Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would regulate two forms of PFAS contamination under Superfund laws reserved for “the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites.” PFAS chemicals are everywhere No one escapes PFAS chemicals. But companies had a leisurely decade to meet commitments.

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Vorys Law

DECEMBER 21, 2020

On December 17, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio addressed the surface owner’s due diligence obligations under the 2006 version of the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act. 2020-Ohio-6705. See Gerrity v. Chervenak , Slip Opinion No. Read more about that decision in our Client Alert.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2022

For full disclosure, prior to joining the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law, I worked for CARB for more than a decade, although I did not have a role in writing the draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update. Based on California’s broad portfolio of measures, the state achieved the 2020 target four years early.

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Vermont Law

JULY 6, 2020

A proposed approach to the problem of animal suffering not adequately addressed under existing law is to extend public health emergency and disaster preparedness and resilience frameworks to farm animal communities drawing on the model crisis standards of care. [2]. 1725 (2006). ; 1355, 1394 (2006); Pets Act (Faq), am.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 1, 2021

2020-00685 (La. Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post. State of Louisiana v. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., 6/30/2021); — So. 3d — (“ LL&E II ”). [1]. 2d 686 (La. 30:29, known as Act 312.

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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. In 2020, the MPCA worked on ethylene oxide through a voluntary pollution prevention program, by offering grants. You can contact your legislator to support this important new law. What is the situation in Minnesota?

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

2006)- Plurality decision which includes test adopted by Justice Kennedy known as the “significant nexus test” which extended federal jurisdiction to non-adjacent wetlands. Hawaii Wildlife Fund (2020)- Extended federal jurisdiction to direct discharges to navigable waters or when there is a “functional equivalent” to a direct discharge.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

2006)- Plurality decision which includes test adopted by Justice Kennedy known as the “significant nexus test” which extended federal jurisdiction to non-adjacent wetlands. Hawaii Wildlife Fund (2020)- Extended federal jurisdiction to direct discharges to navigable waters or when there is a “functional equivalent” to a direct discharge.

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Renewable + Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In 2020, load peaked at 47,121 megawatts (MW) on August 18, at 15:57. By comparison, the California ISO’s highest peak was 50,270 MW in 2006. The California ISO’s interconnection queue currently has approximately 147 gigawatts (GW) of battery energy storage in the queue, an increase from 68 GW in the queue in 2020.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Businesses, financers and governments should be held accountable and laws must be put into place to prevent their constant climate-wrecking activities. Reference list: (1) Steiger Carlos (2006), Modern Beef Production in Brazil and Argentina, Vol. 4) Global witness (July 2020) – Defending tomorrow: [link]. (5)

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

Originally, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), requires CARB to develop and update every five years a scoping plan that describes the approach California will take to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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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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Arnold Porter

JUNE 24, 2021

While the Opinion offers basic answers to complicated securities law issues, in remanding the case for further proceedings, it also leaves key questions unresolved. 2020), in which she participated as a panel member before she was elevated to the Supreme Court. ” Maj. The Decade-Long Journey to the Supreme Court. ” Maj.

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Vermont Law

MAY 11, 2020

Utility-scale solar is expected to grow by 10% in 2019 and an additional 17% in 2020. [3]. In 2006, Congress, seeking to increase renewable generation on the U.S. The ITC drops to 26% in 2020, then to 22% in 2021. 25, 2020). [18]. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. last visited Mar. appeared first on.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 1, 2021

2020-00685 (La. Tackling this problem, the Louisiana Legislature in 2006 enacted La. The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post. State of Louisiana v. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., 6/30/2021); — So. 3d — (“ LL&E II ”). [1]. 2d 686 (La. 30:29, known as Act 312.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

City of Turlock (2006) 138 Cal.App.4th Part 3 of 4), posted 12/1/21 on SLoG Law Blog (noting agency leaders, such as a city council, “are elected officials who inevitably pay attention to politics even when acting in a quasi-judicial capacity (hearing a CEQA appeal)”.) Citing CEQA Guidelines, § 15064.3(c);

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The mere fact that the in-house lawyers were employed by a subsidiary of a company established in the Netherlands and performed activities ultimately in the interests of the head office in the Netherlands was insufficient to justify Dutch law on the charter being applicable. N: PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Ors {2020} EWHC 2437 (Comm).]].

