The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

2] Carbon capture and sequestration techniques have existed for decades, but the development of specific technologies for CCS has been largely cost prohibitive due to lack of governmental support in the legislative, regulatory and financial arenas. 585, 589 (2007). [3] 1] [link]. [2] 2] Nigel Bankes, Jenette Poschwatta & E.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

It is the first “anti-environmental” decision in the CAA realm since their 2007. regulate toxic emissions from power plants, rather than consider the cost when determining . regulate emissions. Mercury and Air Toxics or MATS rule. ,” the regulation at issue in the. Massachusetts v. whether to .

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Sponsors, target companies, their respective directors and officers, and their investment banks would be well advised to anticipate the likelihood of increasing and enhanced scrutiny of SPACs by the plaintiffs’ bar and regulators. 931, 944 (2007). ” Jackson and Morley Strike Thrice, With Potentially More Suits To Come.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 30, 2014

The case involved a challenge to EPA’s attempt to regulate greenhouse gases in the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program of the Clean Air Act. Such a facility must install BACT for each pollutant subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act. The holding reflects a moderation of the Court’s decision in. Massachusetts v.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

subsidies, publicly-funded research, and regulation) is necessary for the de-carbonization of the energy sector. He suggested that governments should focus less on cooperation and more on coordination with respect to technological solutions, such as the development of carbon air capture technologies.

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Vermont Law

JULY 14, 2016

Unfortunately for Vermont and any other state that wants GE products labeled, the bill seeks to preempt states from having the authority to regulate the labeling of GE foods (as well as GE seeds). the bill “is on its face discriminatory against low-income, rural, minorities and elderly populations” that may not have access to such technology.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 29, 2021

Researchers at the Center for Neighborhood Technology, a think tank that works on urban sustainability issues, analyzed flooding data across Chicago neighborhoods. Just thirteen Zip codes represent nearly three-fourths of flood damage claims paid in Chicago between 2007 and 2016. They found an important statistical relationship.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In response, Congress put in place regulations to cut oil use from new passenger vehicles, known as the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program. Shortly thereafter, the Supreme Court ruled that EPA had the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars and trucks under Massachusetts v.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Considering social commentary, we look at the FCA’s proposals to regulate diversity and inclusion within the financial services sector, and consider various proposals to address ethnic and racial bias within the criminal justice system. When this came to light he evaded arrest and prosecution in Nigeria and left the country for Dubai.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

4] Some energy experts and reporters have contended that Texas regulators did not expect to rely on wind to provide much electricity during the cold snap, and rather had relied on natural gas and other thermal power plants. This hour saw a difference of 28.9 GW between expected demand and delivered generation. [4] percent of the grid’s power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Most of these pieces were about the company’s support for a seemingly independent network of anti-regulation, “free-market” nonprofits that spread falsehoods about the reality and seriousness of climate change. The genesis of ExxonMobil’s brazen hypocrisy can be traced back to 2007. Is the day of reckoning coming?

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Last Thursday, December 15, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) seeking comments on proposed changes to its regulations governing the siting of interstate electric transmission lines. In 2007, FERC issued Order No. Photo Credit: Oran Viriyincy (flickr). How could this happen?

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

Supreme Court issued a decision striking down an Obama era rule regulating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing power plants. Three key takeaways from the court’s decision: The Court did not rule that EPA lacks authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants or other sources. The Clean Power Plan Rule.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

11] Part of the reason for inadequate in-state electricity supply in California last August was that state regulators had closed in-state baseload power plants. 13] California regulators in 2020 over-estimated the contribution they could reasonably expect from renewables. The situation could have been avoided,” said the CEO of CAISO.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By 2050, in a 100% renewable energy scenario that assumes current solar technology and current recycling rates, solar power’s demand for silver could be more than 50% of world reserves. Companies can participate in regulation and evaluation standards such as the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Solar Scorecard.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

Rather, they resulted in low-wage service sector jobs, greater dependence on imported Chinese technologies, and higher energy costs. They have caused electricity prices to rise 50 percent in Germany since 2007, the first year it got more than 10 percent of its power from subsidized wind, solar, and biomass.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

How this occurred is a story of law, policy, technology, and public investment that converged to improve Lake Erie’s water quality in the 1970s and 1980s, but began to falter starting in the late 1990s. . The technology measures plant growth and soil conditions. Regulation Begins. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. These emissions standards were significantly loosened in the last year of the Trump Administration.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2022

A short history: In 2007, before building a house on the property, the Sacketts filled in land that the agency says should not have been altered because it was a regulated wetland. The initiative aims to expand technological options and data analysis to secure water utility computer systems from digital intruders. Cybersecurity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

EPA US Supreme Court decision in 2007 and the EPA’s follow-on Endangerment Finding and Cause or Contribute Finding in 2009, which ultimately set the stage for the agency to not only have the authority—but also the obligation—to regulate power plant carbon emissions. EPA Supreme Court decision in 2022. EPA’s 6-3 majority opinion.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

By contrast, the Obama administration’s proposed carbon regulation of the power sector, the “Clean Power Plan,” proposed emissions reductions of 32 percent — by 2030. Short-term and focused subsidies and mandates may help accelerate technological innovation. Renewables have the same impact everywhere in the world.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

Horizontal drilling with high intensity hydraulic fracturing was a new technology and a new method for [natural] gas extraction in many ways, but at the same time, it wasn't altogether new. Released from a lot of federal oversight, it left this big, blank slate for states to regulate the industry in whatever manner suited them.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Office of Science and Technology Policy is now soliciting feedback from the scientific community and the public about the scope of the assessment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) originally created the committee in 2007 and then revived it in 2019 when Democrats retook control of the House. Apply for the 2023 Katherine S.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

This bill creates a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increases NSF’s overall authorized funding level to $29 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. For the time being, no regulation is on the books, and extended delay might prompt legal action from environmentalists.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

While a number of Republicans have called for increased antitrust enforcement, particularly against technology companies, the bill currently has no Republican cosponsors. 264 (2007).]] N: See Credit Suisse v. Billings, 441 U.S.

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ESA

JULY 12, 2021

White House: A prominent critic of the Trump administration’s scientific policies, Gretchen Goldman, has joined Biden White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Moore has led the Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Region, which covers California, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands since 2007. Executive Branch.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

President Biden appoints 30 members to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. This group advises the president on “policy that affects science, technology and innovation, as well as science and technology information that is needed to inform public policy.”. Executive Branch. Judge orders U.S.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In the chapter on climate change, the CEI calls for Congress to repeal or defund virtually every federal effort enacted by Obama to target climate change, ranging from the ability of the EPA to regulate CO. Commercial technologies do not exist for removing CO. Climate change mitigation policies pose serious risks to U.S.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

White House: Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy Eric Lander issued a memo to federal agencies outlining the White House’s priorities for research and development spending in fiscal year (FY) 2023. NSF Center for Oldest Ice Exploration.

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