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Spaceflight and the Environment: NASA’s NEPA Process

Vermont Law

What is NEPA? NEPA) in 1970 to set the environmental policy for the United States. the quality of the human and natural environment triggers the procedural process of NEPA. NEPA process, but each follows the same general principles. NEPA process. NASA and NEPA. appropriate level of NEPA review.

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CEQ Recommends Carbon Capture Policy Fixes to Congress for the Path Ahead

Arnold Porter

Streamline NEPA Review : CCS projects (including infrastructure) that entail federal approval or funding will require review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). For a massive build-out of carbon capture capacity to be achieved in an efficient manner, streamlining the NEPA process will be key.

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Rethinking the Willow Project: Did BLM Have Other Options?

Law Columbia

The land covered by ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A leases falls into the second category. stimulations of th[e] lease, [and] the Secretary of the Interior’s regulations and formal orders.” (It For example, BLM has previously said that ConocoPhillips’ leases entitle it to extract oil and gas resources, “subject to regulation.”

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The New Environmental Rights Amendment to the New York Constitution

E2 Law Blog

It may give the polluted-upon person a right to insist that the government consider the pollution before allowing the polluting facility to operate or before funding the polluting facility, and it may even create an obligation on the part of the government to regulate the existing polluting facility. July 21, 2021). Comm’n , 83 A.3d

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

May 17, 2021). May 24, 2021); Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) May 24, 2021); Shell Oil Products Co., May 24, 2021). June 2, 2021). The fossil fuel companies removed the case in March 2021, citing five grounds for removal, including the federal officer removal statute. May 19, 2021). June 3, 2021).

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

July 15, 2021). July 1, 2021). Ninth Circuit Affirmed Rejection of NEPA Challenges to Immigration Policies. July 19, 2021). July 16, 2021). On July 30, 2021, the district court (which previously determined that the revocation of the permit did not render the case moot) denied the developers’ motion to dismiss.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

June 15, 2021). June 16, 2021). On June 14, 2021, the U.S. On June 23, 2021, Chevron Corporation filed notice in the district court of its voluntary dismissal of third-party complaints against the energy company Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil ASA). June 14, 2021). June 28, 2021). June 25, 2021).

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