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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

Stronger legal measures, including better law enforcement, specific legislation for activist protection, and accountability, are essential to safeguarding those fighting for the environment. million hectares destroyed between 2001 and 2020. Indigenous communities are particularly vulnerable, representing 43% of the victims.

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As Drought Grips American West, Irrigation Becomes Selling Point for Michigan

Circle of Blue

Michigan counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. Michigan now counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. The law and the program require applicants to provide data and make the case they are not causing harm. . Is the state prepared for more?

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The Ongoing Tension over Stormwater Discharges in Los Angeles

Legal Planet

Wells Environmental Clinic at UCLA School of Law is representing Los Angeles Waterkeeper on matters related to the subject of this post. The Superior Court sided with the boards and upheld the 2012 permit, and NRDC and LAW appealed. Los Angeles River (Credit: Thomas Hawk on Flickr). Disclosure: The Frank G.

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Taking Climate Change to the International Court of Justice: Legal and Procedural Issues

Law Columbia

One formulation that has been suggested is, “What are the obligations under international law of a State for ensuring that activities under its jurisdiction or control that emit greenhouse gases do not cause, or substantially contribute to, serious damage to another State or State?” Once the opinion is issued, what impact would it have?

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The Other CEQA Shoe Drops: Third District Reverses Judgment Upholding Siskiyou County’s EIR For Crystal Geyser Bottling Plant Project, Holds (1) Project Objectives Were Too Narrowly Stated And (2) County Should Have Recirculated EIR’s Climate Discussion To Allow Comment On Substantially Higher GHG Emissions Estimate First Disclosed In FEIR

CEQA Developments

Crystal Geyser bought a water bottling facility that had operated from 2001 to 2010 in Siskiyou County and sought to revive it. a)(2)) emissions estimate, although it, too, lacks the kind of robust legal reasoning and case law analysis one would expect to see in a published CEQA opinion. Background. Conclusion and Implications.

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California Supreme Court Holds In 5-2 Decision, Over Chief Justice’s Strong Dissent, That Federal Power Act Does Not Fully Preempt CEQA’s Application to FERC’s Licensing Process for State-Owned and Operated Hydroelectric Projects

CEQA Developments

The Court’s majority acknowledged such actions would contravene FERC’s “sole jurisdiction” over licensing process disputes and be preempted under longstanding federal law. (18 4.34 (i)(6)(vii); First Iowa Coop. Federal Power Comm’n (1946) 328 U.S. 152, 164 (“ First Iowa ”).). North Coast Railroad Authority (2017) 3 Cal.5th

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How the Endangered Species Act is Helping to Restore the Klamath River Basin

Vermont Law

The drought conditions in 2001 led to severe restrictions on water released for the Klamath Project, which the media portrayed as pitting “famers against fish.” Klamath Restoration (2010, February 18). Klamath Restoration (2010, February 18). 18, 2010), [link]. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Retrieved from.