Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

CI is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emitted per unit of energy provided by that fuel, taking into account the GHG emissions over the lifecycle of the fuel — including production, transportation to market, and consumption. The LCFS Program sets annual CI standards that decline over time.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

Scenario 2: Achieves carbon neutrality by 2035 with aggressive deployment of a full suite of technology and energy options, including CCS and other engineered carbon removal. Scenario 3: Achieves carbon neutrality by 2045 by deploying a broad portfolio of existing and emerging fossil fuel alternatives and clean technologies.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Gray: This is really about a distinction between regulated compliance markets and voluntary carbon markets. Regulated compliance markets, like California’s or Quebec’s Cap-and-Trade Programs or the European Union’s Emissions Trading System, place a legal requirement on emitting companies.

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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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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Department of Interior has taken several important steps toward making wind energy development a reality in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the first in a series of articles in which Liskow’s offshore team will discuss the regulatory framework for wind energy projects in federal waters and highlight legal issues pertinent to this dynamic area.

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Renewable + Law

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published notice in the Federal Register of a proposed rule amending its regulations authorizing permits for eagle incidental take and eagle nest take. Eagle Incidental Take Permit for Qualifying Wind Energy Projects. On September 30, 2022 the U.S. Eagle Incidental Take Permit for Power Lines.

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Renewable + Law

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published notice in the Federal Register of a proposed rule amending its regulations authorizing permits for eagle incidental take and eagle nest take. Eagle Incidental Take Permit for Qualifying Wind Energy Projects. On September 30, 2022 the U.S. Eagle Incidental Take Permit for Power Lines.

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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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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

DEP’s comments came at an informational meeting held by the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee on the new well plugging funding. We have to have alternatives in the back of our mind where we let larger contracts to operators who would be more interested in plugging a larger number of wells,” said Perry.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Conventional oil and gas operators racked up 4,386 violations of environmental regulations in calendar year 2021 alone. DEP reported conventional oil and gas drillers only paid $46,100 of the $10,600,000 it costs DEP to regulate the industry. XTO Energy and CNX to plug 1,058 abandoned conventional oil and gas wells.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

Jobs are found in a range of sectors, including energy, industry, buildings, transportation and finance. The market heats up: ESG and green finance take off As policy and regulation improved, the green job market heated up and ESG became a hot topic within businesses. The rise of ESG is changing that.

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Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

Completely, siloing knowledge into closed, hyper-specialized categories often means that disciplines end up communicating poorly to each other. Partly because of the gender construction of societies, women have become the bearers of alternatives. It’s easy to regulate, it doesn’t have to be a tax.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. Murray Energy Corp. S ierra Club Enumerated Shortcomings in Department of Energy NEPA Review for LNG Exports. The court ordered EPA to file a plan and schedule for compliance within 14 days. McCarthy , No.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The stayed aspects of the standards related to fugitive emissions requirements, alternative means of compliance, standards for pneumatic pumps at well sites, and requirements for certification by a professional engineer. Murray Energy Corp. Second Circuit Rejected Challenges to Connecticut Renewable Energy Programs.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

Central to that work at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and its predecessor agency is a state-federal partnership to finance water infrastructure at affordable rates. The plan outlines 20-year infrastructure needs, project alternatives, technical reviews, and engineering analysis. Circle Blue.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Several factors¾including the effects of the economic recession, shifts in energy markets from coal to natural gas and renewable energy sources, and carbon pollution mitigation and clean energy programs like renewable portfolio standards¾have been identified as principal drivers of these reductions. [2].

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to Executive Order on Reducing Regulation. The court stated: “Any injury allegedly stemming from the prospect that the Executive Order has delayed the issuance of unspecified regulations relating to a broadly defined area of concern is too abstract and speculative to support standing.” Trump , No.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA Sought Information to Inform Regulation of 1-Bromopropane as Hazardous Air Pollutant.

2021 52

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Arnold Porter

JULY 2, 2021

While none of the Congressional supporters of the bills chair the relevant committees of jurisdiction—the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) and the House Energy & Commerce (E&C)—Sen. The Secretary must now issue regulations (rather than guidance) to implement. ” has been struck.

Technology 52

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. PFAS Action Act of 2021 Would Amend Major Environmental Statutes to Regulate PFAS.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. Growth Energy v. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 148. FEATURED CASE. 19-1023 (D.C. July 16, 2021).

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

May 24, 2021); Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Second Circuit Declined to Stay Department of Energy Rule Creating New Product Classes for Short-Cycle for Washers and Dryers. Department of Energy (DOE) rule adopted in December 2020 that created new product classes for short-cycle washers and dryers in the energy conservation program.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This minimum wage increase could have significant implications for prime contractors and subcontractors throughout the supply chain and across all industries—including aerospace, defense, pharmaceutical, healthcare, technology, and energy—particularly those that are small businesses. 201 et seq.; 6701 et seq.; 3141 et seq.;

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Western Energy Alliance v. 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). Circuit vacated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders authorizing a natural gas pipeline in the St.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

Released from a lot of federal oversight, it left this big, blank slate for states to regulate the industry in whatever manner suited them. Second, we saw this trend of regulations, which do generally provide a degree of safety for the public, but there's a common misconception that they are truly health-protective; they are not.

Natural Gas 52

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 2, 2023

On July 28, 2023, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations governing how federal agencies review the environmental effects of major federal projects. Before those amendments, the regulations had remained largely unchanged since 1978.

Climate Change 130

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

billion to deploy alternative fuel charging and refueling infrastructure, including $2.5 Transformative investments in clean energy transmission, EV, and hydrogen infrastructure through provisions incorporated in the Energy Infrastructure Act ( S. More than $91.1 Division A & B—Surface Transportation Programs.

Electricity 52

Electricity Recycling 2021 Technology 52

Vermont Law

JULY 6, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: At Crossroads with NEPA and Environmental Justice By Yasmin Perez Ortiz , Vermont Law School Alumna '20 July 6, 2022 "It is up to individuals and the states to demand and promote environmental justice regulations." INTRODUCTION It is no secret that the United States’ infrastructure is crumbling.

2002 52

2002 Regulations Law Waste 52

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The EO directs multiple federal agencies to conduct a series of short-term assessments for the four specific product categories, to be completed within 100 days, and at least six longer-term assessments of specific sectors of the US industrial base within one year. N: EO Section 3(b) ]].

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