Clean Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2024

Regulated Entities Under the Guidelines, the top 180 companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the top 50 companies on its Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange must publish SDRs annually, within four months of the end of their fiscal year.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2023

New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting , a lawsuit challenging the state’s March 2021 regulations for siting and permitting major renewable energy facilities. Lawsuit Challenging ORES’s Regulations In March 2021, ORES promulgated regulations to implement the new siting process, as required by statute.

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Acoel

MAY 4, 2023

Specifically, the NRC determined that fusion energy will be regulated under the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s byproduct material framework contained in 10 C.F.R. All of the commercial nuclear reactors in service today are fission reactors, which are heavily regulated under 10 C.F.R.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 20, 2021

It is the latest development in China’s regulations of drug change management since the promulgation of the newly amended Drug Administration Law in 2019 and more than 20 regulations and technical guidelines. 2019?????????????20???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On September 1, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission voted 3 to 2 to approve the final Environmental Quality Board regulation to reduce carbon emissions from power plants. The Commission acted after hearing comments on the regulation for four hours of comments from those supporting and opposing the regulation.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Background The Blueprint aims to reduce domestic aviation emissions [i] from airport operations by 20% from 2019 levels (404ktCO2) in 2030 and achieve net zero domestic and international aviation emissions by 2050. This facility would turn waste into feedstock to generate electricity or biofuel for use within the airport.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates emissions of EtO, yet the agency is years behind on updating standards and control requirements, despite mounting evidence of the harm of long-term EtO exposure. A decade overdue , EPA is finalizing updated regulations for commercial sterilizers now.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 27, 2019

December 27, 2019. The amendments allow nutrient offsets for permitted NPDES discharges to be provided EITHER in the same hydrologic area (the current requirement) OR at a location downstream of the discharge, but upstream of the water body subject to regulations to address excess nutrient loading. On-Site Wastewater.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2021

On July 15, the Public Utility Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding regulations related to the pipeline transport of petroleum products and hazardous liquids in intrastate commerce – seeking public comment on proposed amendments to existing regulations along with the addition of new regulations.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

RMS), a NYDFS-licensed mortgage banker and mortgage loan servicer, that fines RMS $1,500,000 for its violations of Cybersecurity Regulation, Part 500 of Title 23 of the New York Codes, Rules, and Regulations (Part 500). 23 NYCRR 500.01(d)).]] 23 NYCRR 500.01(d)).]]

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Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2024

The plan is already being challenged in court by the expected mix of outer-borough and neighboring state representatives who call the plan an unfair tax on commuters and right-wing groups that oppose regulation and transit in equal measure. It is a monumental step, regardless of the outcome of these cases.

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Montrose

MAY 23, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. Due to its toxicity, federal, state and local regulators require monitoring for very low levels of EtO in and around commercial sterilizers and chemical plants. Exposure to toxic vapors from ethylene oxide emissions poses a serious health risk to workers and neighboring communities.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) has proposed and invited comment on a 60-day postponement of the effective date of recently finalized amendments to Regulation F, which implements the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Comments on the proposed rule are due no later than May 19, 2021.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This 2015 regulation aimed to move state power grids away from coal and toward renewable energy. Yet the Supreme Court is now set to address numerous challenges to this zombie regulation. Between 2015 and 2019, the amount of electricity generated from coal dropped by a third. It’s time to put the CPP to rest.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2022

On April 12, the Department of Environmental Protection and others submitted comments to the Public Utility Commission recommending ways to strengthen its regulations covering the safety of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. L-2019-3010267. L-2019-3010267. Click Here for a copy of DEP’s comments.

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Nanotech

JULY 28, 2021

Pursuant to Article 16 (10) and (11) of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (Cosmetics Regulation), the European Commission (EC) is required to submit to the European Parliament and the Council an annual status report on the use of nanomaterials in cosmetic products and to review the Regulation’s provisions concerning nanomaterials.

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Acoel

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This reflects EPA guidance from 2019 that “states [are] more likely to select sources based on visibility impacts” and consider emission controls for sources “after a source is selected.” The post Regional Haze Regulation: Visibility or climate change? appeared first on ACOEL.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2022

A recent analysis from UCS studied how gas plants operated in regional wholesale electricity markets in the Midwest in 2019. This analysis looked at each week in 2019 at when power providers were operating gas plants in the regional markets MISO and SPP (covering 20 states across the central United States).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

For years, state and local air quality districts have implemented polices and regulations aimed at curbing these different sources of pollution, like working to phase out burning as a method of disposing of agricultural waste, incentivizing transitions to gas-powered heat, and creating regulations to limit vehicle pollution.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 26, 2024

Pennsylvania joined RGGI pursuant to a 2019 executive order and a subsequent rulemaking promulgated by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) and Environmental Quality Board (“EQB”). In 2022, Pennsylvania became the 12th member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (“RGGI”). 1, 2023, declaring the RGGI rulemaking void.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look.

