Energy & the Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A “fiduciary duty” apples to a person who occupies a position of particular confidence towards another and requires a higher standard of behavior than in just about any other relationship. From 2011 to 2015 he arranged to hire companies owned by his close friend Robertson to perform post-frac drillout operations.

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Energy and Climate Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The court was particulary concerned about implications of the Act towards the right to property, protected under article 14 German constutution. The background of the case goes back to the year 2011. Moreover, the court ruled that due to formal issues the amendment never entered into force. There was no notification pursuant to Art.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 13, 2023

In 2011, then-Governor Brown issued Executive Order B-10-11 , which established what is now the Governor’s Office of Tribal Affairs and directed all state agencies to “encourage communication and consultation with California Indian Tribes.”

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 26, 2024

In 2011, my community experienced what was the second-largest oil spill in the province’s history – 4.5 The pipeline owner – Plains Midstream Canada ULC – later faced three charges under provincial law. There was lots of talk about a ‘transition’ at that time, but I didn’t know of anyone implementing it.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

As I outlined here , Montana state law prohibits the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions or climate impacts–– inside and outside the state’s borders––when reviewing projects and approving permits. The admission says a lot about political will. This is not supposed to be a town hall or a popularity contest,” he said.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The hybrid set-up, with video links between the two hubs and digital attendence through zoom, was a change from previous ICRCs held in ICTP (2011) , Brussels (2013) , Stockholm (2016) , and Beijing (2019). The “law of small numbers ” implies a minimum number of independent simulations in an ensemble (Rabin, 2002).

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A short list of environmental and energy law changes compared to recent years: Fisheries. As interest in shellfish aquaculture has increased, so have concerns about the impact of the rapidly evolving aquaculture industry on water recreation and navigation. Section 3 amends the law governing how the N.C. The law, G.S.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The 2011 General Plan EIR ultimately established three thresholds of significance—one for residential, one for commercial and industrial, and one for transportation activities—based on the strategy and assumptions underlying AB 32’s year 2020 GHG emissions reduction goal, estimated in the 2008 Scoping Plan as 15% below 2005 levels.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

et al. ) This blog post explores how the citizens in Kobe, a city in west Japan, attempted to stop the construction and operation of new coal-fired power plants through administrative and civil law actions. Background information about the general climate context and litigation in Japan is available in a previous blog post.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point. Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Climate Change Mitigation.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 13, 2022

On December 2, 2022, the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI) , in collaboration with the law firm Sidley Austin LLP, filed an amicus brief on behalf of five New York farmers and three community groups urging a New York appellate court to uphold the State’s new regulations for siting renewable energy projects. Docket Nos.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

Bedrock federal environmental, health, and safety laws have gaping loopholes and exemptions that allow radioactive oil and gas materials to go virtually unregulated, including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act that governs waste management, the Atomic Energy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Clean Air Act.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 20, 2021

In Yamaha , the Court held that courts of appeals could exercise jurisdiction over any question that is included within an interlocutory order, regardless of whether the district court identified that portion of the order as a controlling question of law. Justices Thomas and Breyer seemed especially concerned about this possibility.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Harvard law students ramp up protest against ExxonMobil climate firm Emily Holden | The Guardian | January 15, 2020 Harvard law students have disrupted a recruiting event for Paul Weiss, the law firm representing ExxonMobil in climate lawsuits, in an escalation the protesters hope will open a new front in climate activism in the legal world.

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Vermont Law

MAY 20, 2021

The project never caught any traction and began to wind down in 2011, finally ceasing operation in the 2016. Clugston is a professor of law at Keimyung University in Daegu, South Korea. In return for donating this to the Commons, the firm would receive good PR, and also possibly benefit from the further development of its technology.

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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. Civil law cases. Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. In September 2017, in Sendai Citizens v. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Harvard law students ramp up protest against ExxonMobil climate firm Emily Holden | The Guardian | January 15, 2020 Harvard law students have disrupted a recruiting event for Paul Weiss, the law firm representing ExxonMobil in climate lawsuits, in an escalation the protesters hope will open a new front in climate activism in the legal world.

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 13, 2023

The Australian government has issued draft Environmental and Sustainability Guidance describing the obligations under Australian consumer law which businesses must comply with when making environmental and sustainability claims. This undermines effective competition and can create a disincentive for businesses to invest in sustainability.

