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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

2006 AB 32. 2011 CARB adopted cap and trade system. Bush torpedoed climate action by the federal government early in his administration. California established first renewable portfolio standard (20% from renewables by 2010). AB 1493 (Pavley Act). Required CARB to create an inventory of GHG emissions. 2015 SB350.

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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

Corp Watch

The company sued the government of Argentina in 2012 for $10 billion after the country nationalized YPF with the backing of 80 percent of legislators of parliament. Mediterranean Reefs Will Be Destroyed Upon Repsol's Prospecting Published by Oceana | July 21, 2011 Information provided by Repsol Investigaciones Petrolíferas, S.

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5

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Conflict & Climate Change: The Real Triple C

Vermont Law

Many governments and NGOs have already generated reports on the effects of climate change and security. The drought was ongoing between 2006-2009 . After the drought, the Syrian conflict arose in 2011. Experts do not attribute climate change as a direct cause of war, but it is a catalyst for conflict. in the fertile crescent.

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Solar Panels Are More Carbon-Intensive Than Experts Admit

Environmental Progress

Information unearthed by Environmental Progress points to a gaping oversight in how the figures influencing government net zero policy and investments in solar worldwide are compiled and collated due to the difficulty of collecting accurate information out of China, especially for the purification processes used to create silicon wafers.

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Sanctions-as-a-Service: US Regulators Escalate Sanctions Enforcement Priorities Into the Cloud With SAP Settlement

Arnold Porter

In fact, the global resolution marks the second US government enforcement action in recent months to highlight the importance of implementing access controls with respect to sanctioned countries. Third parties have been a significant cause of sanctions exposure in recent cases and this has not absolved first parties of liability.

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Rulemaking Nightmares

Acoel

Note that the court of appeals correctly cited current Rule 26(b)(1) in the second sentence, but then cites to pre-December 1, 2015 case law and even cites a 2011 decision that quotes the 2000 version of Rule 26(b)(1): This court recognizes broad and liberal treatment of the federal discovery rules. 2011) (quoting Fed. 2006) ; Fed.

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