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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

Law Columbia

According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossil fuel dependency was 83.2% The citizens in the Kobe case argue that the aggravation of climate change and air pollution by the new power plants violate their rights. The court viewed climate change as an uncertain future danger.

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DEP: US Interior Dept. Withdraws Orphan Oil & Gas Well Regulatory Improvement Grant Program To Help Prevent Future Well Abandonments, A Severe Problem In PA

PA Environment Daily

So far in 2025, DEP issued 39 violations to 10 shale gas drilling companies for abandoning and not plugging their well, most drilled in the early days of shale gas development in Pennsylvania-- 2009 to 2013. Read more here.

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Republican House Bill Contains Natural Gas Industry Wish List Of Measures To Expand Natural Gas Drilling, Subsidize Pipeline Expansion, Automatically Approve Well Permits, Preempt Local Governments

PA Environment Daily

DCNR has not authorized any unconventional natural gas drilling under State Park lands. Fact: DCNR testified at the Senate’s March 4 budget hearing, 65 percent of the prime natural gas leases on State Forest land in 2008-2013 have not been developed. Read more here. Read more here.

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Penn State Center For Dirt & Gravel Road Studies: Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Wastewater To Control Dust Is Environmentally Unsound Practice

PA Environment Daily

The Center’s experts conduct research and develop best management practices to construct and maintain dirt and gravel roads in ways that reduce sediment and runoff causing water and air pollution. In 2013, Act 89 was passed increasing the funding for the Program from $5 Million to $35 Million annually in 2014-15. Read more here.

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Don’t Make the Same Mistake Twice

Vermont Law

Space is infinite, but earth’s orbits are a finite natural resource that must be managed properly. [1]. The problem of orbital debris pollution is complex and serious. [2]. Popularized in the 2013 film. by William Goldberg. Orbital debris travels at speeds up to 4.3 Gravity. ,

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Explainer: China launches first national soil survey in 40 years

A Greener Life

Reflecting its importance, the survey team will be headed by the vice premier of the State Council, Hu Chunhua, with deputy posts occupied by leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Rapid acidification. meaning a 2.2-fold fold increase in acidity.

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California Adopts CEQA Guidelines Aimed at Improving Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change Impacts in Environmental Reviews

Law Columbia

4th 832 (2013) (invalidating EIR that based its significance determination partly on comparing the project’s emissions to statewide emissions). of Fish & Wildlife, 62 Cal.4th City of Oroville, 219 Cal.App.4th Energy Impacts and Efficiency. The revised guidelines incorporate a new subdivision on energy impacts (Section 15126.2(b)),