Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. In signing these bills, the Governor touted the state as the most aggressive actor on climate in the nation. Clean Energy.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Coal mine reclamation has become a flashpoint in the partisan divide over fossil fuel use. Photo © Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The issue boils down to the fact that the government is not collecting enough money to pay for cleanup. . By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — October 6, 2022.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

OTTAWA | Unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People — With Canada’s 2021 federal election just five weeks away, a coalition of 34 Canada’s leading environmental organizations are calling on everyone in Canada to vote on September 20 — and when they do, vote for a green and just recovery from COVID-19.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

The world is moving away from fossil fuels. With renewable energy, like solar and wind, becoming cheaper and easier to scale up, there has never been a better moment for governments to transition away from the fossil fuel industry and its destructive impacts on the environment, the climate and communities.

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Congress passes stopgap measure to fund the government through Feb. Appropriations: The House of Representatives and the Senate voted to pass a stop-gap funding measure to keep the government funded through Feb. 18, 2022, averting a government shutdown. 2750 ) in June 2021. In this issue: Apply for the 2022 Katherine S.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

– Daniel Carpenter-Gold joins us as a Shapiro Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy for 2021-23. – Heather Dadashi joins us as an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy for 2021-23, where she will pursue projects related to sea-level rise, water, and climate change. Dadashi earned her J.D. So earned her J.D.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

The Intergovernmental Panel on Panel on Climate Change released its sixth assessment report , ahead of the UN Conference of Parties Climate Meeting in Glasglow, Scotland in October and November 2021. by George Cahlink, E&E Daily, 8/12/2021 . Energy and Natural Resources. Allocation : $198 billion. Chair : Sen.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The bill repeals section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. For the first time, the pact calls for a “phase down” the use of coal and fossil fuel subsidies. degrees Celsius.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Other Key Sources Business and Human Rights Resource Centre's profile on Coca-Cola - UK-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is an NGO that employs researchers on five continents who work with activists, companies and governments alike to advance human rights in business by eradicating abuse.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 26, 2021

If Summer 2021 has made anything clear, its that we can no longer deny the truth: Climate change is a present day threat, not a distant probability. These truths all point to one direction: Canada needs to rapidly come up with a transition plan to phase out fossil fuel production without compromising on prosperity and community wellness.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Yet this Administration, along with others before it, has deliberately blinkered its review of the climate impacts of massive fossil fuel extraction projects like this one, in a way that allows federal agencies to conclude that these projects won’t jeopardize species. And there will certainly be more litigation.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The final bill includes just eight additional amendments, each of which added language to the bill but did not modify any of the initial provisions of the bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in mid-May 2021. by Annie Snider, Alex Gullien, Kelsey Tamborrino and Anthony Adragna, PoliticoPro, 6/11/2021.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Landscape ecologist Lisa Schulte Moore receives 2021 MacArthur fellowship. by Zack Colman, PoliticoPro, 10/6/2021. Jared Huffman (D-CA), who a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee, is a co-sponsor of this bill. European countries agree to protects parts of the North Atlantic to conserve seabird species.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2022

CNRL (Canadian Natural Resource Limited) $3.502 billion. In Q2 of 2021, Suncor net earnings were $868 million, CNRL’s were $1.551 billion, Imperial Oil with $366 million, and Cenovus at $1.365 billion. Governments in Canada already give huge subsidies to the oil & gas industry ( see our running list of federal subsidies ).

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

House passes stop-gap federal government funding measure, fate in the Senate remains unclear. Appropriations: House Democrats approved a stop-gap spending measure to keep the government open after fiscal year ends Sept. bill for natural disaster response, recovery and resiliency. 2021 (Oct. 4, 2021 ( correction ).

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. On August 4, 2021, the Montana First Judicial District Court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss in Held v. Not so in the United States. Most recently, in the famous Juliana v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Two decades after the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) redefined the term “scientific integrity,” the White House issued its first-ever scientific integrity policy in May as a model for all government agencies and departments to protect federal scientists from political interference. Are any states particularly good?

