Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This post is adapted from a Client Alert to commercial real estate owners and tenants in those buildings in Maryland about the new regulations requiring that beginning January 1, 2024 greenhouse gas emission data be collected for reporting to the state government. The regulations are very specific that on and after January 1, 2025 (.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

President & CEO of Cenovus Energy: 2017-2023 TC Energy: 1990-2017 Chief Operating Officer of TC Energy: 2015-2017 VP and President Development of TC Energy Corp: 2006-2014 Villain Career Profile Alex Pourbaix has always gone above and beyond to advocate for pipelines and the oil and gas industry. The spill was impossible to clean up.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 1, 2023

The state of Minnesota uses EPA’s ethylene oxide emissions standards, which haven’t been updated since 2006. We expect the draft rule to be published in the coming months, with a final rule expected in 2024. And, as I’ll try to show, these two subjects have a lot in common. What is the situation in Minnesota?

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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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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The test has been around since a Supreme Court decision in 2006. The highlight of the PREPARE plan is money: the administration wants $3 billion annually by 2024 to finance adaptation projects and will allow local governments to define what those are. A federal court struck down a Trump-era attempt in August.

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ESA

MAY 31, 2023

The justices agreed that their specific wetlands should not be subject to Clean Water Act regulation, and that the court’s prior test, stemming from the 2006 case Rapanos v. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

The bill explicitly requires the State to reduce statewide GHG emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2031, a near term target unmatched by any other state.”. The bill’s principal sponsor clarified that it is 2024 GHG emissions that will be first reported to the state in 2025.

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Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

By imposing a daily fee on cars built before 2006, the LEZ changes behaviors encouraging the use of newer cleaner vehicles, and reducing tailpipe global warning gases which in turn reduces broader air pollution and its associated health risks.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The statute explicitly requires the State to reduce statewide GHG emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2031, a near term target unmatched by any other state.”. The bill’s principal sponsor clarified that it is 2024 GHG emissions that will be first reported to the state on January 1, 2025 (.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Locals Aim Their Protest at Weapons Maker Raytheon in Support of Palestine Dallas Observer PaulaR Wed, 02/28/2024 - 16:34 Friday, February 23, 2024 Read more Sara Button On Thursday, hundreds gathered at the Raytheon campus in Richardson to protest the war in Palestine and demand the company stop supplying weapons to Israel.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This blog post summarizes key actions taken by state and federal officials in 2023 with respect to California’s water supply and provides an outlook for 2024. Potential adoption of the regulation is slated for consideration in 2024.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Individual Records & Summaries Fresenius Violation Tracker Total Penalties US$1,065,932,675 (January 16, 2024) Number of Records 26 Books Trade Union Strategies Against Healthcare Marketization: Opportunity Structures and Local-Level Determinants by Jennie Auffenberg (2021) Our Health, Their Profit?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Germany: Hospital group vs trade unionist: Fired because she went home 28 minutes too early TAZ PaulaR Tue, 01/16/2024 - 14:45 Thursday, July 13, 2023 Read more Emily Kietsch Helios terminated an anesthetist without notice because she allegedly went home too early. The Marburger Bund suspects another reason.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Individual Records & Summaries Fresenius Violation Tracker Total Penalties US$1,065,932,675 (January 16, 2024) Number of Records 26 Books Trade Union Strategies Against Healthcare Marketization: Opportunity Structures and Local-Level Determinants by Jennie Auffenberg (2021) Our Health, Their Profit?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Individual Records & Summaries Fresenius Violation Tracker Total Penalties US$1,065,932,675 (January 16, 2024) Number of Records 26 Books Trade Union Strategies Against Healthcare Marketization: Opportunity Structures and Local-Level Determinants by Jennie Auffenberg (2021) Our Health, Their Profit?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Dialysis Caregivers at Fresenius and Satellite: Unfair Labor Practice Strike at clinics in US Public Services International PaulaR Tue, 01/16/2024 - 14:48 Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Read more 99% of workers voted in favor of an unfair labor practice strike as Fresenius Kidney Care and Satellite Healthcare refused to bargain in good faith.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

USA: AG Platkin Sues Fresenius Vascular Care After Vulnerable Kidney Dialysis Patients Are Allegedly Subjected to Unnecessary Surgeries in Fraud Scheme State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General PaulaR Tue, 01/16/2024 - 14:49 Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Read more TRENTON — Attorney General Matthew J.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

