Environment Next

JULY 22, 2021

On July 21, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the PFAS Action Act of 2011 , requiring EPA to establish nationwide drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, two of the thousands of PFAS compounds. Senate, where an earlier version of the bill had passed in January 2021, but ultimately died.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Winter is once again here, bringing great festivities and respite via holidays, but also great worries to energy regulators, grid operators, and communities about dangerous winter storms that can spread across large parts of the United States and negatively affect electric grid reliability. Source: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On April 29, 2021, the departments of Justice, Commerce and Treasury announced that they had reached a global resolution with SAP SE (SAP), a multinational software company based in Germany, resulting from the company’s disclosure of the fact that it had provided software to users in Iran in violation of export and sanctions regulations.[[N:

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Nanotech

JULY 29, 2021

As reported in our May 7, 2021, blog item , the European Commission (EC) recently held a targeted stakeholder consultation to update, test, and verify the preliminary findings of its review of the 2011 Recommendation on the definition of a nanomaterial.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

At RePlanet Nederland, we are delighted that the European Commission has proposed, on December 31, 2021, to include nuclear energy in the sustainable finance taxonomy. The following elements of the Regulation proposal are dealt with in this review. of the proposal) and for existing installation only until 2040 (see §4.28).

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Nanotech

JUNE 4, 2021

On May 31, 2021, the European Union (EU) Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) published a Nanopinion entitled “ Updating our language: why we should not paint all nanoforms with the same brush ” by Chiara Venturini, Director General of the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA). Venturini reviews how the EU’s language has evolved.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017, and Hurricane Irma in 2021 were all accompanied by the same question. A decade ago, a review of nearly 12,000 studies conducted between 1991 and 2011 found that 97.2 A 2021 analysis of more than 88,000 studies since 2012 now finds 99.9

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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. DEP regulations at 25 Pa Code Chapter 287.8

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 14, 2021

December 14, 2021. California began regulating the chemical in 2017, setting the allowable limit for its presence in drinking water at the tiniest, detectable amount, or 5 parts per trillion — a testament to its toxicity. McGhee blamed state regulators for the slow progress. Why Are Solutions So Slow?

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Renewable + Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

On October 21, 2021, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved a rule that creates requirements for power companies to better prepare for winter weather. 3, effective June 8, 2021, is a multi-pronged law that attempts to make the Texas energy system more resilient to the effects of extreme winter weather events.

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Renewable + Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

On October 21, 2021, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved a rule that creates requirements for power companies to better prepare for winter weather. 3, effective June 8, 2021, is a multi-pronged law that attempts to make the Texas energy system more resilient to the effects of extreme winter weather events.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Steve Chester. On September 30, 2021, U.S. EPA’s current policy on tribal consultation is set forth in the May 4, 2011 “EPA Policy on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribes.” That certainly would be an important development worthy of a future ACOEL posting.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 17, 2021

After fiscal year (FY) 2020, when the Office of the Whistleblower (OWB) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) awarded a record-breaking $175 million to 39 individuals, FY 2021 has proven to be even more active. The OWB’s activity in the first half of 2021 continues the uptick in awards seen in 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 11, 2022

Czech Republic v Poland (Mine de Turów, ECLI:EU:C:2021:420, ECLI:EU:C:2021:752, ECLI:EU:C:2022:74 ) concerned the operation of a lignite mine in Poland. In February 2021, the Czech Republic asked the CJEU for interim measures, requesting the immediate closure of the lignite mine. However, the case also holds climate aspects.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gas prices: Without a cap, the flood of bio-based diesel into California will continue, requiring a rapid increase in stringency to stabilize LCFS credit markets, sending 2030 stringency from the 30 percent proposed in the regulation to 34.5 The lower stringency results in lower costs and reduced economic impact of the regulation.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

In 2021, the country produced 610 million tons of coal, half of which was exported, at a value of US$29.6 It is important to note that once a mining permit is issued in a forested area, there must be deforestation, but the problem is that current mining regulations in Indonesia still allow such a thing to happen.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. Both courts took the position that the regulation of GHG emissions was a policy issue. As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 28, 2021

