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California Wins Major Clean Air Act/Climate Change Case in D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

But that changed dramatically in 2006, after the California Air Resources Board adopted the world’s first regulatory limits on GHG emissions from motor vehicles. In 2006, President George W. Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to invalidate the Biden EPA’s decision to reinstate California’s 2013 waiver.

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Fourth District Belatedly Publishes CEQA Opinion Upholding City of Newport Beach’s Approval of Multifamily-Housing Development Pursuant To Addendum To 2006 EIR For Larger Mixed-Use Development

CEQA Developments

Given that the City is fairly built out, there is a dearth of available sites on which to construct multifamily housing, and the City had identified the Center as a possible site for multifamily residential development circa 2006. City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th The appellant argued that because CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3

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Texas Supreme Court Rules on Correction Deeds in a Case of First Impression

Energy & the Law

2006: the Bank executes a correction mineral deed attempting to change the fee mineral interest to a life estate. 2013: Broadway Bank, John, and the original grantees of the 2005 deed execute a second correction deed, again attempting to change the fee interest to a life estate. The dispute. John does not sign this instrument.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 8

PA Environment Daily

PA Bulletin, page 2006 ) -- Sunoco Pipeline - Tinicum Release Site: DEP received a Remedial Investigation Report/ Cleanup Plan on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with unleaded gasoline in Tinicum Twp., PA Bulletin, page 2013 ) -- Coterra Energy, Inc.: PA Bulletin, page 2013 ) -- Williams Field Services Co. .:

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Losing Justice Hobbs, Western Water Expert and Valued Mentor

Legal Planet

In 2006, Berkeley Law Professor Joe Sax —widely recognized as one of the founders of the field of Environmental Law—introduced Justice Hobbs as, “beyond dispute, one of the most knowledgeable and most accomplished experts on water law anywhere in the United States.” Long-term connections with Berkeley Law. He got his JD here in 1971.

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The President and Congress Deliver $11 Billion for Abandoned Mine Cleanups

Circle of Blue

In recent rounds of reauthorization, Congress reduced the AML fee: the 2006 reauthorization reduced the fee by 10 percent in 2008, and another 10 percent in 2013. In 2006, the Wyoming delegation pushed for an amendment, which established a new, taxpayer-funded AML revenue stream for a handful of states.

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A deep dive into the IPCC’s updated carbon budget numbers

Real Climate

And since the first IPCC estimates published in 2013, we have learned a lot and have gotten much better at estimating remaining carbon budgets. IPCC reported carbon budgets for the first time in 2013. in 2018, but they represent a significant update since AR5 in 2013. C warming estimate between 1850-1900 and 2006-2015.

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