Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill BNN Bloomberg PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:45 Monday, January 15, 2024 Read more Marcelo Rochabrun (Bloomberg) -- Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 8, 2023

In 2001, Maryland was one of the first states to incentivize green building, to reduce GHG emissions, with an income tax credit. It is also expected that local governments throughout the State will adopt local amendments to the 2021 IgCC as they adopt it as part of their usual building code cycle of triennial code adoption process.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

He argues that the government should stop issuing mining licences in protected forests or conservation areas. “It Jatam’s 2021 report reveals that coal permits issued by local and central governments cover 72,000 sq km of East Kalimantan’s 127,000 sq km, or 70% of the province. gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent.

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Environmental Europe

JULY 1, 2020

The EU is facing a key challenge in climate and energy governance. The European Green Deal and the proposed European Climate Law reinforce the EU’s goal to achieve “net zero” emissions by 2050, meaning that the EU will emit no more greenhouse gases than it removes from the air (for example through reforestation). Schoenefeld, J.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 7, 2022

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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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). ACOE (2001)- Overruled ACOE jurisdiction of isolated wetlands based upon the migratory bird rule.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) issued a direct final rule without public comment amending the definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which governs the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). ACOE (2001)- Overruled ACOE jurisdiction of isolated wetlands based upon the migratory bird rule.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In 2001, a group of Mecosta County residents sued to stop Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, from depleting a spring to fill its Ice Mountain water bottles. In law and practice Michigan succeeded in sharing the burden of collecting data needed to make groundwater withdrawal decisions between the state and high-capacity well developers.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

They are elected to nine-year terms by the General Assembly and the Security Council upon the nomination of their home governments. Another way to formulate the question is, “What are the obligations of states under international law to protect the rights of present and future generations against the adverse effects of climate change?”.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Mobil was sued in 2001 for paying military officials $500,000 a year to work as security for the company in Aceh province, northern Sumatra, who allegedly engaged in battery, sexual assault, rape and wrongful deaths of local people. with average emissions eight times greater than the average rate of the other refineries on the Top 10 list.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Even with its Director, Kenneth Blanco, departing this week, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has been active in taking steps to implement the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act), which was enacted into law on January 1, 2021 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA).

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Mobil was sued in 2001 for paying military officials $500,000 a year to work as security for the company in Aceh province, northern Sumatra, who allegedly engaged in battery, sexual assault, rape and wrongful deaths of local people. with average emissions eight times greater than the average rate of the other refineries on the Top 10 list.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

This year promises to be the ‘Year of Climate’ in international courts and tribunals with opinions slated to be coming down from the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and the International Court of Justice.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 17, 2021

The New SCCs—replacing the controller-to-controller and controller-to-processor SCCs (Prior SCCs), which were adopted in 2001, 2004 and 2010—are intended to address concerns set out in last year’s groundbreaking European Court of Justice (CJEU) Schrems II decision.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 28, 2017

Property modifications, including altering the present timber management practices, could return the land to suitable frog habitat but the landowners do not intent to take these steps and the government concedes it cannot compel them to do so. In 2001, the USFWS listed the dusky gopher frog as an endangered species.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

DWR’s efforts in this regard took place from 2001 to 2006, involving “five federal agencies, five state agencies, seven local government entities, five Native American tribes, four local water agencies, and 13 nongovernmental organizations,” with three years of hearings and two years of negotiations. 791a et seq.).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Here are 120 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. DeFrank Thanks Gov.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As we have written previously ( here and here ), the AML Act (including the CTA) is the most significant overhaul of the Bank Secrecy Act and related anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) laws since the enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. This Advisory is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

This has become a familiar sight in recent days, with many government ministers arriving to take part in high level discussions. The Adaptation Fund, which supports projects to help developing countries adapt to climate change, was created in 2001 at the last COP held in Marrakech (i.e.,

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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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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- We Remember Sept. 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp.

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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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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

The law would mesh with corporate climate disclosure regulations elsewhere, particularly in Europe, and would therefore represent a significant step toward assuring the accuracy, trustworthiness, and transparency of corporate climate performance reporting. 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Our analysis looked at drought responses within the upper Klamath Basin—an 8,000-square-mile ecological region that encompasses most of Klamath County and parts of northern California—and drew from interviews from dozens of sources, including scientists, agricultural groups, tribal representatives, conservation experts, and government officials.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Finally, the Strategy considers how competition law enforcement can help address affordability concerns. The Strategy refers to the Commission’s policy initiatives on intellectual property and data governance and how those can support innovation and competition. Streamlined innovation and enhanced competition.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Act of a third party (must be the sole cause) Government negligence (must be the sole cause) Responsible Party Denied Use of Defenses Responsible Party loses defense if he fails to: 1. Individual states may enact their own pollution prevention and liability laws that will also apply to vessels in their waters. Report a spill 2.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Investors and governments will be expected to refer to the Taxonomy in order to determine whether an activity they want to pursue can be considered sustainable, and under what conditions (screening criteria). Extending the license of existing installations is particularly efficient in environmental and economic terms.

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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. Bill 23 must be repealed. .

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2006

2415(a), which imposes a 6-year statute of limitations for Government “every action for money damages. 2001) ( en banc ), the D.C. The Court also found that the general rule that statutes of limitations are construed narrowly against the government erased all further doubts as to the meaning of section 2415(a). Watson , 410 F.3d

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Acoel

JUNE 6, 2023

159 (2001). Clearly there may be different treatment under state wetlands laws if state law definitions differ from those set forth in the CWA. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Bill 23 would remove the requirement for government permission, and allow the sale of conservation lands – including endangered or threatened species habitat, wetlands, and areas of natural and scientific interest. SCHEDULE 4: MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001. This means that families would still be pushed out into low-density car-dependent sprawl.

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This holding aligns with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) case law interpreting “interested party” status and “direct economic interest” in a multiple award procurement and creates an internal split within the COFC. She is not admitted to the practice of law. of Gov’t Emps.,

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Montrose

JANUARY 9, 2023

Frontier, formed in 2001, is comprised of a group of elite chemists/analysts who offer more than 80 years of combined experience in providing mass spectrometry identification and quantification of trace level organic pollutants from a wide array of matrices. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. About Montrose.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW Escapes Multiple Fines In EU Over Emissions Scandal Law 360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:26 Thursday, September 14, 2023 Read more Matthew Perlman Europe's top court ruled Wednesday that Volkswagen should not have to pay a €5 million ($5.3 Here, a critical retrospective of a German success story. but virtually nothing in Europe.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Here, a critical retrospective of a German success story. but virtually nothing in Europe.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Here, a critical retrospective of a German success story. but virtually nothing in Europe.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Here, a critical retrospective of a German success story. but virtually nothing in Europe.

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