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Assembly Bill 525 (AB 525, Chiu, Chapter 231, Statutes of 2021) lent momentum to the development of offshore wind in the state by identifying important next steps that the CEC should take in coordination with other agencies. Some important foundations for offshore wind, a new but growing industry in California, had already been laid.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2021

The House Natural Resources Committee gets an update on drought conditions in the western states. Jared Huffman (D-CA), speaking at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on drought in the western states. government water policy. Senate Republicans increase water spending in their infrastructure counteroffer.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 29, 2021

2021 is already poised to offer substantial growth in the area of carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”). The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (“ H.R. One such initiative authorizes the establishment of a Carbon Capture Technology Program within the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy.

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Brag

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Government Accountability Office (GAO) posted a WatchBlog item entitled “ Can Chemical Recycling Reduce Plastic Pollution? ” on October 5, 2021. The item looks at GAO’s September 2021 Science & Tech Spotlight: Advanced Plastic Recycling. What are the potential benefits and challenges of these approaches?

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The Trump administration proposed steep cuts across the government in its president’s budget request, especially to scientific and environmental programs. billion for the National Institute of Agriculture, including $700 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, which represents a $265 million increase over FY 2021 levels.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

The European Commission proposes replacing natural gas from any source in key sectors of its energy economy, dramatically expanding energy efficiency, renewables “instead of funding the fossil fuel industry elsewhere.” They want energy jobs in the EU. Let's dash into renewable energy at lightning speed.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 30, 2023

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 13 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For Newberry Twp.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

The regulatory decisions made by the Governments of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile in the following months and years will set the course for the lithium industry, with significant consequences for the planet’s future. The world will need large amounts of lithium to reduce fossil fuel emissions drastically. million tons by 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 2, 2022

Title 42 of the United State Code deals with topics from environmental protection to civil rights and includes laws that require the federal government to analyze and mitigate the impact of its actions. The Natural Resource Defense Council and United Auto Workers have filed a similar third lawsuit in New York.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 29, 2021

2021 is already poised to offer substantial growth in the area of carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”). The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (“ H.R. One such initiative authorizes the establishment of a Carbon Capture Technology Program within the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2022

In spite of breathlessly urgent statements by Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry and their politicians about the need to ramp-up drilling in the Commonwealth, DEP’s latest Weekly Oil And Gas Workload Report shows 25.6 The PennEast Pipeline is most often cited by natural gas politicians as an example of a project canceled in Pennsylvania.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

EPA’s response to the petitions is due June 3, 2021. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp. On April 15, 2021, federal defendants, defendant-intervenors, and environmental groups filed a stipulation for dismissal of appeals of a district court’s November 2020 decision finding that the U.S. West Virginia v. 20-1530 (U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

According to estimates from the Natural Resources Defense Council, Pennsylvania has missed out on more than $1.67 October 2021 On October 4, 2021, Sen. The Republicans on the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee have yet to hold the hearings Sen. Comitta suggested in 2021. Thank you.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. New Jersey Federal Court Remanded Hoboken’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies to State Court. Federal Court Stayed Remand Order in Minnesota’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Industry, Denied Attorney Fees. 20, 2021), No. 20-1045 (D.C.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

July 15, 2021). July 1, 2021). The plaintiffs—identified as environmentalists, environmental groups, natural resource conservation groups, and cattle ranchers—alleged, among other things, that the immigration actions resulted in increased greenhouse gas emissions. Whitewater Draw Natural Resource Conservation District v.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This report is used by federal and provincial governments developing public policy, energy companies making decisions about future directions, and investors trying to figure out where to put their money. Energy Futures 2021 has two main projections of Canada’s future energy needs. Success on climate change nowhere to be found.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In the U.S. million in 2013.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Tribal leaders are suing on behalf of wild rice, using the “rights of nature” legal theory to argue that Line 3’s construction violates the crop’s inherent rights to flourish. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — September 3, 2021. Crops are dying. Livestock is being culled. Communities are running out of water.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In the U.S. million in 2013.

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