Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

This year promises to be the ‘Year of Climate’ in international courts and tribunals with opinions slated to be coming down from the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and the International Court of Justice. Duarte Agostinho and Others v.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

That would allow a Trump administration to exert far more influence over personnel at agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency than if they just placed the 4,000 political appointees that presidents usually get to install across government. The agency opened 199 criminal cases in fiscal year 2023.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 16, 2024

State legislatures have used their baseless allegations as a rationale for passing laws that restrict voting rights. As of mid-October, lawmakers in 45 states had introduced 325 such bills in 2023, according to a report by the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice, and 14 states collectively enacted 17 of them.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

By Dr Romain Mauger, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability (GCELS) On 19 November 2020, the Conseil d’Etat (the French supreme administrative court) issued a historic ruling in the Commune de Grande Synthe case , potentially the first step towards a landmark climate litigation outcome in France.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 21, 2024

This forum was principally aimed at addressing the digital challenges anticipated in the forthcoming 2018 Elections. Examples illustrate the FBI's commitment to ensuring that freedom of expression is upheld, even in extreme cases such as Nazi political propaganda, with a focus on advising against controlling the content disseminated.

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Arnold Porter

APRIL 6, 2023

Davila rejected the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction in January 2023.[[N: 3, 2023), FTC, available here. ]] FTC Chair Lina Khan also commented that “[i]f you’re not really pushing the courts to engage with how these statutes apply in the new economy, you get doctrine that is stale[.] Meta Platforms, Inc. ,

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Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The new wave of litigation also arose from the urgency of combating the rise in deforestation under the right-wing-oriented President Jair Bolsonaro, who left the government in January 2023 for the return of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula). The decision was made in a lawsuit filed by four political parties (PSB et al.

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 18, 2023

On January 17, 2023, DOJ’s Criminal Division released an updated Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy that comes on the heels of other revisions i n late 2022 to the department’s corporate criminal enforcement policies. Mr. Reagan is not admitted to the practice of law in the District of Columbia.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

APRIL 8, 2024

In Washington, DC, the political party that governs the House, Senate, and White House is rightly portrayed as a major contributor to policy outcomes. But politics alone is far from the only determinant. trillion from the previous projection in May 2023. However, the baseline’s impact doesn’t end there.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] It went into effect in January 2023 and will be phased in over the next five years.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In this issue: Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

18 Webinar On Unlocking The Power Of Hydrogen [PaEN] -- Environmental Health Project Executive Director Alison Steele Selected For Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab Climate Change And Adaptation Initiative -- Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Assn.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the third quarter of 2023, Representative Paul Tonko reintroduced the Scientific Integrity Act while some agencies requested feedback on their draft scientific integrity policies. Looking ahead: HICPAC is scheduled to meet again November 2-3, 2023. The bill has bipartisan support.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 10, 2024

In recent years, journalists and political activists, predominantly from the right, have been forced into exile due to what they describe as judicial persecution. According to Brazilian legal experts , this concept is not recognized in Brazilian law. This gap was filled by figures from the conservative and liberal right-wing factions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2023

The most recent farm bill , enacted into law in December 2018, expires at the end of September. All the same, the political theater will require SNAP supporters to spend a disproportionate amount of time and energy to defend and justify the program, which actually needs to be updated and expanded, not reduced.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Whole Foods did not break the law by banning Black Lives Matter apparel, judge rules CNN PaulaR Tue, 01/02/2024 - 13:37 Thursday, December 21, 2023 Read more Ramishah Maruf New YorkCNN — Whole Foods did not act unlawfully by banning employees from wearing items with Black Lives Matter messaging, a judge ruled Thursday.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

EPA granted primacy to Louisiana on December 28, 2023, for Class VI wells, effective February 5, 2024. 1] North Dakota was the first state to obtain primacy for Class VI wells in April 2018, with Wyoming following in October 2020, and Louisiana now joining as the third state. 13, 2023), [link]. [6] Regan to Governors (Dec.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. The company has yet to publish a report for its grantmaking in 2022, let alone 2023. And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2024

Subsequent federal transit funding bills generally followed the status quo, in which highways get a much greater share of funds than transit, and barely keeping pace with inflation and transit industry operational, managerial, and political factors that increase costs even higher. We got what we paid for—it wasn’t great.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 1, 2023

For instance, at the US Fish and Wildlife Service, 72 percent (140 respondents) said they felt they had been adequately trained on scientific integrity policies, an increase of 16 percent compared to our 2018 results (56 percent, 189 respondents), and an increase of 40 percent compared to results from 2015 (32 percent, 250 respondents).

