Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

With legislation that became law last week, without the Governor’s signature, Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. only days from now). only days from now).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Patricia provides an important message throughout her memoir that ‘the laws of nature are non-negotiable,’” says Your Spiritual Journey Podscaster, Bob Dove, Ph.D. Posted: March 10, 2023] PA Environment Digest DeMarco is a native of Pittsburgh, PA. with a doctorate in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh. 2011-present).

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

21-454 (May 25, 2023) is a landmark ruling in environmental law interpreting the scope of water bodies covered by the Clean Water Act (CWA) – an issue that has been debated by courts, presidential administrations, and federal agencies for decades. 715, 739 (2006). [3] Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. United States , 547 U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2023

Of the funding, $96 million will come from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law while another $110 million will come from regular EPA appropriations. Click Here for the FY 2023 RFA. Posted: August 8, 2023] PA Environment Digest Deadline September 15. Click Here for the second RFA. Deadline September 18.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Heine, 88, passed away on February 14, 2023. In 1977 President Jimmy Carter nominated Heine as the first Director of the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement after the passage of the first federal law to comprehensively regulate coal mining operations-- the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act-- that same year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2024

This led to an unfair distribution of funds until the FTA’s tribal transit program was implemented in 2006 with a direct funding and application route to the federal government. The Federal Highway Administration’s greenhouse gas performance measure, finalized in late 2023, is one example of this data-driven approach.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

3d , 2023 WL 526075, the Louisiana Supreme Court rejected a writ of mandamus that would have compelled the LDNR to satisfy a $4.7 A “ministerial duty” is one in which the public officer has no discretion, which the Court also described as “a simple, definite duty, arising under conditions admitted or proved to exist, and imposed by law.”

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2024

In November 2023, conservation and environmental protection leader Deborah Nardone was appointed as the Executive Director of the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds. FPW is a grantmaking foundation that invests in local efforts to protect healthy streams, clean up pollution, and restore degraded wildlife habitat.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Since 2016, EPA has generally shown restraint in setting targets for biodiesel and related fuels, insofar as the law allows, and biodiesel consumption has actually fallen. In the first half of 2023, the combined share of renewable diesel and biodiesel rose to 59 percent of total diesel fuel use in California. percent in 2022.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

January 5, 2023. In 2006, the Arizona Department of Water Resources issued two certificates for 4,228 acre-feet of water – 1.35 Hughes water supply options for Teravalis, some available now, others that will require a change in state law and regulation, include tapping another aquifer and delivering water by pipeline.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

All national forests in the east have of course been Wilderness Act-eligible since the moment President Lyndon Johnson put pen to paper on September 3rd, 1964 and signed the landmark bill into law. Today there are nearly 200 wilderness areas encompassing almost 4.5 Some at the Allegheny have really changed their tune on Tracy Ridge.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

On December 18, 2023, the U.S. As detailed in our prior Sackett blog article , CWA jurisdictional decisions have been plagued by administrative rulings, guidance, and court opinions that attempted to implement the plurality opinion in the Supreme Court’s 2006 Rapanos v. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applied the U.S.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In the first quarter of 2023, most of the state received rainfall exceeding historic averages, with some areas experiencing 200%, or even 300% of average levels. 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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016. The company has yet to publish a report for its grantmaking in 2022, let alone 2023. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Rose asked Tillerson open-ended questions on a range of subjects, including climate change and national energy policy. And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions.

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MGKF Law

MAY 29, 2023

EPA , 2023 WL 3632751 (U.S. 715, 754 (2006). In Sackett v. United States, 547 U.S. See 88 Fed. Read More » Tags: Clean Water Act , Decisions of Note , EPA , Major Questions Doctrine , Navigability , Ninth Circuit , Rapanos , Supreme Court , United States Supreme Court , Wetlands

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Acoel

JUNE 6, 2023

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Karen Aldridge Crawford This long-awaited decision by SCOTUS in favor of the Sacketts finally put to rest the debate over the “significant nexus” test which was derived from Justice Kennedy’s solo opinion in Rapanos v. 715 (2006) case many years ago. United States, 547 U.S.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. 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.”.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2023

Much of this funding is from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), the Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization program (AMLER), and from the 2022 Bi-partisan Infrastructure Legislation (BIL) or Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which resulted in total funding of $297M in FY 2023. 23 to Oct.

