Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2024

The Japanese government recognized the urgent need to secure power supply and implemented some measures to expedite the construction of new power plant. One of these was the abovementioned Guideline established in 2012. In reality, however, the eight old coal-fired power plants had been shut down since 2014.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The Freedom Industries chemical spill in Charleston, West Virginia exposed holes in state and federal regulations for chemical storage tanks. On January 9, 2014, a chemical tank at Freedom Industries in Charleston, West Virginia, leaked into the Elk River. Summary: . A new Senate bill – S. By Ashley Welsch. However, West Virginia law.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

4th 439, clarified the rules governing CEQA’s “environmental baseline,” the analytical construct intended to represent the existing physical conditions in the project’s vicinity against which a project’s environmental impacts are measured. County of Alameda (2012) 54 Cal.4th My June 18, 2012 post on the case can be found here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

The Borello Family was very familiar with this sound because from 2012, when the facility was first built, through mid-2019 the Pigging Station was doing deliberate blowdowns-- releases of natural gas, liquids and hazardous air pollutants-- three times a day, seven days a week. Yes, three times a day, seven days a week for nearly a decade.]

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 15, 2021

There is little doubt that the popularity of cannabis and CBD products is growing, and some lawmakers are now looking to decrease cannabis regulation at the federal level and expand access. 2012); Pemberton v. In the 2014 criminal case of People of the State of Colorado v. which were previously approved by the House.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In 2012, 80 percent of Cudahy residents were low-income, and in 2014, a third lived in poverty. Although Cudahy is only 1.2 square miles, it has more than 30 potentially hazardous sites, hazardous waste handlers, and cleanup sites.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 6, 2016

In New York and Pennsylvania, anti-fracking groups have obtained a statewide ban on fracking and the allowance of local authority to regulate fracking, respectively. In March 2016, the Louisiana First Circuit recognized the preemptive authority of state law to regulate and permit fracking. In 2014, St. City of Fort Collins v.

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Environmental Europe

DECEMBER 7, 2016

This blog post reflects back on this two-year debate, raging since the beginning of the Juncker Commission in 2014, and what it tells us about the prospect for future EU-level environmental policy dismantling , that is, cutting, weakening or removing existing policy. The Nature Alert Saga. Whose support is the Commission trying to attract?

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. o C global warming scenario.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 6, 2015

But, an even bigger challenge remains—regulation of chicken litter dumped into the Bay by the Delmarva Peninsula’s poultry industry. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently released the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Report Card. The Bay’s grade is a “C,” unchanged since 2012 when the 2011 “D+” was upgraded to a “C.”

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

In 2012, the results from the study were released and scientists found “more likely than not” that C8 exposure was linked to numerous health conditions including: testicular cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis, high cholesterol, and pregnancy-induced hypertension. As of 2014, EPA found C8 in.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For decades the fossil fuel lobby has masterfully weakened, derailed, and outright blocked government climate policy. We need governments to regulate industry. Under Baiton’s leadership, CAPP has lobbied the federal government 74 times in the first 9 months of 2023 – that’s once every 2.5

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. The court said the administrative record “makes clear that industry groups had ample opportunity to comment on all four issues on which EPA granted reconsideration.”

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

To rapidly reduce methane emissions, governments (at the local, state, and national level) will need to develop legal, regulatory, and incentive policies that require implementation of available cost-effective methods and support development of new strategies. 2014 , Moeletsi and Tongwane, 2015 , Kritee et al., 2012 , Bayat et al.,

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 29, 2021

Chicago‘s Stormwater Management Ordinance, or SMO, governs new development and redevelopment in the city and regulates how rainfall is captured, stored, or released at each site. Emanuel set out to address the city’s aging infrastructure with a $7 billion infrastructure plan launched in 2012. A “Smart” City Approach.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

in 2012: “In an increasingly carbon- constrained world, our existing environmental laws and regulatory process no longer achieve their underlying goals of long-term ecosystem conservation. Since my 2012 “Fiddling as the World Floods and Burns” warnings, . Indeed, at a Sept. Yet—climate change impacts are outpacing development of p.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Our analysis looked at drought responses within the upper Klamath Basin—an 8,000-square-mile ecological region that encompasses most of Klamath County and parts of northern California—and drew from interviews from dozens of sources, including scientists, agricultural groups, tribal representatives, conservation experts, and government officials.

