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Department of Fish & Wildlife (2015) 62 Cal. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for more than fifty years. For nearly all that time, the firm also has written Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th, a 12-volume treatise on California real estate law.

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JULY 30, 2021

The country’s struggle to reduce its reliance on coal was significantly helped by the purely ideological and populist decision to phase out all its nuclear power stations by 2022 (initially following the Fukushima accident in 2011 in Japan) .

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On September 13, 2011, I began the endeavor of writing Miller Starr Regalia’s CEQA Developments blog. Bay Area Air Quality Management District (2015) 62 Cal.4th My December 18, 2015 post on the case can be found here. City of Berkeley (2015) 60 Cal.4th My March 3, 2015 post on the case can be found here.

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I had the privilege of working on the December 1, 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure—perhaps the most significant amendments to the civil rules since they were first adopted in 1938. Hence, on December 1, 2015, this phrase, too, with the express approval of the Supreme Court, was eliminated from Rule 26(b)(1).

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MAY 17, 2024

Joseph Otis Minott - Lifetime Achievement Award PennFuture honored Joseph Otis Minott, an environmental law leader, with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades-long career fighting for the environment and public health in Pennsylvania. from Villanova University School of Law.

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Kingdom of Belgium & Others is a climate lawsuit brought in Belgium in 2015 modelled on the famous Dutch Urgenda case. With the rise of climate law, national governments contracted legal obligations to mitigate climate change. By Matthias Petel and Antoine De Spiegeleir *. VZW Klimaatzaak v. Facts, procedure, judgment.

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The SEC found that this language could impede whistleblower reporting, and thus undermined the purpose of the whistleblower regulations, which are intended to encourage individuals to report possible securities laws violations to the Commission. Rule 21F-17 went into effect in August 2011. ” 17 C.F.R. §§ 240.21F-17(a).

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in 2011 from the University of Missouri where his research focused on the removal of trihalomethane (THM) and haloacetic acid (HAA) precursors using MIEX and activated carbon. His PhD research (2015, Arizona State University) focused on removal, characterization, and identification of N -nitrosamine precursors. He was awarded an M.S.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This official inner circle is now doing the business of the three separate international treaties in force for climate change: the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), the 1992 Kyoto Protocol (Yes, it still exists and is in force, although the United States is not a party), and the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2023

Although Indonesia’s total deforestation has declined annually since 2015, these findings emphasise the continued need for strong land use planning to ensure mining does not destroy forests or violate community rights,” says Hariadi Kartodihardjo, professor of forest policy at Bogor Agricultural University, West Java.

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In fact, the Polluter Pays principle is enshrined across provincial and Canadian laws: companies don’t just have a moral obligation to clean up after making huge profits from public resources. Cleaning up is the law. We shouldn’t be paying oil and gas companies to reduce their emissions . What about the progress that has been made? .

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JUNE 29, 2022

16 of 22 counties) of the 2015 Base Case nonattainment counties are projected to be reduced by 1 ppb or more as a result of CAIR. Exceedances of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS are predicted to decline in nonattainment areas by 14 percent with CAIR controls in place in 2015. EPA MATS Regulatory Impact Analysis, 2011.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 11, 2022

The catalyst for the dispute was the Polish authorities’ concession extension to operate the mine until 2026 without carrying out an environmental impact assessment (EIA) as required by European Union (EU) law. In 2015, it requested an extension of the concession for six years. However, the case also holds climate aspects.

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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. Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. Coon and Matt Henderson of Miller Starr Regalia.

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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

MARCH 17, 2020

Prior to 2015, BSEE routinely granted applications to decommission pipelines in place pursuant to 30 C.F.R. Since 2015, BOEM has executed fifty-eight MMP leases for use of 164 million cubic yards of sand. Through MMP, and pursuant to the authority granted by 43 U.S.C.

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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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In August 2015, the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant began its restart procedures, marking the beginning of the planned restart of the Japanese nuclear program and, likely, an eventual return to a more diversified energy portfolio. On August 11, 2015, the Kyushu Electric Power Company began the restart process on the No. By Jared E.

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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 Department of Fish & Wildlife (2015) 234 Cal.App.4th State Lands Com. Citing Save Our Capitol!

