Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

In particular, Pourbaix spent years leading the development of the Keystone XL pipeline and the initial bid to have the project approved in the US, and has praised former US president Donald Trump’s approval of the pipeline and cuts to oil and gas industry regulations in the US. That followed 1,500 worker layoffs in 2015, and 440 in 2016.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Germany agrees on EU regulation to make cars carbon neutral by 2035 (either zero emissions or net-zero). Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 6, 2023

Briefly, in 2016 a local environmental group, Project Monterey County, sponsored a voter initiative–titled “Measure Z”–that qualified for the local ballot and was enacted by Monterey County voters by a 56% margin. The California Court of Appeal agreed in a 2021 decision.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

more than in 2021 and 26.6% DEP’s 2022 Oil and Gas Annual Report said 5,416 notices of violation were issued to conventional operators in 2022 and 4,514 violations in 2021 and in 2015, DEP issued just 1,024 violations to conventional operators. more than in 2022 and 569.9% more than in 2015. Read more here. Read more here. 30 to Jan.

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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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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. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

increase in carbon dioxide pollution from the Commonwealth’s power plants between 2020 and 2021. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Pennsylvania’s power plants are now releasing more CO2 than they have since 2016. By Josh Raulerson, PA Environmental Council Data published in February by the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 17, 2021

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – June 17, 2021. In this blistering year in California drinking water wells are going dry in increasing numbers, rekindling memories of the historic drought of 2012 to 2016, when more than 2,600 wells across the state stopped producing water. Counties, not the state, regulate new wells.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

DEP issued conventional oil and gas operators a record total of 6,860 violations for all infractions of law and regulations in 2023, nearly 52% more than in 2021. Some go back to 2016, but the actual enforcement action took place in 2023. Read more here (2017-2021). Read more here. Read more here (2022).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

On May 18, the Public Utility Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Order proposing amendments to current regulations for the Low-Income Usage Reduction Program (LIURP) and requesting public comment. L-2016-2557886. L-2016-2557886. Zerfuss in a statement. “As For more information, visit PUC Docket No.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Background of Spanish Climate Policy In 2016, the EU ratified the Paris Agreement, which calls on Parties to submit their National Determined Contributions (NDCs) every five years. The EU presents the NDC as one Party ( Regulation (EU) 2018/842 ). compared to 2005. compared to 2005.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Light-handed fracking gas well regulation and favorable treatment of gas-burning electric generation set the stage for our increased dependency on fossil natural gas. Utilities, regulators and consumers need to make that transition to manage risks to energy security and cost spikes. Prices elsewhere in the country doubled.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Effective September 10, 2021 , the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council revised FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, and related FAR sections to address an inconsistency between that clause and the corresponding Small Business Administration (SBA) regulation at 13 C.F.R. 10, 2021).]] 10, 2021).]]

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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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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

15, 2021, incident that harmed Mikaila and another farmer is just one in a larger pattern of growing hostilities between herders and farmers in this region. At least 3,641 lives were lost to the crisis between 2016 and 2018, according to Amnesty International , with over half of the fatalities recorded in 2018 alone.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

20, 2021, the New York State Climate Action Council (Council) voted unanimously to approve the most recent draft of the scoping plan, a roadmap to achieve compliance with the state’s landmark climate law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.] .: Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued 12 unconventional shale gas drillers notices of violation for abandoning gas wells without plugging them at 35 wells pads (each with multiple wells) in 17 counties between 2016 and 2022, according to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Reporting system. Read more here. Weitz 8 - Hempfield Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

That amount is down from the 236,150 cubic feet of TENORM (Technically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) sent in 2021. From 2017 to 2022, shale gas operators sent a total of 911,006 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to low-level radioactive waste facilities for disposal. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