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Observing that where an administrative remedy is provided it is a “jurisdictional prerequisite” that must be exhausted before courts will act (citing Citizens for Open Government v. City and County of San Francisco (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th City of Newport Beach (2012) 211 Cal.App.4th City of Lodi (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Inevitably, the growth in SPAC deal activity has attracted scrutiny from market regulators, including the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), as well as private plaintiffs. Del May 22, 2014). In re Stillwater Cap. Partners Inc. 2d 277, 288 (S.D.N.Y. XL Fleet Corp. ,

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Environmental Progress

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] 11] Part of the reason for inadequate in-state electricity supply in California last August was that state regulators had closed in-state baseload power plants.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp. ,

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Tesla sues Swedish government after postal workers allegedly block license plate deliveries CNBC PaulaR Thu, 11/30/2023 - 13:12 Monday, November 27, 2023 Read more Ashley Capoot Tesla filed a lawsuit against the Swedish Transport Agency on Monday that claims it should be able to collect license plates directly instead of receiving them by mail.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Tesla has benefited from several billion dollars in government incentives such as a $1.3 after it reopened last May in defiance of local health regulations, according to a new report. billion tax break in Nevada. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Tesla has benefited from several billion dollars in government incentives such as a $1.3 after it reopened last May in defiance of local health regulations, according to a new report. billion tax break in Nevada. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Tesla has benefited from several billion dollars in government incentives such as a $1.3 after it reopened last May in defiance of local health regulations, according to a new report. billion tax break in Nevada. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Tesla has benefited from several billion dollars in government incentives such as a $1.3 after it reopened last May in defiance of local health regulations, according to a new report. billion tax break in Nevada. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Tesla has benefited from several billion dollars in government incentives such as a $1.3 after it reopened last May in defiance of local health regulations, according to a new report. billion tax break in Nevada. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Tesla has benefited from several billion dollars in government incentives such as a $1.3 after it reopened last May in defiance of local health regulations, according to a new report. billion tax break in Nevada. s production plant in Fremont, Calif.,

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

It then discusses the potential to use a cap-and-invest approach to mitigate GHG emissions from transportation in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic and addresses two key policy considerations: the type of fuels to be covered and the point of regulation. Through independent regulations, each state’s CO. RGGI is composed of individual CO.

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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. Perhaps most importantly, the federal government has invested billions of dollars in clean energy. Bush EPA denies waiver to allow California to regulate CO2 emissions from new cars. 2014 Supreme Court decides UARG v.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2022

A short history: In 2007, before building a house on the property, the Sacketts filled in land that the agency says should not have been altered because it was a regulated wetland. In 2012, the court ruled unanimously that the Sacketts could bring a civil suit against the EPA to challenge its findings. government water policy.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

They also attract criticism from environmental advocates for their roles as leaders of the county chapter of the Michigan Farm Bureau, which represents big commercial producers and routinely opposes environmental regulation. Regulation Begins. Regulators have the authority to stem nonpoint pollution in two categories. .

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

“The reality is that we needed this legislation on the books and actively enforced 15 years ago.” -- Gillian Graber , a Westmoreland County resident and Executive Director of nonprofit citizens group Protect PT , said, “In November 2014, we found out that there would be a fracking well pad located over the hill from our home. Read more here.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various federal and state government agencies and potential litigants. The change in administrations has prompted a considerable increase in emphasis on chemical regulation and significant new initiatives at EPA.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a decision on Exxon’s application to renew the NPDES permit, which had expired in 2014. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C. In the Tenth Circuit, both fossil fuel companies and local government entities filed supplemental briefs on July 16. July 16, 2021); Indigenous Environmental Network v.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Governments and farmers have known what “biosecurity” measures to take for decades, and enacted them, partly, in response to the 2005 avian flu (H5N1) epidemic. By contrast, the Obama administration’s proposed carbon regulation of the power sector, the “Clean Power Plan,” proposed emissions reductions of 32 percent — by 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. EPA decision , upheld the EPA’s authority to regulate such emissions under the Clean Air Act but significantly constrained its ability to do so. How has Paxton responded?

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