Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2022

I’ve linked to an early version of the paper that appeared online in 2020. The post Taking A Data-Driven Tour of Air Pollution Law appeared first on Legal Planet. Still, there’s a lot of meat in there worth chewing on, if you understand or are willing to ignore the technical aspects of the studies. *A Download as PDF.

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Environmental Law Prof Blog

AUGUST 19, 2020

For the past few years, I’ve written a post listing schools that are interested in hiring tenured or tenure-track environmental law faculty. This year's list appears below. Readers should be aware of a few things about this list. First, it.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2023

The two states engaged with Carson Consulting to review existing state litter laws and interview key stakeholders to evaluate the strength of the states’ current litter enforcement tools and systems. This study helps to support and identify what is most effective from a law enforcement and judicial perspective.”

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 24, 2020

One of the major outcomes of the 2020 Louisiana Legislative session was the passage of tort reform legislation that supporters argue will lower insurance rates and change the state’s notoriously litigious environment. Further, the new law will preclude discussion of a party’s insurance coverage before a jury.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Top 10 Environmental Watch List addresses important environmental issues that Vermont Law School faculty and. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. For each environmental issue, faculty members and editors worked collaboratively to discuss the relevant legal framework and explain what readers should expect in 2020.

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Legal Planet

MAY 2, 2024

In the meantime, it’s illuminating to put the current dispute in the context of the last 80 years of judicial doctrine regarding deference to agencies on issues of law. Bumpers Amendment introduced in Senate, intended to eliminate judicial deference to agencies on questions of law. 2020 In Kisor v. Skidmore v. Swift & Co.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As we head into 2020, the upcoming presidential election in the United States looms large. The Top 10 Environmental Watch List is not about politics on its face, but as any 1L taking Constitutional Law can tell you, law and politics are fruit of the same tree. 2020 will prove a test in more ways than one.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Edmonton, AB — The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) quietly released a report on its web site last week showing that oil sands tailing ponds grew another 90 million cubic meters in 2020, despite a drop in oil production. It’s a crime against the law of nature, against humanity.”. Jesse Cardinal, Keepers of the Water, nipiy3@gmail.com.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Why Indian farmers believe new laws are rigged to favour India’s richest man Quartz PaulaR Thu, 11/16/2023 - 18:43 Tuesday, December 8, 2020 Read more Niharika Sharma Thousands of Indian farmers are protesting against three new farm laws —and two of the country’s richest men.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 22, 2022

On June 13, 2022, Chile published its Climate Change Framework Law (“the Climate Act”). Momentum created by this event created the perfect conditions and political will to move forward with an ambitious bill on Climate Change, submitted to Congress in January, 2020. By Robert Currie Ríos*. Conclusions.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Going into 2020, anticipated federal regulation will significantly affect the nation’s response to the Emerald Ash Borer and aquatic invasives in ballast water. 25, 2019, with a final rule likely to be published in 2020. Thus, there is reason to be hopeful in 2020. At the Limits of the Law: The Challenge of Invasives in 2020.

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Scientific American

MARCH 6, 2024

A California resident faces charges under a 2020 law that seeks to curb powerful planet-warming and ozone-depleting hydrofluorocarbons

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National Law Center

JANUARY 18, 2024

In April 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued its final ruling Cty. The post EPA Weighs in On Supreme Court Decision Regarding Groundwater and the CWA appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, 590 U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

ADV Amendments The annual amendment for ADV Parts 1A (and 1B for state-registered advisers) and the Brochure (ADV Part 2A) is due March 30, 2020 (for firms with year-end fiscal years). SEC Statistics on Advisers In the “2020 Examination Priorities”, the SEC published some interesting statistics. Available at [link].

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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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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2023

In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the survey was sent to 2,713 schools with 199 responding. In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, 81.4% Act 101, the landmark 1988 recycling law that made Pennsylvania a leader in 1988, needs multiple updates to meet the demands of today’s economy. Of the schools surveyed, 86.6% Also, 43.5%

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Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2020

Under Governor Northam’s direction, Virginia’s Energy Policy shifted quite dramatically from when he first took office in January 2018 to what we have at the end of the 2020 Legislative Session. The new decade has been a busy start for Virginians as the General Assembly started its 2020 session on January 8. By Antonia Douglas.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 22, 2021

We, a broad and diverse coalition of civil society groups, urge Parliament to move forward with passing an environmental racism law immediately following its summer break. It’s good to see Canada finally stepping up, but we have no time to lose to ensure this draft legislation actually becomes law. since 1994.

