Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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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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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Until the early years of this century, Michigan regulators and lawmakers paid scant attention to the supply of groundwater. 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. trillion gallons to 3 trillion gallons.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

The Louisiana Environmental Quality Act, Louisiana Revised Statute §§ 30:2001 et seq. , The first purpose is to maintain a healthful and safe environment in Louisiana through governmental regulation and control over the areas of water quality, air quality, solid and hazardous waste, scenic rivers and streams, and radiation.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 29, 2021

Wells Environmental Clinic at UCLA School of Law is representing Los Angeles Waterkeeper on matters related to the subject of this post. The MS4 permit is an important document that regulates how municipalities can allow stormwater to flow through the MS4 system and out into natural (or modified) waterways. Disclosure: The Frank G.

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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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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

The Louisiana Environmental Quality Act, Louisiana Revised Statute §§ 30:2001 et seq. , The first purpose is to maintain a healthful and safe environment in Louisiana through governmental regulation and control over the areas of water quality, air quality, solid and hazardous waste, scenic rivers and streams, and radiation.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

“It is important to note that once a mining permit is issued in a forested area, there must be deforestation, but the problem is that current mining regulations in Indonesia still allow such a thing to happen. Thus it is necessary to assess this regulation,” Hariadi says. In 2001, East Kalimantan had 126,000 sq km of primary forest.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As directed by the CTA, FinCEN issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing regulations that would require reporting companies to disclose to FinCEN the identity and other information of every individual who is a beneficial owner and every individual who is a company applicant of the reporting company (Proposed Rule).

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Environmental Europe

JULY 1, 2020

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). However, it is increasingly struggling to fulfil them.

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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. provide appropriate safeguards.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] This piece previously appeared in the CLS Blue Sky Blog.

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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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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Strategy puts forward numerous proposals for legislative reforms that are likely to affect the regulation of the entire life cycle of a medicinal product. Some of these revisions also affect the regulation of medical devices. Finally, the Strategy considers how competition law enforcement can help address affordability concerns.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. The new laws compiled below add to that already very green environmental regulatory scheme.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

The 2028 deadline proposed in the less stringent alternative is more realistic, and is consistent with timelines under other federal regulations. Trisko (BA, NYU, 1972; JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1977) is an attorney in private practice. He may be contacted at emtrisko@earthlink.net.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- We Remember Sept. 28 [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

By Bruce Ledewitz, Duquesne School Of Law -- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA’s Participation In RGGI Matters More Than Other States, Here’s Why - By Clean Air Council -- PUC’s Stephen M. Thank you for your leadership! -- We Remember Sept. 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp. DeFrank Thanks Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2024

More Specifics DEP regulations now require well operators to prepare and develop a site-specific Preparedness, Prevention and Contingency (PPC) plan prior to storing, using, or generating regulated substances on a well site. The PPC plan generally requires disclosure of “regulated substances,” as defined in 25 Pa. Code § 78a.1.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In 2001, the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), a federal agency that manages the agricultural water supply within the basin, began paying farmers to pump large amounts of groundwater out of the aquifers below. Then came new conservation regulations and litigation that complicated USBR’s water obligations.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Violation of a federal safety, construction, operation regulation; or 3. Reasonable costs of restoring the damaged environment Interaction with Other Laws No pre-emption over State law – they work in conjunction as long as the State Laws are not less strict than OPA 90. Preempts general maritime law. Failure to a.

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Columbia Climate Law

JULY 9, 2015

On April 21, 2015, CPUC administrative law judges (ALJs) McKinney and Halligan filed a proposal that suggests implementing a two-tiered system, with a 20% maximum difference in rates for customers. 1] Investor-owned utilities are for-profit entities owned by private shareholders who are allowed a fair rate of return on their assets.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This dangerous Bill has been forced into law through a process designed to prevent meaningful consideration of its impacts, discussion with those affected, or on a time frame that reflects the enormity of the changes. SCHEDULE 4: MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001. We will all need to work together to see this legislation repealed. . Sections 8. (3)(a),

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This Bill would remove the power of Conservation Authorities to regulate or prohibit sprawl developers and land speculators from destroying wetlands, river or stream valleys, within their jurisdiction, in almost every case. SCHEDULE 4: MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001. It does this through Section 7 of the Bill, which would amend s. Sections 8. (3)(a),

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2015

Michael Lillis (“Lillis”) was one of the producers who sold natural gas to Kachina, dating back to 2001. Seller will regulate its[] pressures so as to not exceed the maximum allowed operating pressure (MAOP) as set from time to time by Buyer for deliveries into Buyer’s gas pipeline.

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Acoel

AUGUST 4, 2021

CERCLA did not specifically provide for ICs and state laws were often not sufficient to make ICs enforceable. Even when remedies relied on institutional controls, regulators often failed to ensure they were implemented. In 2001, the Colorado legislature took these issues head on. You can see why I never became a standup comic).

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The law of regulatory cost benefit analysis just became even more incoherent under a ruling of the Western District of Louisiana enjoining implementation of President Biden’s executive order setting parameters to establish the social cost of carbon for use in regulatory analysis. In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled in Whitman v.

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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. Based in El Dorado Hills, Calif.,

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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 District Court for the District of Columbia, Volkswagen will pay $1.1

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. District Court for the District of Columbia, Volkswagen will pay $1.1

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. District Court for the District of Columbia, Volkswagen will pay $1.1

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. District Court for the District of Columbia, Volkswagen will pay $1.1

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. District Court for the District of Columbia, Volkswagen will pay $1.1

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. District Court for the District of Columbia, Volkswagen will pay $1.1

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. District Court for the District of Columbia, Volkswagen will pay $1.1

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. District Court for the District of Columbia, Volkswagen will pay $1.1

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. District Court for the District of Columbia, Volkswagen will pay $1.1

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