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

PacifiCorp’s 50-year license expired in 2006, and since then they have operated the dams under annual licenses. Four dams are proposed to be removed beginning in 2020, along with various associated power generation facilities, water intake structures, canals, pipelines, and ancillary buildings. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 1, 2022

This time, they’ve teed up the Court to finally resolve the Court’s own fractured opinion from its 2006 decision in Rapanos v. If we had any doubts about the Court’s feeling about NPDES permits, it gifted us in 2020 with the County of Maui v. See , e.g. , Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v Edwards, — F. United States.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

29, 2021); Press Release, SAP Resolves Allegations of Export Control Law Violations with $3.29 with Respect to Potential Civil Liability for Apparent Violations of Multiple Sanctions Programs ( July 8, 2020).]] In December 2020, OFAC announced a settlement agreement with BitGo, Inc. 26, 2020).]]. 29, 2021).]]

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The infrastructure act’s use of taxpayer dollars to finance the AML fund marks an abandonment of the intention of the mine cleanup law. The original law made coal companies pay for the industry’s past environmental harms. Because of reclamation law, former mine sites are now soccer fields or home to new manufacturing. .

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Between 2006 and 2016 sea levels globally rose 2.5 Though increasingly climate migrants to other countries are described as “ climate refugees ”, displacement by disasters and climate change is yet to be included in the definition of a refugee as established under international law. Their rights are only covered under human rights law.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 8, 2021

As part of its vision to build a European Health Union, the European Commission (Commission) announced the new pharmaceutical strategy for Europe (Strategy) on 25 November 2020. Finally, the Strategy considers how competition law enforcement can help address affordability concerns. Commission Consultations.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

But at least under Delaware law, the WeWork decision expanded the applicability of a test that was originally intended for evaluating privilege in the context of employer-employee disputes where the employee uses a work email address for communicating with his or her personal attorney. N: In re WeWork Litigation , 2020 WL 7624636, at *5 (Del.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

However, the Order indicated that the multi-year nature of the 2020-2022 drought (the three driest years on record) continues to have “immediate, significant impacts on communities across California with vulnerable water supplies.” This marks a major improvement from 2022 when the State Water Project met 0% of allocations for several months.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 30, 2020

Cecil Blount Farms, LLC , [1] is the most recent decision that provides the industry with a real-life application of the rules under Louisiana law for maintaining mineral servitudes. A well was spud on March 28, 2006. The well was a dry hole, however, and was therefore plugged and abandoned on April 21, 2006. 1] 53,252 (La.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2022

Four years ago, Tyson pledged to improve the environmental practices on 2 million acres of corn by the end of 2020. Using our investigation of Tyson Foods and the US agricultural industry writ large as a jumping-off point, I turned to Stillerman, a senior analyst with the Food and Environment Program since 2006, for her take.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Legislators have known since 2006 that the AML Program needed to be reauthorized by Sept. We’ve known about this expiration date since 2006. said Rebecca Shelton, Director of Policy and Organizing for the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center. We’re moving backward instead of forward.

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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 The ruling sets a precedent for thousands more cases.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Volkswagen pulls ad, apologizes for racist overtones DW | May 20, 2020 After being criticized for their first statement regarding the controversial ad, VW has issued a second apology. 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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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Volkswagen pulls ad, apologizes for racist overtones DW | May 20, 2020 After being criticized for their first statement regarding the controversial ad, VW has issued a second apology. 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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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Volkswagen pulls ad, apologizes for racist overtones DW | May 20, 2020 After being criticized for their first statement regarding the controversial ad, VW has issued a second apology. 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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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Volkswagen pulls ad, apologizes for racist overtones DW | May 20, 2020 After being criticized for their first statement regarding the controversial ad, VW has issued a second apology. 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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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Volkswagen pulls ad, apologizes for racist overtones DW | May 20, 2020 After being criticized for their first statement regarding the controversial ad, VW has issued a second apology. 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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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Volkswagen pulls ad, apologizes for racist overtones DW | May 20, 2020 After being criticized for their first statement regarding the controversial ad, VW has issued a second apology. 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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