Energy & the Law

JUNE 2, 2021

2012: John executes royalty deeds conveying his interests to Yates Energy. In 2011, the Texas Legislature enacted the Correction Instrument Statute (Property Code §§5.027-5.030) to enlarge the instances in which a correction instrument could be executed. The dispute. John does not sign this instrument. The Supreme Court reverses.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power by Steve Coll (Penguin Press, 2012). Exxon agrees to $1 million fine over 2011 Yellowstone River oil spill Reuters | June 5, 2019 Exxon Mobil Corp has agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty to settle U.S. HarperCollins, 1991). The History of the Standard Oil Co. by Ida Tarbell (1904).

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In August 2018, dry natural gas production from the Haynesville shale averaged 6.774 billion cubic feet per day, which is the highest daily Haynesville production average since September 2012 when production averaged 6.962 billion cubic feet per day. August 2018 was not an anomaly. El Paso E & P Co. , Alyce Gaines Johnson Special Trust v.

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Renewable + Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

3, effective June 8, 2021, is a multi-pronged law that attempts to make the Texas energy system more resilient to the effects of extreme winter weather events. The rule stems from the Texas Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 3 (S.B. 3) in response to the devastation caused to the energy grid by Winter Storm Uri. Key to S.B.

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Renewable + Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

3, effective June 8, 2021, is a multi-pronged law that attempts to make the Texas energy system more resilient to the effects of extreme winter weather events. The rule stems from the Texas Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 3 (S.B. 3) in response to the devastation caused to the energy grid by Winter Storm Uri. Key to S.B.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power by Steve Coll (Penguin Press, 2012). Exxon agrees to $1 million fine over 2011 Yellowstone River oil spill Reuters | June 5, 2019 Exxon Mobil Corp has agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty to settle U.S. HarperCollins, 1991). The History of the Standard Oil Co. by Ida Tarbell (1904).

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

On September 13, 2011, I began the endeavor of writing Miller Starr Regalia’s CEQA Developments blog. County of Alameda (2012) 54 Cal.4th My June 18, 2012 post on the case can be found here. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2022

Department of Interior in December for the well plugging funds authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It was drilled by Atlas from 2011 to 2012. Jain made these comments at the May 18 DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting and in a subsequent interview. Read more here.] It would cost taxpayers over $3.3

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

By: Lesley Foxhall Pietras On August 8, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching Clean Air Act rule intended to address the interstate transport of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from upwind to downwind states. See 76 Fed. 48208 (Aug. Tribune, Sept.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 2, 2022

acre feet per acre (2011-12) to zero acre feet per acre (2015-16). Because the material facts were undisputed, the Court treated this as a question of law. 2012) 206 Cal.App.4th Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. Citing Van de Kamps Coalition v.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 4, 2021

In 2011, Dr. Mohammed Islam, a tenured professor of electrical and computer engineering at UM received an additional appointment to UM’s medical school, for which he executed an employment agreement. In 2012, Dr. Islam took an unpaid leave-of-absence during which he filed multiple provisional patent applications. at 18-20.]].

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Law of the Lands

JULY 8, 2021

The “servient” owner of the affected land, whether by the terms of a contract or through the Common Law, is generally prohibited from substantially interfering with the rights of the “dominant” owner for whose benefit the easement exists. The homeowners had purchased the property in 2012. They were wrong.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Beginning in 2012, I spent seven years on the Advisory Committee for Civil Rules. 2011) (quoting Fed. And how could there be when the court of appeals is citing cases dated in 1991, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2011. But the court of appeals’ statement of the law was not. Posted on October 6, 2021 by John M. Part I: Rulemaking.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Factual and Procedural Background The General Plan Update and Certified Program EIR The County designated the project property for industrial use in its 2011 General Plan Update (GPU), the environmental impacts of which were reviewed under CEQA pursuant to a certified program environmental impact report (PEIR).

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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. Feedstock consumption for bio-based diesel fuel produced in the US has more than doubled since 2012 and exceeded 11 MMT in 2022. Source USDA Oil crops yearbook.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 20, 2021

26, 2011, the two Philadelphia institutions pledged to combine their strengths to mutually expand their global scientific reputations and capabilities. The Environmental Collaboratory will employ the two institutions’ expertise in environmental science, law, health, policy, humanities and engineering. million today. . ~70

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Vermont Law

APRIL 6, 2015

The Bay’s grade is a “C,” unchanged since 2012 when the 2011 “D+” was upgraded to a “C.” Opposition to fertilizer laws come from synthetic and organic fertilizer manufacturers. In 2011, Maryland legislators passed the Fertilizer Use Act. Thirty-six years after graduating from Albany Law School, she earned an LL.M.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

However, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted several unopposed motions to extend this deadline for the Boiler MACT Rule, resulting in an eventual deadline of January 21, 2011. www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/01/21/21greenwire-with-extension-denied-epa-sends-boiler-rules-t-75622.html 01-1537, 2011 U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 3, 2021