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Physics World

AUGUST 20, 2021

It is not so much about the search for the final theory, but about his search in particular. The reader learns little about this pursuit in general, about its scientific history, or indeed what reason we have to believe that there should be such a theory to begin with. It’s an untypical book for the non-fiction genre.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2022

Jain said the Sierra Club is concerned these 7,300 active wells would be plugged at taxpayer expense [about $241 million] when it is the owners that benefited from the wells who should be footing the bill. Department of Interior in December for the well plugging funds authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Under the U.S.

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HumanNature

APRIL 28, 2022

Though there were early fears about using assisted migration, the risks of not managing for climate change are beginning to outweigh the risk of intervening in where species live. Although about half of the planted seedlings died, the ones that did survive grew more than the native species at the site. 2012; Ste-Marie et al.,

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 17, 2019

In 2011, Congress amended § 1442 to allow removal of a state suit against a federal officer “for or relating to any act under color of such office.” Under that rule, a 3-member panel may not overturn a prior panel “absent an intervening change in law, such as by statutory amendment, or the Supreme Court, or the en banc Court.”

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 20, 2021

In Yamaha , the Court held that courts of appeals could exercise jurisdiction over any question that is included within an interlocutory order, regardless of whether the district court identified that portion of the order as a controlling question of law. Justices Thomas and Breyer seemed especially concerned about this possibility.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

They are also a result of poor decisions about where to build, what to subsidize, or how to allocate land and water. Legal scholars called the targeting of essential infrastructure a violation of international law. But, in his mind, they can distract from the grinding work of establishing new policies and laws to redirect society. “If

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Energy & the Law

JUNE 2, 2021

What if they don’t seek your approval and don’t even bother to tell you about the fix? 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. How about Jackie Vensen. The Supreme Court reverses.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

During the environmental review period, the school district petitioners submitted correspondence to the City expressing concern about school funding issues. County of Madera (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for more than fifty years.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 14, 2023

City of Los Angeles (2011) 201 Cal.App.4th Interpreting the terms of the writ as a question of law, and the adequacy of the City’s return under an abuse of discretion standard (since an attempt to comply with the writ is essentially an attempt to comply with CEQA, see POET, LLC v. 4th 455, 479.)

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

This public financing provided by crown corporation Export Development Canada supports the operations of oil and gas companies both domestically and internationally (read more about Export Development Canada here ). You can read more about the debate over definitions in our FAQ ). Cleaning up is the law. That simply isn’t true.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Coalition then pointed out a Fiscal Code bill signed into law on July 2, 2012 addressing only conventional oil and gas well bonding set bonding amounts for conventional wells retroactive to April 16, 2012. The Board voted 16 to 3 to accept the petitions for study on November 16. In any case, at some point a court will figure this all out.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

Under the COA, Shell will pay a civil penalty of $4,935,023 – and as required by Act 57 of 2011, 25 percent of this penalty will be directed to local communities. Until Shell can prove their facility can operate within the law, the Shapiro administration and PADEP must order a temporary shut down." Josh Shapiro.

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Water Research & Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

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. What aspect of your work are you most excited about at the moment? What do you find most challenging about your research? He was awarded an M.S.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A native of Chilean Patagonia, Boric became known as one of the leaders of the country’s student protests of 2011. If you ask me what is the most important action we should take, it is to have this law,” she said during one of the legislative sessions.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

This statute was amended in 2011 to allow removal of cases “for or relating to any act under color of [federal] office.” 3] Latiolais marks a significant change in the law. The lawsuit asserted negligence claims for failure to warn of asbestos hazards and failure to provide adequate safety equipment. Therefore, removal was proper. [3]

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 21, 2022

On September 22, 2022, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Columbia Climate School co-hosted a Climate Week NYC webinar on “Siting Renewables in New York: Ambitious Climate Goals, a New Siting Process, and How It Is Going.” Law §§ 66-p(2)(a), (b). Law § 75-0107(1)(b). Law § 94-c(1).

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Baka explained the study is based on 28,500 water sampling results submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection as part of pre-shale gas well development by shale gas operators since about 2011. When [shale] oil and gas companies drill, they are going to be liable if they contaminate somebody's drinking water.

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Water Research & Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Landon received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University in 2006 and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2011. What aspect of your work are you most excited about at the moment? What do you find most challenging about your research?

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 3, 2019

a case concerning Texas partnership law. The dispute between ETP and Enterprise began in 2011, when Enterprise approached ETP about potentially building a crude oil pipeline together. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. , Energy Transfer Partners has garnered significant amicus support on both sides of the “v.”

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