Energy & the Law

APRIL 19, 2021

Texas lien law in some cases does not require the filing of a financing statement for priority perfection. Until the Bill is passed Texas producers who do not file a financing statement (even though Section 9.343 does not require one for automatic perfection), could be in the same losing position as those unfortunates in First River.

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Washington Nature

MARCH 27, 2024

The TNC in Washington staff relied on this perspective when crafting the Equity Statement , adopted in 2020 and later the Statement of Commitment to Indigenous Peoples. "In In the case of both of these statements, I so respected the way the staff managed the process," Maud said.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Army Corps will prepare an environmental impact statement for a proposed tunnel across the Straits of Mackinac that would house Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline. The Office of Climate Change and Health Equity released its August outlook. FEMA will soon open the application process for $2.3 billion in infrastructure resilience grants.

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Law and Environment

JULY 13, 2021

In October 2020, five of New England’s governors issued a joint statement demanding changes from ISO-NE. Shortly thereafter, NESCOE published a visioning document , expanding the governors’ statement. A high-level summary of these recommendations, and recommendations concerning equity and environmental justice, are provided below.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Decarbonization ordinances and equity The hard work of electrifying our buildings and phasing out gas infrastructure was on full display. Daniel Carpenter-Gold writes about how to make equity part of the building decarbonization policies. Newsom recently signed a new law to improve groundwater adjudications like this one.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2023

The PUC voted 5-0 to publish the proposed policy statement for public comment. The proposed policy statement acknowledges that electricity-storage assets can assist in various engineered reliability solutions. DeFrank in a joint statement at the meeting.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Dubai, UAE – Today at COP28 Canada joined eight other countries in signing a Joint Ministerial Statement on Fossil Fuel Subsidies , to address inaction on a 14 year old commitment to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies. COP28 must deliver on energy and equity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2024

The comment praises NIH for assigning efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion to high-level officials, but highlights reports indicating NIH investigations into grantees’ spending and disclosures have led to the profiling and silencing of Asian American scientists and the chilling of collaboration between scientists in the US and China.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

It directs the Public Utility Commission to make special provision for rates to take into account the needs of “low-income customers and other economic, social equity or environmental justice factors.” House Bill 2475 is aimed at controlling rate burdens on customers. House Bill 3141 is the final piece of the package.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

“Today marks an important step in the process of allowing flexible, distributed resources to participate in the reliability of the electric system through markets at PJM,” noted PUC Vice Chair Kimberly Barrow in a joint statement with PUC Chairman Stephen M. Documents related to this rulemaking can be found at PUC Docket No.:

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2024

The provision prohibits agency scientists from making statements that “could be construed as being judgments of, or recommendations on” agency policy unless they have secured prior approval.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

His experiences have created an unwavering conviction that a movement is only made strong through diversity—and that strengthening any group you join through diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) work is always ongoing and never completed.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 14, 2023

The report, which cited numerous examples of political appointees stifling agency research, was accompanied by a statement signed by more than 60 top scientists , including 20 Nobel laureates, denouncing the Bush administration’s misuse of science. Over the next four years, 15,000 more scientists added their names in support.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Some folks have made a link between this statement and the emission reporting requirements which uses GWP-100 to covert different gases to a CO2-equivalent to suggest that we should be aiming for net-zero emissions of CO2-e. Article 4, section 1. This could be interpreted in different ways.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2024

The comment praises NIH for assigning efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion to high-level officials, but highlights reports indicating NIH investigations into grantees’ spending and disclosures have led to the profiling and silencing of Asian American scientists and the chilling of collaboration between scientists in the US and China.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

These are institutions that integrate considerations of equity and diversity into their mission statements and day-to-day operations.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In 2020, women and femmes of color on staff raised these concerns, and their legacy lives within the chapter’s current equity statement, which is divided into two areas of focus: First, the statement commits to Indigenous-led and equitable conservation practices going forward. Photo of Marie Angeles by Abdirahman Mohamed.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

It is also encouraging for the plan to explicitly mention unions, workers’ rights, Indigenous rights, equity, and social dialogue. Both were key elements to successful fair transitions in other jurisdictions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In February 2004, UCS sent a statement to the administration, initially signed by more than 60 prominent scientists, former government officials, and university presidents and department chairs, calling on it to restore scientific integrity to the federal policymaking process. Scientific integrity is also an equity and justice issue.