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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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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

student, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, India August 17, 2023 I. India has been one of the biggest benefactors of this trend, and the 2023 Union Budget , coupled with the “Visit India” regime , reflects the government’s continued commitment to empowering this industry. By Tejaswini Kaushal , B.A.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On August 29, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. 2006)- Plurality decision which includes test adopted by Justice Kennedy known as the “significant nexus test” which extended federal jurisdiction to non-adjacent wetlands. EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On August 29, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. 2006)- Plurality decision which includes test adopted by Justice Kennedy known as the “significant nexus test” which extended federal jurisdiction to non-adjacent wetlands. EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 27, 2023

On February 27, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Division One) filed its published decision in Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. State Water Resources Control Board (2023) Cal.App.5th 5th , a case mainly focused on water law but which also has some significant CEQA implications. 2006) 143 Cal.App.4th

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In a partially published opinion filed September 20, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. Department of General Services (2023) 87 Cal.App.5th Board of Trustees of California State University (2006) 39 Cal.4th City of Oakland (2023) 89 Cal.App.5th Yerba Buena Neighborhood Consortium, LLC, et al v.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

USA: ‘Huge’ Win for Code of Excellence: On-Clock Training at Raytheon Plant International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | May 8, 2023 More than 2,400 Raytheon Technologies missile and defense workers are getting on-the-clock training on the IBEW’s Code of Excellence program , thanks to a years-long effort by the leaders of Waltham, Mass.,

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

USA: ‘Huge’ Win for Code of Excellence: On-Clock Training at Raytheon Plant International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | May 8, 2023 More than 2,400 Raytheon Technologies missile and defense workers are getting on-the-clock training on the IBEW’s Code of Excellence program , thanks to a years-long effort by the leaders of Waltham, Mass.,

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 28, 2022

The 179D commercial buildings energy efficiency tax deduction has since 2006 enabled building owners to claim a $1.80 HR 5376 makes clear that the existing provisions remain in effect through December 31, 2022 and the new text will be effective, permanently, from January 1, 2023 forward. per square foot tax deduction (i.e.,

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Thus began nearly two decades of litigation, culminating in the Supreme Court’s May 25, 2023 decision in Sackett v. 598 U.S. , (2023) (slip. 715 (2006), and embraced ever since in a series of rulemakings and jurisdictional determinations by the EPA and the U.S. EPA , 598 U.S. at 27) (internal punctuation and citations omitted).

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Maryland Department of the Environment has given notice to the legislature that it intends to publish new regulations on December 15, 2023, to create Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) implementing the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. How a building owner (i.e.,

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely Massachusetts Peace Action PaulaR Mon, 06/12/2023 - 07:43 Monday, August 15, 2022 Read more Richard Krushnic & Kathleen Malley-Morrison Raytheon Technologies is even more horrifying than you thought. Local 1505 and representatives from the Second District office.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: ‘Huge’ Win for Code of Excellence: On-Clock Training at Raytheon Plant International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | May 8, 2023 More than 2,400 Raytheon Technologies missile and defense workers are getting on-the-clock training on the IBEW’s Code of Excellence program , thanks to a years-long effort by the leaders of Waltham, Mass.,

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Defense Stocks Soar as Trump Wages War on Syria The Real News Network PaulaR Mon, 06/12/2023 - 07:47 Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Read more William K. Local 1505 and representatives from the Second District office. The group, called Reject Raytheon Asheville, was formed Nov.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: ‘Huge’ Win for Code of Excellence: On-Clock Training at Raytheon Plant International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | May 8, 2023 More than 2,400 Raytheon Technologies missile and defense workers are getting on-the-clock training on the IBEW’s Code of Excellence program , thanks to a years-long effort by the leaders of Waltham, Mass.,

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

American Arms Makers Are Making a Killing off of Israel's Slaughter in Gaza Mint Press News PaulaR Mon, 06/12/2023 - 07:52 Friday, May 14, 2021 Read more Jessica Buxbaum GAZA — As diplomatic powers and regional players meet behind closed doors for ceasefire talks, Israel continues showering Gaza with missile fire.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

How Biden’s Foreign-Policy Team Got Rich The American Prospect PaulaR Mon, 06/12/2023 - 07:53 Monday, July 6, 2020 Read more Jonathan Guyer They had been public servants their whole careers. But when Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election, two departing Obama officials were anxious for work. Trump’s win had caught them by surprise.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Washington Post Runs Pro-War Column Without Disclosing Author’s Raytheon Ties Truthout PaulaR Mon, 06/12/2023 - 07:55 Friday, January 10, 2020 Read more Robert Galbraith Stephen Hadley is on defense contractor Raytheon’s board — and owns company shares worth more than $2.4 Local 1505 and representatives from the Second District office.

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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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