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Fifth Circuit Confirms Right to Jury Trial Under the Oil Pollution Act

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May 26, 2022), the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Seventh Amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial for defendants facing subrogation and recoupment claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (the “OPA”).

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Will New Litigation Pressure Energy & Industrial Infrastructure to Prepare for Climate Change?

Law Columbia

The escalating costs of damages from extreme weather events, many exacerbated by climate change, makes poignant a question with a serious price tag: who will be on the hook to pay for climate damages? Photo Credit: United States Coast Guard, PA2 James Dillard.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

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After the 2014 Toledo water crisis, the binational International Joint Commission tried to put a price tag on the event. The resulting study placed this figure at about $65 million: the bloom lopped about $20 million dollars off of tourism, recreation, and the local housing stock, plus $4 million for water treatment. .

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Lawmakers propose increasing royalties for off- and on-shore oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters. This bill allows fishermen to exchange lionfish tails for fishing tags for other species. EPA – Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a bill ( H.R.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

ESA

Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have expressed concerns over the total price tag of the budget reconciliation bill. . The bill repels 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.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.3.22

PA Environment Daily

-- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Who Is Protecting Taxpayers?

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ESA Policy News: August 16, 2021

ESA

Both Senators voted for a procedural motion to advance consideration of the bill but have expressed concerns about the total price tag. This division s responsible for criminal and civil cases to enforce environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

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