Enviromental Defense

APRIL 26, 2024

The pipeline owner – Plains Midstream Canada ULC – later faced three charges under provincial law. In 2013, I returned to university to complete a master’s degree with a research focus on energy transition. In 2011, my community experienced what was the second-largest oil spill in the province’s history – 4.5

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The fifth international conference on regional climate ( ICRC 2023 ), organised by World Climate Research Programme’s ( WCRP ) coordinated downscaling experiment ( CORDEX ), has just completed. It worked impressively well, and the CORDEX ICRC 2023 streaming is available from the WCRP CORDEX YouTube channel.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2024

Conflict With Mining Operatio n As early as June 2013, Equitrans was made aware by CONSOL that the mine operator planned or had conducted coal extraction activities in the Pittsburgh Coal Seam within 2,000 feet of the Swarts Gas Storage Field. On September 12, 2023, Equitrans began plugging the well. Read more here. Read more here.

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CEQA Developments

DECEMBER 7, 2022

County of Merced (2013) 216 Cal.App.4th Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. We’ll continue to follow this important case with interest. .

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Issued on: 02/10/2023 - 14:20Modified: 02/10/2023 - 14:19 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On October 18, 2023, the EPA published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“SNPR”) regarding incidental discharges from vessels, proposing national performance standards under the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (“VIDA”). Comments on the SNPR are due by December 18, 2023. The full text of the SNPR can be found here: [link].

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa Global Witness PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:39 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This rule is effective (after 60 days) on February 13, 2023. including for a real estate purchaser to avoid liability under CERCLA [the Superfund law]). including for a real estate purchaser to avoid liability under CERCLA [the Superfund law]). million commercial real estate transactions each year in the United States (i.e.,

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 8, 2023

City of Newport Beach (2023) Cal.App.5th. Note: Miller Starr Regalia attorneys Ken Stahl and Matt Henderson represented intervenors YIMBY Law and People for Housing Orange County (a chapter of YIMBY Action) in the Olen litigation.) City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th Olen Properties Corp. Concerned Dublin Citizens v.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2024

District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued a decision on December 6, 2023 in Transource Pa. FERC approved this agreement in 2017, and Transource then filed siting applications with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), as required by Pennsylvania law. Transource Pa. Defrank The U.S.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The brief also argues that Canada and Enbridge are using a faulty interpretation of the 1977 pipeline treaty, and in doing so, are encouraging the violation of international human rights law and domestic treaties with Indigenous Peoples. The amicus brief was submitted by U.S.-based based charity EarthRights International.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

Coal-Fired power plants targeted at the case, taken by Attorney Shunsuke Sugit In March 2023, two important decisions regarding the operation of newly built coal-fired power plants were handed down by courts in Japan. Those rights are established through case law and frequently invoked in environmental pollution cases.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 30, 2023

In an opinion filed April 27, and certified for partial publication on May 19, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. In an opinion filed April 27, and certified for partial publication on May 19, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 2023) Cal.App.5th. 2013) 215 Cal.App.4th East Bay Regional Park Dist.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Dernbach, emeritus Professor of Law, Former Director of Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, Widener University and an Advisory Board member. “I Dernbach , professor emeritus, Widener University Commonwealth Law School -- Tyra Bryant-Stephens, M.D., Posted: October 26, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment. USA: Nestlé’s Latest Exploits: The case against Nestlé hasn’t stopped growing.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 14, 2023

In an opinion filed July 19, and ordered published on August 9, 2023, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. City of San Diego (2023) Cal.App.5th 2013) 218 Cal.App.4th Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for more than fifty years. 5th (“ McCann II ”).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

Forest Service] in Mead Township, Warren County on March 23, 2023. [ The original NOV was issued on June 18, 2015 and a new NOV issued citing the current regulations on April 21, 2023. The original NOVs were issued on May 15, 2013 and July 25, 2013 and updated with a new NOV issued citing the current regulations on April 18, 2023.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Karl S. Coplan Gandalf’s Staff tree, Styx Valley Tall Trees Reserve, Tasmania (photo by author) A year ago I retired from the active practice and teaching of environmental law to pursue a lifelong dream of sailing a small boat around the world.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

Grant Township has been fighting to keep out this frack-waste injection well since 2013. These laws have asserted rights for nature, the right of the community to local self-government, and the right to be free from the dumping of frack waste to protect those rights.”

