Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2022

Private utilities with multistate territories are accepted by state regulators. Insufficient transmission contributed to the awful power outages in Texas in February 2021 that left more than 200 people dead. The federal government’s role is dominant in interstate commerce and the flow of electricity between states.

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Capaccio

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The Administrative Council on Toxics Use Reduction has voted to amend regulation 301 CMR 41: Toxic or Hazardous Substance List (TURA List) to add the Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Not Otherwise Listed (PFAS NOL) category. . Manufacture or process 25,000lb/year, or otherwise use 10,000lb/year, of PFAS NOL, as a category .

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 directed the U.S. The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law ’s latest paper, Permitting CO 2 Pipelines: Assessing the Landscape of Federal and State Regulations , assesses the legal framework for developing CO 2 pipelines to support DAC Hub projects.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

This divides them into three different categories: plastics, ferrous materials, and non-ferrous materials (also called black mass). This group consists of automotive and battery manufacturers, government agency representatives, and public interest groups. Slattery et al. First reused and repurposed, then recycled.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update (Draft Scoping Plan) for public review and comment. While in May 2021 LCFS Credits were trading for an average price of $190, [6] in the week of May 23-29, 2022, CARB reports an average Credit price of $105.03. [7] By Joshua T.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

The rule also bases its emissions disclosure standards on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, which classifies emissions in three categories. Stronger steering by regulators and policymakers has the potential to close this gap.”. Investors—and the public—deserve stability and certainty. Make Your Voice Heard!

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2021

FDA’s decision to issue this investigator-specific guidance follows publication of a draft sponsor-specific safety reporting guidance in June 2021, and is part of an effort to ultimately replace the older guidance documents with role-specific guidance. 2021) (RWE Draft Guidance). A summary of these documents follows below.

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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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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 12, 2021

This question, and FDA’s discretion to determine a product’s regulatory classification, was at the heart of the DC Circuit’s April 2021 decision in Genus Med. Under the FDCA, whether a product is regulated as a drug or device turns on the intended use of the product. N: Genus Med. Food and Drug Administration, 994 F.3d

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

However, Commerce notes that most cryptographic libraries and modules themselves will likely not be impacted by this change because the mass market note (Note 3 to Category 5, Part 2 or the "Cryptography Note") specifically excludes items whose primary function is "information security.". Conclusion.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 24, 2023

In a presentation to North Carolina regulators, Duke named several specific resources it lost during the storm—all fossil fuel generators—but didn’t provide a detailed breakdown of what types of failures prompted it to begin rolling blackouts on Christmas Eve. million, and a total of 6.35 Where do we go from here?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The report looked at environmental compliance in the industry between 2017 through 2021. Overview Of Non-Compliance DEP reports between 2017 through 2021, the agency did 63,026 inspections of wells belonging to 1,512 conventional oil and gas well owners operating 34,812 wells. Evidence on this count is discouraging.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update for public review and comment. Regarding transportation, the Proposed Scenario envisions the rapid deployment of zero emission vehicles across all vehicle categories. By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Brian McCall.

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Acoel

MAY 28, 2021

Posted May 28, 2021 by Lloyd Landreth. The emerging contaminants such as PFAS and 1,4 dioxane, are regulated or soon to be regulated substances which will be considered public health and potential environmental risks at part per trillion concentrations. The post CAN WE BLAME THIS ON THE ‘RONA? appeared first on ACOEL.

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Manning Law

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Today, the Government of Canada announced that draft regulations prohibiting certain single-use plastics have been published for public comment. It is the Government’s intention to finalize these Regulations and bring the ban into force as quickly as possible and as early as late 2022 after reviewing and considering comments received.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Interior’s authority to regulate offshore wind comes from the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which amended the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to expressly authorize Interior to issue leases for renewable energy projects in federal waters. The Construction and Operations Plan for this project was approved by BOEM in 2021. federal waters.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

in 2021, according to LinkedIn’s Green Skills Report. According to figures from the LinkedIn report, in 2021 there was a big jump in the number of job listings requiring green skills, with those ads accounting for half of the total, far more than the global average. The share of green employment in the global total rose from 9.6%

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Arnold Porter

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The deadline to submit comments is November 8, 2021. Definitions and Categories. Although each of the topic areas merits and likely will receive commentary, the questions raised in certain of those areas stand out as ones that beg for public input. Topics Outlined in the Invitation. Key Questions.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In the global effort to protect the earth’s climate, the pace of regulation is rivaled only by the speed of technological innovation. While the SEC’s climate disclosure rules are pending, and will probably face litigation when final, regulations from other agencies and jurisdictions are likely to affect U.S.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2022