15 people arrested during peaceful 'free Palestine' protest in Louisville WHAS 11 PaulaR Wed, 02/14/2024 - 13:00 Thursday, February 1, 2024 Read more Sarah Magin Louisville Metro police arrested 15 people Friday morning who were calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The comments came during a hearing on House Bill 1467 (Otten-D-Chester) that would expand the mandate for renewable energy under the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards to 30% by 2030, including specific solar energy targets from 1% in 2024 to 4% by 2031, and authorize a community solar program.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits Poder360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:37 Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Read more Value corresponds to 34 agreements approved by the Superior Labor Court; another 28 cases are under negotiation Disclosure/Volkswagen POWER360 August 22, 2023 (Tuesday) - 1:30 pm Volkswagen must pay R$10.5

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation Swiss Info PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:38 Sunday, September 10, 2023 Read more Swiss VW drivers come away empty-handed in the so-called Dieselgate scandal. labor costs than not only its Detroit rivals but its Japanese competitors on American soil.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: VW Presses for Increased Work Week at Same Pay DW | June 13, 2006 Extending the work week from the current 28.8 Mike Ramsey | The Wall Street Journal | May 23, 2011 Volkswagen AG on Tuesday will celebrate the opening of a new Tennessee auto plant that gives the German auto maker much lower U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Workers at VW subsidiary Cariad protest against job cuts IG Metall PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:40 Friday, November 10, 2023 Read more Over 200 employees of VW's CARIAD software division protested last Tuesday against threatened job cuts. labor costs than not only its Detroit rivals but its Japanese competitors on American soil.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

China: Volkswagen under fire after audit finds no evidence of Uyghur forced labor Radio Free Asia PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:42 Thursday, December 7, 2023 Read more Jilil Kashgary Experts cast doubt on results, saying leaked files show that Uyghur detainees were sent to the Xinjiang factory. By Jilil Kashgary for RFA Uyghur 2023.12.07

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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 labor costs than not only its Detroit rivals but its Japanese competitors on American soil.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

EU fines Volkswagen, BMW $1 bln for emissions cartel Reuters PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:27 Thursday, July 8, 2021 Read more Marine Strauss & Alexander Hübner [1/6] A Volkswagen logo is seen as it launches its ID.6 Germany: VW Presses for Increased Work Week at Same Pay DW | June 13, 2006 Extending the work week from the current 28.8

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ESA

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. The White House’s Unified Agenda, which previews regulatory actions to come, notes that the administration will issue a notice of proposed rulemaking in November 2023 and issue a final rule in July 2024. CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In an important published opinion filed February 16, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. In an important published opinion filed February 16, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. 2024) Cal.App.5th. City of Turlock (2006) 138 Cal.App.4th Hilltop Group, Inc., County of San Diego, et al.

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ESA

DECEMBER 5, 2022

White-nose syndrome is a deadly fungal infection that was first discovered in New York in 2006. CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug. ESA Correspondence to Policymakers. 11, 2022).

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug. The Sacketts are represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation and backed by business and agricultural groups. ESA Correspondence to Policymakers.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

In its most recent report , the IEA predicts that China will continue to dominate solar energy production, delivering over 50 percent of solar PV projects globally by 2024. The disruption happened in under a decade, with China’s global share of PV production surging from 14 percent in 2006 to 60 percent by 2013.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The fungal infection was first discovered in New York in 2006 and is now found in most of the tricolored bat’s range, which spans North America. ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug. White-nose syndrome is a deadly fungal infection impacts bats. Similarly, the U.S.

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JUNE 14, 2021

PFAS: EPA stuck with its statutory deadlines for proposing and finalizing a drinking water regulation for the chemicals PFOA and PFOS — March 2023 and September 2024, respectively. By October, Interior says it will complete its revocation of a controversial late Trump-era rule weakening protections for migratory birds.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Supreme Court’s 7 February 2024 decision is a preliminary one. 109, quoting R v Rimmington [2005] UKHL 63, [2006] 1 AC 459. 7, 2024) [link]. Finally, I consider what courts and lawyers in other jurisdictions might learn from the Smith decision. What did the Supreme Court decide in Smith ?

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