Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. Both courts took the position that the regulation of GHG emissions was a policy issue. As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Grid Safety: How Cost-of-Service Ratemaking Creates Tension Between Regulators and Utilities and Slows Grid Hardening By: Michael Murphy and Professor Genevieve Byrne The number of wildfires each year is increasing, which cost billions of dollars in damage and take hundreds of lives. In Maine, it is.

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Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

Author: Sorcha Brennan Professor Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi for nearly 35 years, and since January 2021 she has been a Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. With the correct political will, we could actually implement them very easily.”

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric speaks in Santiago, the day after his election victory in December 2021. A native of Chilean Patagonia, Boric became known as one of the leaders of the country’s student protests of 2011. Photo credit: ZUMA Press / Alamy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Though with the boom and bust nature of coal mining—where a significant drop in demand or political shifts towards clean energy can eliminate a mine’s buyers—hundreds of coal mines would close across the Pennsylvania and in Cambria County, stripping entire towns of their main livelihood. 15 mine before discharging it into the West Branch. “I

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Since the country began regulating abandoned mines in 1977 under the Abandoned Mine Land program, the country spent $5 billion, and about $400 million in the Illinois basin, to repair clogged and polluted streams, recontour steep highwalls, and reforest denuded landscapes. In 2021, the fee was lowered by an additional 20 percent.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] This piece previously appeared in the CLS Blue Sky Blog.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce For a hearing on “Power Struggle: Examining the 2021 Texas Grid Failure” Written statement submitted by: Michael D. Texas regulators appeared to be controlling the cost of electricity until they could no longer do so during the February crisis.

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Arnold Porter

OCTOBER 21, 2021

FCA, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Bank of England set out plan to improve diversity and inclusion in the financial services sector. On the same day, David Lufkin, former Head of Sales at Petrofac was also sentenced, having previous pleaded guilty to 11 counts of bribery in 2019 and a further three counts in January 2021.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JUNE 9, 2021

Back in 2011, my old friend Enrico Moretti published his important New Geography of Jobs book. So, this logic says that local quality of life causes economics growth if the geography of the location and the political economy of local land use regulation is such that the place allows new construction to take place.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Even though INTERPOL's Constitution prohibits the use of Red Notices to target political opponents or to pursue groundless or improper claims, the procedures by which INTERPOL issues and reviews Red Notices—and the options for challenging them—have not always been clear. 30, 2021).]]. III/IRPD/GA/2011 (2019).]]

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

On November 16, 2011, at 6:12 p.m., Nitrate is one of the most violated federal drinking water standards, with EPA data showing 458 systems in violation in the fourth quarter of 2021. This map shows nitrate concentrations in drinking water between 2016 and 2018 for federally regulated water systems. Twenty-three are in Nebraska.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

EU fines Volkswagen, BMW $1 bln for emissions cartel Reuters PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:27 Thursday, July 8, 2021 Read more Marine Strauss & Alexander Hübner [1/6] A Volkswagen logo is seen as it launches its ID.6 6 CROZZ SUV at a world premiere ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show, in Shanghai, China April 18, 2021.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 15, 2022

In 2004, the International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded that formaldehyde is a human carcinogen, and the US Department of Health and Human Services listed it is as a known human carcinogen in 2011. We know all too well that when decisionmakers compromise on the science for financial or political reasons, we all lose.

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MARCH 11, 2021

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] The price of solar panels and wind turbines has declined 75 percent and 25 percent, respectively, since 2011. [5] 5] The U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

I n 2021, the FracTracker Alliance released a watershed oil and gas drilling impact analysis for Lycoming Creek in Lycoming County, one of four watershed reports on drilling impacts in the Susquehanna River Basin. million gallons) of liquid waste and 416,248 tons of solid waste between January 2011 and April 2021.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA Sought Information to Inform Regulation of 1-Bromopropane as Hazardous Air Pollutant.

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Arnold Porter

APRIL 6, 2023

”) ]] Commissioner Wilson officially departed the agency on March 31, which left the FTC with no Republican members and all members of the same political party for the first time in history. On February 10, 2023, the FTC and the DOJ jointly released the agencies’ 44th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report for the Fiscal Year 2021.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

APRIL 27, 2021

Zillow teaches us that it has the most valuable land in America with a Zillow average price of $644,000 in April 2021. The housing market effects of discrete land use regulations: Evidence from the California coastal boundary zone ," Journal of Housing Economics , Elsevier, vol. California real estate is desirable. Kahn, Matthew E.,

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

May 17, 2021). May 24, 2021); Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) May 24, 2021); Shell Oil Products Co., May 24, 2021). June 2, 2021). The fossil fuel companies removed the case in March 2021, citing five grounds for removal, including the federal officer removal statute. May 19, 2021). 19-1189 (U.S.

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JUNE 2, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. PFAS Accountability Act of 2021 Would Create Federal Cause of Action for PFAS Exposure.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases, established in litigation in 2007, now seems beyond question. Bush EPA denies waiver to allow California to regulate CO2 emissions from new cars. EPA approves waiver for California to regulate CO2 from new cars. 2012 EPA adopts regulation limiting carbon emissions for new cars.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Wolf on April 21, 2021 (Earth Day) they would reject all future nominees to the PUC until he withdraws his executive order joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. He served as vice chairman of the Commission from 2011 to 2015, and from October 2021 through September 2022.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi after that hearing I noted that I am aware that Congressional hearings involve some political theater. However, I am not a political appointee. I did not expect to be drawn into political theater that violates basic civility. That may be the case.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council , provided an overview of a report issued by NRDC in July-- A Hot Fracking Mess: How Weak Regulation of Oil And Gas Production Leads to Radioactive Waste in our Water, Air, and Communities. This is a simple solution rooted in common sense, not politics.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

It appears to be of no concern to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ultraconservative majority how children are collateral damage in its monumental rulings to close the 2021-22 term. EPA decision where the Supreme Court said the EPA had the authority to regulate global warming gases. The Supreme Court is ignoring the science on health.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

At least partly—if not largely—because the AGs and their political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), receive substantial financial support from fossil fuel companies, electric utilities, and their respective trade groups. For example, in October 2021—the same month he signed onto the West Virginia v.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021 on February 4, 2021 in an effort to, in her words, comprehensively "overhaul[] and moderniz[e]" US antitrust laws. 4, 2011).]]. 2018 F.T.C. LEXIS 147 (F.T.C. 17, 2018); United States v. Anthem, 236 F. 3d 171 (D.D.C.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In the decade from 2011 to 2021, the average EV range went from 86 miles to 217 miles. A third trend involves political economy. Republicans are devoting increasing firepower to attacking EV subsidies and tougher regulations for gas and diesel vehicles, seeking to delay the transition to EVs.

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