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In an opinion in a much-publicized case, filed December 28, 2022, and later ordered published on January 26, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. City of Livermore (2023) __ Cal.App.5th__ City of Milpitas (2013) 217 Cal.App.4th 4th 1307 (see prior summary dated July 30, 2013, which can be found here ).)

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In a written reply to parliament in August 2023, the coal minister stated that a “major leap in coal production over the years has been witnessed”. From 2013 to 2014, Indian coal production was 565 million tonnes; from 2022 to 2023, that had increased by 58% to 893 million. tCO2/tcs.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 27, 2023

In a published opinion filed June 13, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. In a published opinion filed June 13, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. City of Pomona (2023) Cal.App.5th. City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th Gregory Lucas v. 4th 1301, 1311.)

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

This decision would also open the door to allow all Commonwealth properties, not just in the Borough of West Chester, to be exempt from any stormwater utility fees, in contradiction to current case law. In 2013, then Gov. These unpaid fees would then eventually fall on private citizen ratepayers. Shapiro Visits Lower Alsace Twp.,

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The formal concept of Loss and Damage originated in 2013 at COP19 in Warsaw, Poland, with the establishment of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM). The Transitional Committee met five times in 2023 prior to submitting a report to the COP for consideration.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Guest Post by Michelan Wilson , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Aggregate Trends of Climate Finance Provided and Mobilised by Developed Countries in 2013-2020 Shah, K. This implies that no group should be disproportionately impacted by the negative environmental consequences of policies. OECD (2022).

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

student, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, India August 17, 2023 I. India has been one of the biggest benefactors of this trend, and the 2023 Union Budget , coupled with the “Visit India” regime , reflects the government’s continued commitment to empowering this industry. By Tejaswini Kaushal , B.A.

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Washington Nature

JULY 20, 2023

Since 2013, FbD has restored miles of river, established recreation areas, reduced flood risk, improved working lands, and created jobs. The Lower Fraser River Floodplains Coalition (formerly the Build Back Better Together Collaborative) brings together expertise from floodplain management and ecology, to law and systems thinking.

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Vermont Law

MAY 20, 2021

2019-2023 laying out its aggressive growth blueprint over the current four year period. Clugston is a professor of law at Keimyung University in Daegu, South Korea. His teaching and research focus on law and technology topics, including those areas where the intellectual property laws overlap with environmental issues.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 31, 2024

But when the legacies we leave tinker with the natural laws of biophysics, they don’t allow us to forget.” While humanity often forgets—sometimes fighting the natural laws that hold us all together—water remembers. Braiding Sweetgrass, 2013, p. Some forgotten, long-since folded back into the soils of time.

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Ohio Environmental Law

JULY 11, 2021

Since the sunset of the Clean Ohio Program in 2013, there has been a strong push for dedicated funding to address brownfield sites in Ohio. The Ohio 2022-2023 budget just signed by Governor DeWine comes through in a very big way by allocating $500 million in new funding under various programs.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th City of Pomona (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th City of Irvine (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th Citing Concerned Dublin Citizens v. 4th 1301, 1311 (my 4/10/13 post on which can be found here ); Lucas v. 5th 508, 538 (my 6/27/23 post on which can be found here ); see Pub. Resources Code, § 21083.3.)

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CEQA Developments

MAY 22, 2023

City of San Jose (SJ Cityview, LLC, Real Party in Interest) (2023) Cal.App.5th. County of Mendocino (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. Preservation Action Council of San Jose v. City of Livermore (2022) 76 Cal.App.5th

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