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Environment, Law, and History

APRIL 4, 2021

It's a very short piece but filled with references to her publications in French on Roman law issues such as flooding, integrated management, riparian ecosystems, and more, for instance her article "La culture juridique romaine de gestion résiliente du risque d’inondation" , published in Index in 2020.

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Arnold Porter

APRIL 18, 2023

In addition to being named a “Top Verdict” of 2022, the case is significant because it is the first in the United States to challenge the use of force by police against protestors during the 2020 protests.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 11, 2021

As Anne Reynolds, executive director of the Alliance for Clean Energy – New York (“ACE-NY”) stated when the law was enacted, “[Section 94-c] improves the process and will hopefully get people to work, building wind and solar projects.”

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Environmental Law Reporter

MARCH 1, 2022

Sea-Level Rise and High Tide Flooding, 1920-2020. Rachel Jean-Baptiste. Tue, 03/01/2022 - 05:30.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. Required state to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and gave broad authority to CARB to implement the standard. To help you keep track, here is a timeline of California’s most important actions.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This Advisory is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice. This newsletter is our seventh annual review of significant state court decisions relevant for private company M&A transactions and related governance matters and disputes.

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Arnold Porter

MARCH 15, 2023

Arnold & Porter partner Matt Douglas was named to Law Week Colorado 's 2023 "Top Litigators" list, which recognizes "the leading trial attorneys in the state who had the biggest wins (and saves) in the courtroom during 2022." Douglas told Law Week Colorado that his "most rewarding cases" have been in the pro bono space.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In 2020, another trial is set to be held in St. Only three states—California, Washington, and Minnesota— have laws protecting workers from heat. Undocumented migrant farmworkers’ fears of deportation empower employers to violate the law without worry that exploited farm workers might report them to labor authorities. 10 billion.

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Environment, Law, and History

MARCH 2, 2021

I consigli di diritto europeo dei giuristi (secoli XIV-XVI) (Aracne, 2020). deal with the solutions envisaged and proposed (with greater or lesser confidence) by late medieval law doctors to the problems raised by epidemic outbreaks for, respectively, the public management of cities and the regulation of private business.

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SPR Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

On October 29, 2020, the New York City Council passed Int. No 1947-A—a bill that significantly amends the affordable housing provisions of Local Law 97 of 2019 to require more buildings to meet greenhouse gas emissions caps.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest. Feed-in tariffs are replaced by auctions for renewables. Renewables are 42% of electricity.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Stronger State Laws Needed In response to a question from the media, Gov. Shapiro said this on the need for stronger state environmental laws-- “I'd like to see our state laws be much stronger when it comes to being able to tackle pollution and contamination left behind by greedy executives.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the State of California joined the State of New York in adopting legislation that allows state authorities to bypass local laws in permitting large-scale renewable energy projects. Law § 94-c(2)(h). Credit: New York Office of Renewable Energy Siting. b)(1) (emphasis added); and. emphasis added). 94-c(4)(g).

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On March 19, 2021, Governor Newsom signed SB 95 into law. The law requires public and private employers with more than 25 employees to provide supplemental paid sick leave for absences related to COVID-19. The law applies retroactively to January 1, 2021 and is effective through September 30, 2021. Eligibility.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 7, 2024

has the indicia of an inequitable result, but as I remind my wife every time she objects to what she deems to be an outrageous jury verdict, we don’t know all the facts and the court’s gotta follow the law, so let’s not judge. The agreement would be effective in February 2020 and it would not be completed until December 2021.

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Environment, Law, and History

JANUARY 19, 2021

The recent issue of the Journal of Environmental Law has a review by Stephen Tromans of Richard Macrory's Irresolute Clay: Shaping the Foundations of Modern Environmental Law (Hart, 2020). Macrory concludes that ‘the notion of both environmental law and environmental lawyers seems now to be fully embedded in our legal system.’

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Arnold & Porter was named to the Financial Times list of "Top 20 Most Innovative Law Firms in North America" in the "Practice of Law" category. In 2018, the firm won the Financial Times award for Innovative Lawyers in the category of "Rule of Law and Access to Justice" for a high-profile gerrymandering lawsuit in Pennsylvania.

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E2 Law Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

1335 (2020), discussed in April 2020 on this blog. 10, 2022), discussed here , the plaintiff university asserted a common law state tort claim to recover damages from contamination and imposition of a restrictive covenant. So too was the state restoration claim allowed in Atlantic Richfield Co. Christian , 140 S. State Univ.

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Acoel

JULY 16, 2021

Earlier this month more than 300 professors and graduate students throughout the world participated in the first virtual colloquium of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) Academy of Environmental Law. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Academy in 2020, for the first time in its history, postponed its colloquium.

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