Mr. Ellison died in 2011, and his widow continued to maintain the northwest tract lease. In 2012, the southeast tract lease was assigned to Concho. The court of appeals reversed, holding that Mrs. Ellison established as a matter of law that she had superior title to the disputed tract. The Map depicted provides a helpful visual.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 3, 2021

Mr. Ellison died in 2011, and his widow continued to maintain the northwest tract lease. In 2012, the southeast tract lease was assigned to Concho. The court of appeals reversed, holding that Mrs. Ellison established as a matter of law that she had superior title to the disputed tract. The Map depicted provides a helpful visual.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

For example, EPA projected a total of just 4,700 MW of coal capacity retirements under the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule. EPA MATS Regulatory Impact Analysis, 2011. Trisko (BA, NYU, 1972; JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1977) is an attorney in private practice.

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Law of the Lands

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In 2011, Enbridge applied to the NEB for permission to re-reverse a portion of Line 9 – Line 9A. In 2012, Enbridge applied to re-reverse the balance of Line 9 – Line 9B – and to increase the capacity of the overall line. Later the flow was reversed to carry oil from east to west. The NEB approved both projects.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 8, 2024

North Coast Rivers Alliance, et al (“NCRA”) and Planning and Conservation League, et al (“PCL”) filed separate actions challenging the project under CEQA and other laws, in which some contractors intervened. 2011) 202 Cal.App.4th City of Newport (2012) 211 Cal.App.4th State Lands Com. Citing Save Our Capitol!

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 21, 2021

City of Dana Point (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th City of Selma (2012) 204 Cal.App.4th Appellants’ evidence here failed to squarely address the relevant impacts and came up short as a matter of law. . . Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. 4th 187, 208.)

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 19, 2013

On October 25, 2012 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its corrected definition of “regulated NSR pollutant.” On or after January 1, 2011, such condensable particulate matter shall be accounted for in applicability determinations and in establishing emissions limitations for PM 2.5 1280 (May 20, 2013). 65107 (Oct.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

Wiegand On August 21, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). EPA issued CSAPR in August 2011 pursuant to Sec. By Stephen W.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

The bipartisan infrastructure law provided up to $7.5 In January 2012, at a hearing of the California Air Resources Board I attended, the board considered updates to the Zero Emission Vehicle standards through model year 2025. Just look at the past 10+ years. When you’re falling behind, is slowing down really the right answer?

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The infrastructure act’s use of taxpayer dollars to finance the AML fund marks an abandonment of the intention of the mine cleanup law. The original law made coal companies pay for the industry’s past environmental harms. Because of reclamation law, former mine sites are now soccer fields or home to new manufacturing. .

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Under the proposed rules, the newly covered sources are required to begin collecting emissions data on January 1, 2011 and are required to submit the first annual reports to EPA on March 31, 2012.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

(This post was authored by Eric Peshkin, a JD candidate at NYU School of Law and CLEE summer research assistant). 2016 , Benchaar and Greathead, 2011 , Gutierrez et al., 2013 , Patra and Yu, 2012 , Kinley et al., 2012 , Bayat et al., Searchinger, 2019 , Islam and Lee, 2019 , Adhya et al., 2018 , Petersen et al.,

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

But at least under Delaware law, the WeWork decision expanded the applicability of a test that was originally intended for evaluating privilege in the context of employer-employee disputes where the employee uses a work email address for communicating with his or her personal attorney. 2011 WL 532011 (Del. 2, 2011).]]

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Last Thursday, in a case filed in 2012 in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, a jury found that Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn defamed Michael Mann, awarding Mann $1 in compensatory damages from each and punitive damages of $1,000 from Simberg and $1 Million from Steyn. Unfortunately, this decade plus long case (.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In the past decade, as the use of Red Notices by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) member states has increased dramatically, so too have calls for INTERPOL to strengthen its gatekeeping function and guard against national authorities' potential misuse of this powerful tool of international law enforcement cooperation.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2022

Then once again in 2011, the state stepped in with an emergency manager when Flint faced a $19.1 million deficit by 2012. The law mandates that 49% of those funds must be provided as grants and forgivable loans to disadvantaged communities. To save even more money, a corrosion inhibitor was not added to the water. .

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This holding aligns with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) case law interpreting “interested party” status and “direct economic interest” in a multiple award procurement and creates an internal split within the COFC. 2012), was akin to a pre-award protest and, according to Judge Solomson, “stands.

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CEQA Developments

APRIL 4, 2022

Since July 2011, Real Party (Lafferty) has been attempting to develop its 32-acre site in the Garaventa Hills with a residential development project consistent with its zoning. City of Santee (2012) 210 Cal.App.4th Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

BSEE collected civil penalties in 22 cases in 2009, 26 cases in 2010, 30 cases in 2011, 31 cases in 2012, 42 cases in 2013, 53 cases in 2014, and 42 cases in 2015. The number of civil penalty cases has risen gradually since 2009, with a sharp increase over 2013-2015. The civil penalty dollar amount has also grown significantly.

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