CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

Butte County, Plumas County and Plumas County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (“Counties”) then filed two lawsuits (later consolidated) against the project. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. 791a et seq.). That decision is discussed in this post.)

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 21, 2016

Since its 2001 designation as an endangered species, an estimate of 100 adult frogs are known to only exist in Harrison County, Mississippi. Under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), such decisions “committed to agency discretion by law” are not reviewable in federal court under the APA.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

That’s because the region’s ongoing groundwater woes are at least two decades in the making, exacerbated in part by the very federal programs meant to conserve water in the area, The Counter has found. This year’s emergency took both residents and officials by surprise, but perhaps it shouldn’t have.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

The new laws compiled below add to that already very green environmental regulatory scheme. Savvy players in the environmental industrial complex and associated industries will find business opportunities to lead and profit in environmental matters, including opportunities advantaged by these newly enacted laws.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Moreover, while the Ontario government has attempted to defend Bill 23’s dismantling of flood and habitat protection, regional planning and green building standards by framing it as a measure to address the province’s housing shortage and lack of affordability, it is likely to have the opposite effect. The amendment to s.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2022

However, this Bill prohibits Conservation Authorities’ power to protect anything beyond managing floodwaters and erosion. SCHEDULE 2: CONSERVATION AUTHORITIES ACT. Facilitating a Mass Sell-Off of Conservation Lands. This means that families would still be pushed out into low-density car-dependent sprawl.

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Conservation 2001 Government Regulations 145

Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Enacted in 2001, it survived several amendments and revisions, changing from a feed-in tariff regime to a, specific German, feed-in premium modell. Now the german government decided to, once again, amend the EEG to accelerate the faltering energy turnaround. This way of amending laws is a standard procedure in the German legal system.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 23, 2023

That bill, introduced in 2001 and passed the next year, told the California Air Resources Board to create such standards using ARB’s special powers under the Clean Air Act to develop more strict air pollution controls for cars than the federal government (explained here ).

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Greenhouse Clean Air Act 2001 Pollution Control 130

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

16 Webinar On Provisions Of New Federal Climate, Energy Law On Solar Energy And Energy Efficiency [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Signs Climate, Innovation Agreement With Dortmund, Germany -- Reading Eagle: Member Of Congress Houlahan Meets Reading’s New Climate Corps -- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Sept.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. In June and July 2021, Maine enacted multiple laws that regulate PFAS both in products and in the environment. The House bill ( H.R. 21-191 (S.B.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 3, 2024

Former EPA Administrator Carol Browner denounced the Sackett decision as “a major blow to the landmark Clean Water Act and the federal government’s ability to protect our people from pollution and its negative health side effects.” For example, some state laws protect wetlands within their borders.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Here are 68 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- DEP To Host Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Here are 90 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- We Remember Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Conservation 2021 Natural Gas Climate Change 63

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: Flight 93 Families Turn Pain Into Purpose On 21st Anniversary -- AP: Jill Biden Shares Memories Of 9/11 As Wife, Sister, More -- TribLive Editorial: Remember The Shared Grief Of Sept. What’s Your Community Doing?

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

We know because they’ve outlined their policy plans in a 920-page agenda called “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise.” Congress passes intentionally vague laws that delegate decision-making over a given issue to a federal agency,” the document reads.

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ESA

JULY 26, 2021

Maine law banning PFAS takes effect. Still, Congressional leaders say that it is likely that Congress will pass a temporary stop-gap measure to buy more time for funding negotiations and avert a government shutdown when the new fiscal year starts on October 1, 2021. Conservation: Sens. International. Scientific Community.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Courts Republican-led state sue to block environmental, social and governance retirement investing rule. Conservative Climate Caucus: Chair John Curtis (R-UT) announced that Rep. Marianne Miller-Meeks (R-IA) will serve as the Conservative Climate Caucus’ vice-chair during the 118 th Congress.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

government $265 million plus interest for over-billing on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and in 2010 it was ordered to repay the U.S. These payments included $3 million to the Japanese prime minister and $1.1 million to a Dutch prince. In 2007 Lockheed was ordered to repay the U.S. Air Force and the U.S.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security are partnering with campus law enforcement to track hate-related threats and provide federal resources to schools, according to the plan, which was shared exclusively with NBC News.’ Some of what they will be assessing includes specific and credible threats that are flagged online.’

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