TOC has been billed as a double-win : it encourages new housing to be located near public transit—a boon for climate, local air pollution, and traffic—and it creates more “affordable housing.”. There’s a lot of talk about affordable housing in the world of public policy, and it is occasionally combined with environmental programs.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2022

From 2016 to 2021, DEP issued 4,193 notices of violation to conventional drillers for attempting to abandon their wells. million annual funding deficit, nearly half of the approximately $25 million it costs to regulate conventional and unconventional drilling. Read more here. Read more here. The Oil and Gas Program faces a $10.5

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Sponsors, target companies, their respective directors and officers, and their investment banks would be well advised to anticipate the likelihood of increasing and enhanced scrutiny of SPACs by the plaintiffs’ bar and regulators. Only after a public listing of UMG would PSTH investors receive a distribution of UMG shares.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On March 2, 2021, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law the Consumer Data Protection Act (the VCDPA or the Act), making Virginia the second state, following California, to grant consumers broad privacy rights with respect to their personal information as collected by businesses both within and outside the state.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 3, 2020

identifies issues that need to be addressed, determines alternatives that would correct the issues, studies any potential environmental issues, complies with environmental regulations, and involves the public throughout the process. and to give the public the opportunity to review and comment on the document. forthcoming 2021.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 9, 2021

On December 8, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took a key step toward implementing the highly anticipated beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Comments on the Proposed Rule will close on February 7, 2022.

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 21, 2022

In October 2021, we discussed the U.S. For example: In June 2021, Belgian security firm G4S Secure Solutions NV agreed to plead guilty to criminal antitrust conspiracy and agreed to pay a $15 million criminal fine;[[N:Press Release, U.S. 18, 2021), [link]. ]] pled guilty to rigging bids for U.S. 16, 2021), [link]. ]].

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The Corporate Transparency Act, adopted as part of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (the “Act”), will require certain business entities (defined as “reporting companies”) to disclose to the U.S. Reporting will not begin until the Treasury adopts regulations, which the Act mandates must be done by January 1, 2022.

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Acoel

MAY 24, 2023

This law, adopted in 2021, empowers private claimants to sue individuals who assist women seeking an abortion in Texas (or, arguably, outside the state) and recover a statutory award of $10,000 per abortion (plus costs). The Texas Supreme Court said no , and the case faded from public view soon afterward when the U.S. Wade in 2022.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The Corporate Transparency Act, adopted as part of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (the “Act”), will require certain business entities (defined as “reporting companies”) to disclose to the U.S. Reporting will not begin until the Treasury adopts regulations, which the Act mandates must be done by January 1, 2022.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Section 14 of Senate Bill 582 d irects DEQ and the EMC to replace the current general permit (in effect since December 1, 2021) with the previous version of NCG530000. Reverting to the earlier permit will eliminate water quality monitoring requirements for nitrogen and phosphorus that were added to the permit in 2021. EPA and the U.S.

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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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Brag

JANUARY 11, 2022

On December 10, 2021, the Biden Administration released its Fall 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. More information on the rulemaking is available in our July 29, 2021, memorandum ; Revisions to the TSCA Fees Rule ( 2070-AK64 ): In January 2021, EPA proposed updates and adjustments to the 2018 TSCA Fees Rule.

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Law Columbia

MAY 19, 2023

Since President Biden took office in January 2021, his administration has been proactive in its efforts to fulfill his campaign promise to place climate issues at the forefront of his presidential agenda. and its economy, infrastructure, and markets.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Included as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ,[[N:H.R. HHS will further define the IDR process via upcoming regulation. The federal No Surprises Act does not include a preemption clause, meaning the new federal law does not replace or supersede any existing state laws regulating surprise medical bills.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. He argued the defendants’ activities amount to torts of public nuisance and negligence, and also raised a novel claim asserting that the defendants have a climate duty. As this open-ended definition suggests, public nuisance is a slippery tort.

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

News - Best Lawyers has named Arnold & Porter as a "Law Firm of the Year" in the "Litigation - Environmental" category. Arnold & Porter's was also named "Law Firm of the Year" in the "Environmental Law" category in 2021. Financial Services Regulation Law. Public Finance Law. Securities Regulation.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 10, 2021

On December 8, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a notice as an initial step in addressing potential money laundering vulnerabilities associated with non-financed transactions in the US real estate market.[[N: N: Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Real Estate Transactions , 86 Fed. 29, 2021).]].

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