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JUNE 2, 2021

29, 2021); Press Release, SAP Resolves Allegations of Export Control Law Violations with $3.29 The company did not remedy this until 2015. This Advisory is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice. Million Administrative Settlement (Apr. 29, 2021).]] Cloud-Access Violations.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 21, 2021

City of Dana Point (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th 2015) 62 Cal.4th 4th 369, 392.) 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.

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Physics World

MAY 4, 2021

In 2011, during her undergraduate degree at Georgia Institute of Technology, Ghanaian-US computer scientist Joy Buolamwini discovered that getting a robot to play a simple game of peek-a-boo with her was impossible – the machine was incapable of seeing her dark-skinned face. Courtesy: Mark Schiefelbein/AP/Shutterstock).

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MARCH 7, 2024

The bipartisan infrastructure law provided up to $7.5 The bipartisan infrastructure law provided up to $7.5 Billions of dollars have been invested as a result of the VW settlement in 2015 which established Electrify America. This federal investment is building upon billions of private investments as well.

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In 2011, the city of Munroe Falls, Ohio sought to prevent Beck Energy Corporation from drilling until the company complied with the city’s relevant municipal ordinances. In 2015, the Ohio Supreme Court decided that the local ordinances conflicted with state law, which regulated oil and gas production within Ohio. Summary. :

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The Court has a history of groundbreaking decisions in the realm of environmental law and the lesser-publicized. Then, in 2011 the Obama Administration confirmed the 2000 findings and EPA issued the “. A lot was at stake for EPA when this case went before the Court on March 25, 2015. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

The CEQA Guidelines have been revised to clarify the appropriate methodology for measuring and assessing the significance of GHG emissions, consistent with recent case law. 4th 369 (2015) ; Ballona Wetlands Land Trust v. GHG Emissions Analysis. See, e.g., Center for Biological Diversity v. of Fish & Wildlife, 62 Cal.4th

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Following release of an October 2015 draft and May 2016 final EIR, the County’s Planning Commission recommended denial, but the Board of Supervisors thereafter approved the specific plan, and the immediate rezoning of the 662-acre portion of the West Parcel out of the TPZ, by 4-1 vote. City of Rocklin (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

(This post was authored by Eric Peshkin, a JD candidate at NYU School of Law and CLEE summer research assistant). 2014 , Moeletsi and Tongwane, 2015 , Kritee et al., 2020 , Ruminomics Report, 2015 , Roque et al, 2021 , Duin et al., 2016 , Benchaar and Greathead, 2011 , Gutierrez et al., 2015 , Williams et al.,

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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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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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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The court rejected Exxon’s argument that it could withhold documents based on an accountant-client privilege under Texas law. and non-U.S. United States v.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

186 IBLA 199 (2015). Together, these developments will undoubtedly lead to more litigation and a higher cost of doing business on the Outer Continental Shelf. The number of civil penalty cases has risen gradually since 2009, with a sharp increase over 2013-2015. In 2015, the average penalty was $87,119 over 42 cases.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 23, 2022

Most obviously, and topically, they plainly will apply to housing development projects when state housing laws impose legal obligations that limit local agencies’ legal authority to disapprove or reduce the density of those projects. (See, See, e.g., Gov. Code, § 65589.5 (the the “Housing Accountability Act”).).

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JULY 26, 2021

Regency’s 2011 application for an amended permit predicted that the injectate plume created by increased disposal would take 30 years to migrate 2,900 feet from the injection point. Swift intervened in 2015, more than three years after H2S was first discovered in another operator’s wellbore. Look for much more to come on these topics.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). Sumudu Atapattu , Director of Research Centers and Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Law Schoo. Richard School of Law. Knox , Henry C.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW Escapes Multiple Fines In EU Over Emissions Scandal Law 360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:26 Thursday, September 14, 2023 Read more Matthew Perlman Europe's top court ruled Wednesday that Volkswagen should not have to pay a €5 million ($5.3 assembly plant in Tennessee. How Many Deaths Did Volkswagen’s Deception Cause in the U.S.?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

France: Paris Is Covered In Fake Ads That Mock the Climate Talks' Corporate Sponsors George Dvorsky | Gizmodo | December 1, 2015 Brandalism says the 600 fake ads critique “the corporate takeover of the COP21 climate talks,” while exposing “the links between advertising, consumerism, fossil fuel dependency and climate change.”

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