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NAEP Leadership Blog

AUGUST 10, 2020

This is not a political statement – it is very much the opposite. At times we may seem isolated here in Idaho, isolated from the unrest around the nation; but I find it difficult to ignore (and we shouldn’t) the human concerns being expressed across the U.S. and the world.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

” The proposed rules , which will be open for a 30-day public comment period, would (i) require large advisers to hedge funds and private equity funds to file reports within one business day of the occurrence of certain reporting events, (ii) lower the reporting threshold for large private equity advisers from $2 billion to $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

“Today marks an important step in the process of allowing flexible, distributed resources to participate in the reliability of the electric system through markets at PJM,” noted PUC Vice Chair Kimberly Barrow this morning, in a joint statement with PUC Chairman Stephen M. Documents related to this rulemaking can be found at PUC Docket No.:

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 11, 2021

Churchill, as the sponsor, received founders shares representing the right to purchase 20% of the equity of the SPAC for nominal consideration and the voting Class B stock, which gave it Board control. The plaintiff claims that the disclosure in the proxy statement regarding the merger with Multiplan Corp. III, et al.,

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 9, 2022

As part of the Accelerator Summit, five cities submitted “ opportunity statements ” to potential partners and funders which included a description of their specific needs and the challenges they want to address. These statements also included project outlines and anticipated support needed to carry out the plans.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For instance, the organizations noted that HHS’s draft policy contains a problematic prohibition against scientists making statements that “could be construed as being judgments of, or recommendations on” agency policy. Looking ahead: Several more agencies should release draft policies for comment before the end of the year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Let Dr. Cleetus’ last statement sink in: the science, solutions, and paths forward are well documented—therefore state and local decisions on deploying the resources really, really matter. 3- All six states aligned least with the Framework’s Equity and Community Needs principles. .

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The investigation found that over 100 international entities — including investment and private equity firms, private businesses, and pension funds — control the majority of England’s 15 big water and sewage companies. According to research from the Guardian, 72 percent of England’s water sector is owned by foreign shareholders.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In response to its release, their respective leaders issued the following statements: Choose Clean Water Coalition Director Kristin Reilly said: "We are thrilled to join our many partners in releasing the Pennsylvania Clean Water Legislative Briefing Book.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

The legislation establishes a new duty for the government to uphold the principles of environmental justice, intergenerational equity, and non-regression. The right to a healthy environment will be recognized for the first time under federal law.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Board’s statement that there will not be a regulatory alternative to subsidizing dairy methane capture and utilization is not simply a comment on material conditions in the dairy industry; it is a decree by CARB. CARB can regulate dairy methane.

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Breezometer

JUNE 1, 2021

With over 96% of people now living in areas with a mobile phone signal, human-centered design is also seen as a way to help close global health equity gaps and is driving the digital health revolution of recent years. How to Pursue a Health-focused Mission Statement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

Responding to a letter UCS and nine other organizations sent this spring , the US Geological Survey (USGS) recently outlined the notable progress it has made toward advancing equity and inclusiveness in scientific integrity and science advice.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In an era demanding environmental action and equity, students are advancing community-centered climate solutions through collaborative research, education, civic engagement and public programming. The delegates put in so much work to create our final statement, which was a huge success.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

The draft contains several revisions that bring the process more up to date with advances in economic and policy analysis, and it instructs agencies to consider the distributional and equity impacts of their proposals. It does identify individuals responsible for responding to allegations and holding perpetrators accountable.

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ESA

APRIL 25, 2022

Equity : Federal agencies, including scientific agencies, released equity action plans, in accordance with a Biden Executive Order: The National Science Foundation equity action plan includes a plan to expand collection of and tracking of awardee demographic data and extending harassment prevention efforts. ‘I

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 30, 2023

It is our hope that this bill will become law before the summer so that the important work of developing a national strategy on environmental racism and environmental justice can begin.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Students Get Inside Look At $26 Million Plan To Treat Mine Drainage Pollution, Revive Blacklick Creek -- Altoona Mirror: Sediment Reduction Project On Beaverdam Branch, juniata River Makes Progress -- Guest Essay: Guardians Of The Susquehanna: The Vital Role Of The Susquehanna River Basin Commission - By Gene G.

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