According to the SEC’s order, Guggenheim’s compliance manual included language prohibiting employees from initiating contact with any regulator without prior approval from Guggenheim’s legal or compliance department, and the firm included similar language in its annual compliance training materials. ” 17 C.F.R.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 4, 2024

If and when fossil fuel assets become stranded and lose their value due to government regulation and changes in the energy sector, pension funds are going to be some of the hardest hit financial entities. In 2022 , the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP) alone had $21.72 billion invested in fossil fuels.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

On March 4, 2021, the Commission announced the creation of the Climate and ESG Task Force in its Division of Enforcement, which is comprised of 22 enforcement attorneys and specialists who will analyze disclosure and compliance issues relating to “investment advisers’ and funds’ ESG strategies. 15 U.S.C.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Grid Safety: How Cost-of-Service Ratemaking Creates Tension Between Regulators and Utilities and Slows Grid Hardening By: Michael Murphy and Professor Genevieve Byrne The number of wildfires each year is increasing, which cost billions of dollars in damage and take hundreds of lives. In Maine, it is.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The petition submitted to the EQB says average well plugging costs from 2011 through 2020 for unconventional wells was about $83,000. Read more here. Following the law, the EQB is directed to act to keep bond amounts at pace with well plugging costs.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 3, 2022

In a lengthy, but mostly unpublished, opinion filed December 16, 2021, the Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s judgment rejecting a petitioner group’s CEQA, Planning and Zoning Law, and procedural due process/fair hearing challenges to the City of San Diego’s approval of a four-lane road connecting existing developments.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

The Borello’s continuous complaints to DEP, county and local officials and to the Office of Attorney General resulted in the Attorney General starting an investigation of the CNX Pigging Station in January 2019 that resulted in successfully bringing criminal charges against CNX for the station’s operations that were resolved in December 2021.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

EPA MATS Regulatory Impact Analysis, 2011. Based on EPA’s emissions trends data, fossil-based electric generation sources have achieved more than their fair share of “good neighbor” emission reductions: From 1995-2021 … annual emissions of NOX from power plants fell by 87 percent. million tons, a reduction of 5.1

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

SMCRA established regulations for mining companies to follow, as well provided funding to clean up sites that were opened prior to 1977. In 2011, the Lancashire AMD Treatment Plant was constructed to remove iron oxide from groundwater pumped from the Lancashire No. 15 mine before discharging it into the West Branch. “I

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. A native of Chilean Patagonia, Boric became known as one of the leaders of the country’s student protests of 2011. Photo credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2022

It was drilled by Atlas from 2011 to 2012. In June of 2021 DEP issued five violations against Diversified for this well, including failure to contain production fluid and a failure to plug the well upon abandonment,” said Jain. It produced gas copiously for two years and then declined very quickly.

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Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

Author: Sorcha Brennan Professor Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi for nearly 35 years, and since January 2021 she has been a Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It’s easy to regulate, it doesn’t have to be a tax.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Up in flames After recording Canada’s highest ever temperature on 29 June 2021, Lytton in British Columbia had to be evacuated as wildfires engulfed the town and destroyed most of its buildings. IOP Publishing’s Environmental Research 2021 virtual conference is free to attend and runs from 15 to 19 November. Now it’s a necessity.”.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

More Background Since March 2011, the state Department of Health has been attempting to document health complaints of residents initially in unconventional oil and gas drilling areas and maintains a Health Complaints Registry. Click Here for a copy of the Plan. Of Health Awards $2.5 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 Why Does It Matter?

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Since the country began regulating abandoned mines in 1977 under the Abandoned Mine Land program, the country spent $5 billion, and about $400 million in the Illinois basin, to repair clogged and polluted streams, recontour steep highwalls, and reforest denuded landscapes. In 2021, the fee was lowered by an additional 20 percent.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

In 2021 and 2022, if you wanted to buy an EV you might be on a waiting list for many months or even years which in turn drove aggressive projections by automakers for future years sales. If there’s one thing that’s been tough for regulators to predict in setting industry-wide vehicle standards, it’s the pace and extent of innovation.

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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] This piece previously appeared in the CLS Blue Sky Blog.

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