72,000 sq km of East Kalimantan’s 127,000 sq km, or 70% of the province. The main destination for this coal was China, with 99.2

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Arnold Porter

OCTOBER 19, 2021

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill BNN Bloomberg PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:45 Monday, January 15, 2024 Read more Marcelo Rochabrun (Bloomberg) -- Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 3, 2022

In a lengthy, but mostly unpublished, opinion filed December 16, 2021, the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment rejecting a petitioner group’s CEQA, Planning and Zoning Law, and procedural due process/fair hearing challenges to the City of San Diego’s approval of a four-lane road connecting existing developments.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 14, 2023

Brief Background and the Court of Appeal’s Opinion The Court of Appeal’s straightforward opinion resolved the second of two appeals in this litigation; the case’s underlying facts are discussed and the Court’s lengthy first opinion is analyzed in my October 21, 2021 post, which can be found here. City of Los Angeles (2011) 201 Cal.App.4th

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

According to the “Rights of Nature” doctrine, an ecosystem is entitled to legal personhood status and as such, has the right to defend itself in a court of law against harms, including environmental degradation caused by a specific development project or even by climate change. The case is pending a decision. Peru : Alvarez et al v.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

On March 4, 2021, the Commission announced the creation of the Climate and ESG Task Force in its Division of Enforcement, which is comprised of 22 enforcement attorneys and specialists who will analyze disclosure and compliance issues relating to “investment advisers’ and funds’ ESG strategies. 15 U.S.C.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Posted on October 6, 2021 by John M. Note that the court of appeals correctly cited current Rule 26(b)(1) in the second sentence, but then cites to pre-December 1, 2015 case law and even cites a 2011 decision that quotes the 2000 version of Rule 26(b)(1): This court recognizes broad and liberal treatment of the federal discovery rules.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2022

Department of Interior in December for the well plugging funds authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It was drilled by Atlas from 2011 to 2012. Jain made these comments at the May 18 DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting and in a subsequent interview. It produced gas copiously for two years and then declined very quickly.

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Physics World

AUGUST 20, 2021

Grimstrup does away with the question of whether he is chasing ghosts in little more than a sentence, arguing that the laws of nature seem to have a minimal length scale and that settles the case. 2021 Self-published £23.99pb 276pp. It’s an untypical book for the non-fiction genre. The book has neither figures nor references.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Coalition then pointed out a Fiscal Code bill signed into law on July 2, 2012 addressing only conventional oil and gas well bonding set bonding amounts for conventional wells retroactive to April 16, 2012. The petition submitted to the EQB says average well plugging costs from 2011 through 2020 for unconventional wells was about $83,000.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2021

Ridge through an Executive Order in 1996 and then in law by Act 71 of 2008. Funding for the Center was eliminated in 2011. Pauletta, PA Student Member, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Board Of Trustees [Posted: June 4, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 4, 2021

On August 2, 2021, in Omni Medsci, Inc. 2, 2021).]]), because the patent rights Omni claimed had been automatically assigned to the University of Michigan (UM) by virtue of the patent inventor’s employment agreement with UM, and were therefore actually owned by UM rather than Omni. Apple Inc. ,[[N:APPEAL NO. at 18-20.]].

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CEQA Developments

MAY 25, 2021

On May 20, 2021, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill No. The new Act, which was immediately effective as an “urgency” statute, essentially modifies and reenacts former 2011 legislation that was repealed by its own terms on January 1, 2021. Coon of Miller Starr Regalia.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. A native of Chilean Patagonia, Boric became known as one of the leaders of the country’s student protests of 2011. Photo credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy.

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The Regents of the University of California (Collegiate Housing Foundation, American Campus Communities, et al, Real Parties in Interest) (2021) __ Cal.App.5th The 2011 statutory amendments to Public Resources Code § 21167.6.5 Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods v. The Court’s opinion teaches a valuable lesson in CEQA litigation.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At the September 8, 2021 meeting the State Board of Education charged the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) with reconvening the Steering and Content Committees to revisit the proposed standards to address the over 1,000 public comments and bring their suggested revisions back to the Board of Education. [It

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On June 17, 2021, the Tribunal of First Instance of Brussels rendered its decision in partial favor of the plaintiffs (see unofficial English translation here ). With the rise of climate law, national governments contracted legal obligations to mitigate climate change. However, the argument of the Brussels Tribunal is fallacious.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 28, 2021

The SEC found that this language could impede whistleblower reporting, and thus undermined the purpose of the whistleblower regulations, which are intended to encourage individuals to report possible securities laws violations to the Commission. Rule 21F-17 went into effect in August 2011. ” 17 C.F.R. §§ 240.21F-17(a).

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 20, 2021

26, 2011, the two Philadelphia institutions pledged to combine their strengths to mutually expand their global scientific reputations and capabilities. In spring 2021, the Academy established a Museum Innovation Fund (MIF) that provides seed grants to Drexel faculty and students who develop prototypes of new museum experiences.

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