Law Columbia
APRIL 22, 2021
In 2010, the City Council of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania unanimously passed an ordinance recognizing the Rights of Nature as part of a ban on shale gas drilling and fracking. In 2019, the city of Toledo, Ohio adopted the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, a municipal law that gave the lake rights of its own. The case is pending a decision.
Environmental Progress
MARCH 11, 2021
21] In 2019, German electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average. [22] 22] A study published in late 2019 found that Germany’s nuclear phase-out is costing its citizens $12 billion per year. [23] 52] And from 2010 to 2019, consumers from across the U.S. as a whole. [52] 5] Ran Fu et al., “US
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Federal Court Denied Motions to Dismiss Challenges to 2019 Presidential Permit for Keystone XL. The federal district court for the District of Montana denied motions to dismiss and for a preliminary injunction in litigation challenging a presidential permit issued in 2019 for a cross-border segment of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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