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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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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. In 2018, we penned “The Case Against Nestlé” and launched the Nestlé Pledge: a commitment consumers can make to disavow themselves from Nestlé.

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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. In 2018, we penned “The Case Against Nestlé” and launched the Nestlé Pledge: a commitment consumers can make to disavow themselves from Nestlé.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2022

10 to 16 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But in 2023 the script has been flipped and the good news keeps on coming. It’s the lowest level for the month of August since 2018 and it continues a downward trend. For several years, headlines about Amazon deforestation have all been bad. Good news in Brazil where deforestation in the Amazon declined 66.1

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 7, 2023

Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – June 7, 2023 Mark Marlowe, who directs the water supply for fast-growing Castle Rock, a Denver suburb, has a dim view of lawns. Jared Polis said at a University of Denver water law symposium in April. Irrigating grass in summer consumes 40 percent of Castle Rock’s water.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

She also graduated with minors in Biology and Political Science. Army and plans to apply to law school in the fall. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) in 2018. In October of 2023, the Eastern hellbender was recognized with a special Pennsylvania license plate that supports the Wild Resource Conservation Fund.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

And that is significant because, since January 1, 2023, a residential building owner is not permitted to rent a property rated G+. And that is not surprising because more than 36% of those dwellings were constructed before 1948. Buildings that consume more than 450 kWh per m² fall into category G+ (. worse than G).

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The biases, distortions, and political history involved in marijuana’s listing in Schedule I are described by David Downs in “ The Science behind the DEA’s Long War on Marijuana ,” Scientific American (April 19, 2016). ]]. N: 21 U.S.C. § 812(b)(1). 8454 ,” (the Cannabis Research Bill). Legislative History.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In 2018, Toyota was ordered to pay out $21.9 lawsuit over vehicle metal quality Tina Bellon, Yuka Obayashi | Reuters | March 6, 2018 U.S. T accusing the companies of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in fraud by concealing the use of substandard metal components in vehicles. Kobe Steel, Toyota hit with U.S.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Horacio Neiva, a law Ph.D. Silvio Kuroda, a public law specialist and former advisor to a high court Justice, notes using illegally obtained information as the basis for police inquiries could render them void. In law, there's a maxim: the means justify the end, not the end justifies the means.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

The Climate Superfund bills have already attracted vicious opposition from the fossil fuel industry and its political allies and, if passed, will inevitably face vigorous legal challenges. Each bill addresses emissions over roughly the same period—2000 to 2018 in Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York, and 2000 to 2019 in Vermont.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

As Supply Crunch Concerns Mount == -- Independent Fiscal Office Reports Lowest Quarterly Natural Gas Production In PA Since 4th Quarter Of 2020, First Decrease In Production Growth Since 2018 [PaEN] American Rescue Plan Funding -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

USA: ‘Huge’ Win for Code of Excellence: On-Clock Training at Raytheon Plant International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | May 8, 2023 More than 2,400 Raytheon Technologies missile and defense workers are getting on-the-clock training on the IBEW’s Code of Excellence program , thanks to a years-long effort by the leaders of Waltham, Mass.,

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Amazon workers strike in Germany, joining action in Spain and Poland Reuters | July 16, 2018 Thousands of workers will walk off the job on Tuesday at Amazon warehouses in Germany to demand better working conditions, joining colleagues in Spain and Poland in taking action that coincides with a major sales promotion.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counts 1,921 pediatric cancer cases in the state between 1999 and 2018, about 100 per year. This map shows nitrate concentrations in drinking water between 2016 and 2018 for federally regulated water systems. There are others across Nebraska. Coulter has a particularly keen interest.

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