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Long-Running Texas Boundary Dispute Continues

Energy & the Law

The Supreme Court held that “in light of the boundary stipulation and the signed 2008 letter, Ellison as a matter of law ratified the boundary line in the stipulation as the boundary of Ellison’s leasehold.” The Court overruled Ellison’s issue related to the existence of a contract.

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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest. Renewables are 6% of power. Renewable Energy Act sets fixed feed-in tariffs and gives renewables priority on the grid.

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Another Study Regarding the Health Impacts of PM Emissions From Power Plants: What Impact Will It Have On Regulation and Litigation?

Law and Environment

A substantial majority of the excess mortality occurred prior to 2008; as coal-fired EGUs increasingly installed scrubbers to control sulfur dioxide emissions, excess mortality declined rapidly, by more than 85%. first appeared on Law and the Environment. First, in significant part, this is a good news story.

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Extended Producer Responsibility Laws – Shifting EHS Costs

Acoel

Extended producer responsibility [“EPR”] laws are intended to place a significant share of the environmental costs of a product on the manufacturer or “producer.”. In the United States, approximately 40 states have enacted EPR laws since 2008. Posted on November 11, 2021 by Jim Bruen. take-back, recycling and final disposal.”.

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Profs. William Boyd and Alex Wang Join Prof. Ted Parson in Emmett Institute Faculty Leadership

Legal Planet

UCLA Professor of Law William Boyd. William Boyd is Professor of Law and Michael J. Klein Chair in Law at UCLA Law, with a joint appointment as Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability ; Alex Wang is Professor of Law at UCLA Law. UCLA Professor of Law Alex Wang.

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A Different Lesson in Property Stipulations

Energy & the Law

The 2008 letter could not have ratified the stipulation because it was not capable of being ratified. The result lays waste to Texas title law. . The 2008 boundary stipulation retroactively changed boundaries without evidence of error or dispute. The Court of Appeals laid waste to Texas title law.

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Texas Supreme Court to Review Approval of Injection Well Permit

Energy & the Law

April 2008: ALJ recommends that the permit be issued. December 2008: TCEQ remands the application for more modeling. TCEQ improperly rewrote many of the administrative law judge’s findings of fact underlying the approval of the permits and made changes not based solely on the record. September 16, 2005: RRC no-harm letter.

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