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Ohio Environmental Law

MARCH 29, 2020

Both the federal government and state governments have been moving forward with significant new regulation of the PFAS compounds. Summarized below are actions taken at both the federal and state levels to regulate PFAS substances. Federal Regulation of PFOS and PFOA. Even if designated as hazardous substances, U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Recently General Motors made headlines in saying they are looking at restarting production of PHEVs after moving to only BEVs in 2019. PHEVs can be part of the climate solution, but automakers need to make them more efficient, and regulators like the EPA need to correctly value their contributions. BEV or PHEV? Not necessarily.

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Nanotech

MARCH 12, 2024

(Haifa) to pay a civil penalty of $664,267 “for violations of chemical data reporting regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).” EPA states that it alleged that Haifa failed to submit a data report required under TSCA for 32 chemical substances that Haifa had imported between 2016 and 2019.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

However, methane reduction efforts have not received the same financial support as CO 2 actions; in 2019 and 2020, only 2% of climate finance was devoted to methane mitigation. Jurisdictions announced new methane regulations COPs are usually the place where governments announce their recent environmental laws and regulations.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 31, 2023

That in turn means that we need people with legal expertise relevant to permitting generators and transmission, both of which are highly regulated. In 2019, we put together a list of every professor teaching an energy law class and everyone who had written an academic article about energy in the previous few years.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The litigation uncovered internal company records showing that DuPont knew of PFOA’s significant health risks but withheld the information from regulators and the public. for PFAS in February 2019 despite having strong evidence linking PFAS exposure to adverse health impacts for almost. epidemiological studies. for affected residents.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

which outlines the evaluations needed for a waste to qualify as a product-- or “coproduct” as defined in DEP’s Residual Waste regulations. DEP’s Oil and Gas Program banned the practice of disposing of unconventional (shale) drilling wastewater by road spreading in regulations adopted in 2016. Enervest OPR LLC, G&G Gas, Inc.,

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New Scientist

MARCH 25, 2022

The UK government imposed a moratorium on shale gas extraction in November 2019, leaving fracking firms that had paid licence fees out of pocket, but the country's oil and gas regulator decided to refund them

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New Scientist

JANUARY 18, 2022

Bacteria-killing viruses can be used to treat antibiotic-resistant superbugs, and the approach has been tried in more than 100 people in Belgium since a 2019 change in regulations

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The agenda for the December 1 DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting includes updates on Chapter 78 regulation changes, the new federal abandoned well plugging program and more. The last draft of the waste handling regulation update was posted by DEP in September, 2021. Read more here. Read more here.

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Energy and Climate Law

MAY 19, 2020

The German energy regulator Bundesnetzagentur rejected an application of the Nord Stream 2 operating consortium to obtain an exemption from EU unbundling rules after the Gas Directive was amended in 2019. The argumentation of the regulator strikes at a crucial point - is a pipeline already built when 160 kilometres are still missing?

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Energy Information Administration Investor-owned utilities are regulated to prevent them from taking advantage of their monopoly to gouge ratepayers. The adjacent investor-owned utility, Southern California Edison, has its rates regulated by the California Public Utility Commission. Image from U.S.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 24, 2022

legal frameworks for regulating plastic pollution. Over the last six months, a team of international environmental lawyers analyzed the existing policies, regulations, and legislation in France and the U.S. universities and research institutions focused on making the science of plastic pollution accessible to decision-makers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

EPA proposed changes to its MON rule in 2019, regulating toxic emissions for about 200 chemical plants that produce solvents, plastics, and pesticides across the country. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also acknowledged that it has a role to play in identifying alternatives to EtO for sterilizing medical equipment.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Since 2019, the Department of Energy’s ReCell Center has been researching effective and affordable battery recycling technology. Because batteries can be hazardous if improperly handled, transporting them involves additional regulations and can constitute 40 to 60% of battery recycling costs. Source: Courtesy of Li-Cycle.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

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