Legal Planet
AUGUST 6, 2023
Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an initiative measure that would have imposed severe restrictions on oil and gas development in Monterey County is preempted by state law and therefore invalid. The decision came in the case of Chevron U.S.A., County of Monterey.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. 2002 SB1078. California seems to have conceived of its role as alternatively a backup for weak federal regulation or a model for future federal action. AB 1493 (Pavley Act). 2006 AB 32.
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Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Energy Information Administration Investor-owned utilities are regulated to prevent them from taking advantage of their monopoly to gouge ratepayers. The adjacent investor-owned utility, Southern California Edison, has its rates regulated by the California Public Utility Commission. Image from U.S.
Acoel
MARCH 9, 2023
Is this an element of state water law or something new and different? One of the earliest attempts to regulate this area was The Weather Modification Policy Act (the “Act”), which was enacted in 1976 to address the interstate nature and broad environmental effects of weather modification technology. 490, 90 Stat.
Vermont Law
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Going into 2020, anticipated federal regulation will significantly affect the nation’s response to the Emerald Ash Borer and aquatic invasives in ballast water. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), a terrestrial invertebrate native to East Asia, was first discovered in the United States in 2002. Coast Guard to issue implementing regulations.
The Energy Law Blog
MAY 12, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. See Appalachian Voices v. McCarthy , 989 F. 2d 30, 53-56 (D.
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added acrylamide to the Proposition 65 list of carcinogens in 1990, but acrylamide was not detected in foods until 2002. This Advisory is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice. Becerra , No. 2:19-cv-02019-KJM-JDP.
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