Legal Planet

DECEMBER 5, 2023

That announcement came from EPA Administrator Michael Regan in the form of a final methane rule by his agency, which takes effect next year. Also on Saturday in Dubai, about a dozen philanthropies announced they will invest $450 million over the next three years to help countries launch national actions to tackle methane. Not at COP28?

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Harmful algal blooms now rank with climate change as a systemic ecological threat and a severe public policy challenge. More than $400 million has been spent by the federal government to support water quality monitoring networks and cutting-edge science about the sources of contamination and their effects. Photographs by J.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2022

At the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, revelations about a toxic workplace and ethics concerns resulted in its director’s departure while the agency is in the midst of essential work to strengthen the scientific integrity infrastructure across the executive branch. Mask mandates fall as the BA.2 2 sub-variant takes over.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

As more advisory services, investment companies, and public companies have publicized their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, the U.S. Responding to public comments, and no doubt mindful of recent Supreme Court decisions on federal agency rule-making authority, the SEC may pull back on some parts of its original proposal.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

These investigation closures do not lessen the importance of environmental justice in state and federal permitting, but they do signal that, for now, Louisiana will not be required by the federal government to adopt procedural changes to address cumulative and disparate impacts on environmental justice communities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Regardless, their AGs routinely collaborate on lawsuits and other actions to attack federal environmental safeguards, especially those designed to mitigate the impact of global warming. By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2024

A new report published today by the Sabin Center examines the laws governing international transport of carbon dioxide for sequestration. The issue of cross-border shipping of carbon dioxide for sequestration is of academic and practical interest. Third, the report provides a detailed analysis of the domestic U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Last fall brought a whirlwind onslaught of legal, regulatory and policy attacks on the Greenbelt, wetlands, forests Conservation Authorities, renters, property taxpayers and good planning by the Ontario government. You won’t be surprised that our answer is a resounding “no!” They also lack roads, sewers, water lines and other infrastructure.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

Getting there requires an all-of-society approach; getting there requires leadership at all levels of government. A common challenge for all people in our states is climate change; it is easy to see that climate impacts are society-wide and reducing emissions can have positive economic outcomes. Inauguration Week. Rhode Island .

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Our 10+ years of experience in studying this issue has led us to release a public statement regarding the studies and to make a number of common sense recommendations for how governments can better defend public health." The statement from Alison L. Approximately 1.5 million Pennsylvanians live within a half mile of oil and gas wells.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 4, 2023

Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 brought a whirlwind onslaught of legal, regulatory and policy attacks on the Greenbelt, wetlands, forests, Conservation Authorities, renters, property taxpayers and good planning by the Ontario government. But what should we all do now? Should we just sit back to watch chaos and destruction unfold in our communities?

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

To conserve supplies, the group of health agencies that coordinates global vaccine distribution began administering one shot instead of the typical two doses. If the story is impacts and disaster and not resilience, then collectively, as voters and politicians, we’re not seeing the actionable and useful story,” Matthews said.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Wes Moore called for the federal government and states in the Bay region to dramatically redefine the focus and goals of the 40-year-old partnership. The Executive Council sets the top-line agenda for the Bay Program, a partnership between the federal government and the six states in the estuary’s drainage basin.

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Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

Moreover, pending litigation challenging EPA’s 2018 findings creates uncertainty regarding how a court will view EPA’s authority under this provision. Moreover, pending litigation challenging EPA’s 2018 findings creates uncertainty regarding how a court will view EPA’s authority under this provision. By Claudia M. O’Brien and Stacey L.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In case you’re curious how a group of tomorrow’s leaders are thinking about these challenges, here are some of their thoughts. Royce Hall at UCLA following a rain event, Los Angeles, CA (Charlie Nguyen, 2008, Flickr). Teaching provides a chance to see important issues anew, through our students’ eyes. –Kelsey Manes, JD 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The conventional regulations were challenged in Commonwealth Court by conventional oil and gas operators. Sharp cuts in methane emissions are among the most critical actions the United States can take in the short term to slow the rate of climate change. On December 2, the U.S. Read more here. [In

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

Despite the challenges ahead, substantial reason for optimism lies both in suggested routes to emissions reductions and adaptation of farming systems. Species and varieties that once functioned well in a given area may no longer be adapted to the warmer temperatures they experience as the climate changes.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Through CIG, public and private grantees develop the tools, technologies, and strategies to support pioneering conservation efforts on working lands, as well as develop market-based solutions to resource challenges. State, local, and tribal governments, non-governmental organizations, and individuals are all eligible to apply.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 18, 2023

Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 brought a whirlwind onslaught of legal, regulatory and policy attacks on the Greenbelt, wetlands, forests, Conservation Authorities, renters, property taxpayers and good planning by the Ontario government. A large majority also do not find the government’s messages on this issue credible.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency visited four this spring to assess any potential for water quality problems locally or for the Chesapeake Bay. Nonetheless, work in Lancaster County constitutes something of a sea change in the agency’s approach to addressing farm runoff. That may seem like a drop in the bucket.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2022

Without the commitment of the Governor and General Assembly to provide sufficient funding, there is no reasonable assurance that the needed practices will be put on the ground. The Commonwealth is also significantly behind in implementing the practices necessary to close the gap. Pennsylvania recently submitted a revised plan.