DEP reported in its Right To Know response just 76 conventional companies were assessed penalties for their violations over the last six years by the agency totalling $2,524,973-- between 2016 and 2021. In 2021, conventional oil and gas operators reported road dumping over 580,000 gallons of drilling wastewater. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The study included test results for 17 different dust suppressants for dirt roads and winter road treatments, including five different sources of brine water pumped from conventional oil and gas wells-- three conventional well brine waters regulated by DEP and two sources of brine water pumped from played-out conventional wells.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Led by its scoutmaster, Robert Gizinski, the Philadelphia-based troop began visiting state parks in 2016 following a camping trip at Fort Washington State Park. The troop subsequently planned routes during meetings, made reservations to camp and visited 26 parks in 2016. Posted: November 17, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In 2021, conventional oil and gas operators reported disposing of 977,671 gallons of their wastewater by road dumping. Operators reported road dumping a total of 3,259,405 gallons of their wastewater from 2018 through 2021. Road spreading of unconventional waste was banned in 2016. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. Between 2015 and 2021, 274 North American oil and gas producers filed for bankruptcy with a debt load of $177 billion. The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2022

Energy Transfer had appealed the two permits to the Environmental Hearing Board on March 12, 2021, arguing that the emissions from the plant should be considered separately rather than together. One of the two permits was issued as a result of Clean Air Council’s successful April 29, 2016 appeal of an earlier version of the permit.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

And if it has to come to Yukon, it needs to be stored safely and properly regulated.” The proposed regulation was published for comment in January 2022 when three virtual hearings were held. A final version of the regulation was discussed with DEP’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee in December. This is where fracking comes to die.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Background As recently as September 20, DEP told the Citizens Advisory Council road dumping conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater still does not meet the state’s residual waste regulations and remains illegal. In 2021, conventional oil and gas operators reported disposing of 977,671 gallons of their wastewater by road dumping.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Decree 298 of 2016 on the National Climate Change System. Law 2169 of 2021 on carbon neutrality and climate resilience. Similarly, Law 2169 of 2021 established clear minimum goals and measures to reach carbon neutrality and climate resilience. Law 1715 of 2014 on non-conventional renewable energy sources.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2022

barrels of produced water in Forest County in 2021. Tachoir Resources, a company that entered 278 records of road spreading a total of nearly 600 barrels of drilling waste in 2021 says it subcontracted the hauling to another company, Anderson Energy Services. The company reported spreading 1,004.01

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

second honors, from Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) in 2016. She is an experienced securities litigator whose work focuses on addressing climate risk and financial regulation. Felix Martin Lockman joins the Sabin Center as the 2022-2021 Climate Law Fellow. From 2021-2022, Martin clerked for the Honorable Cynthia M.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Since 2016, ACCD has established more than 17 acres of riparian buffers, or young streamside forests of native trees and shrubs, across 11 municipalities to protect water resources, stabilize streambanks and provide wildlife habitat. These trees will help reduce flooding and water pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2022

From 2016 to 2021, DEP approved 752 plans for the permanent disposal of drill cuttings at oil and gas well drilling sites through the decades-old practice of “dusting”-- forcefully blowing drill cuttings on the ground around their drilling sites, according to DEP’s response to a Right To Know request. Read more here. Code Section 78a.61(d)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2023

That intentionally is a broad mandate, so it makes sense that Department of Environmental Protection regulations protecting the environment also must be broad. The amendment states: “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.”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Wolf directed the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an evaluation of how it regulates conventional oil and gas wells to prevent new abandoned wells, tighten review of permit transfers, review compliance with environmental safeguards and make recommendations for changes and actions, including criminal sanctions. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

From 2016 through 2022, DEP issued NOVs for abandoning wells without plugging them to not just to a few companies, but to 256 separate conventional oil and gas companies. Conventional oil and gas operators racked up 4,386 violations of environmental regulations in calendar year 2021 alone. Read more here. Read more here.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 19, 2021

The changes that were recently announced by the US Securities and Exchange Commission to the threshold dollar amounts for the net worth and assets under management requirements to qualify as a “qualified client” under the US Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Advisers Act) will come into effect on August 16, 2021.

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