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CEQA Developments

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Without other standards or regulations specifically governing such corridors, however, wildlife movement issues were decided through County’s discretionary permitting and environmental review process. In a published opinion filed November 13, 2023, disposing of consolidated appeals, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 25, 2022

The USGS publishes a model of groundwater flow in the Grand Canyon , part of its attempt to understand the potential effects of uranium mining in the area. The Rundown. Colorado River basin states approve a plan to release more water from high-elevation reservoirs into Lake Powell , to prop up the ailing reservoir.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 7, 2022

In a 5-2 opinion filed August 1, 2022, a divided California Supreme Court held the Federal Power Act (“FPA”; 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.) County of Butte v. Department of Water Resources (2022) Cal.5th 5th , Case No. North Coast Railroad Authority (2017) 3 Cal.5th

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Washington Nature

JUNE 14, 2023

Many of us were struck by how much we didn’t—and don’t—know about the experience of Indigenous people in North America and about the depth and duration of the systematic actions taken by the U.S. government (and others) to undermine, erase and assimilate Native Nations. We are working to approach this learning with humility.

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CEQA Developments

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cal-Am’s Multi-Component, Cross-Jurisdictional Water Supply Project Cal-Am is a CPUC-regulated investor-owned water utility that supplies water to much of the Monterey Peninsula, a semi-arid area prone to frequent drought conditions that is heavily reliant on historically over drafted groundwater aquifers for its water supply.

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CEQA Developments

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Recent cases such as League to Save Lake Tahoe Mountain Area Preservation Foundation v. In the words of the document itself, “This guidance is designed to help lead agencies comply with the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code, section 21000 et seq. County of Placer (2022) 75 Cal.App.5th

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HumanNature

MARCH 28, 2023

All these and more are values associated to the areas in which residential land use mixes with wilderness. It is a dream for many, and a dream came true for increasingly more people around the world who decided they had enough of their crowded and stressful city lives and moved into these areas. And we love these spaces!

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Constitution, the legislature adopts the laws under which state agencies operate, but responsibility for implementing those laws rests with executive branch agencies like DEQ. Aside from the constitutional issue, legislative intervention in a permitting action sets a precedent for direct political intervention in permit decisions.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 21, 2023

In a published opinion filed March 8, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Division 8) affirmed the trial court’s judgment denying writ relief in a lawsuit challenging approval of a CEQA-exempt eldercare facility project in Pacific Palisades, an oceanside area of the City of Los Angeles.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 21, 2024

This forum was principally aimed at addressing the digital challenges anticipated in the forthcoming 2018 Elections. The council's meetings facilitated a synergetic dialogue among experts, media outlets, fact-checking agencies, and digital platforms, all converging with the TSE.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 13, 2021

With a changing of the guard in Washington and the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, enforcement of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been relatively quiet so far this year. FCPA Enforcement Actions Against Companies. FCPA Enforcement Actions Against Individuals. US Enforcement Updates.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

On September 10, 2021, the Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Janet Woodcock, published a letter to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seeking increased exchange and collaboration between the two agencies relating to grants of patent rights to pharmaceutical innovations.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2022

million in Growing Greener Plus and Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management grant funds is available to organizations and governments to reduce nonpoint source pollution in their local streams, rivers, and lakes. Preferences Preference is given to projects in environmental justice areas ; in municipalities complying with Pa.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 15, 2023

In so doing, the Court applied and explained numerous principles governing both motions for intervention as of right and motions for permissive intervention. In so doing, the Court applied and explained numerous principles governing both motions for intervention as of right and motions for permissive intervention. 2023) Cal.App.5th.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 29, 2023

6) reversed the trial court’s grant of a preliminary injunction in a CEQA action enjoining the Santa Barbara County Road Commissioner from enforcing public laws by removing unpermitted encroachments from a public right-of-way. Christopher Anderson, et al. County of Santa Barbara, et al. 2023) Cal.App.5th.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 20, 2022

May 9, 2022) is worth a look given its analysis of CEQA’s statute of limitations and its extension by emergency actions of the Judicial Council, as well as its handling of the tricky scenario of what happens when an approving agency is dissolved by operation of law. City of Seaside , H049031 (6th Dist., Background.

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