Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. In the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. In the pre-colonial era, mechanisms such as the traditional administrative system which regulated grazing activities and demarcated cattle migratory routes, known as the burti, were key to establishing clear boundaries between farmers and herders.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design. Despite California regulators’ stated interest in pricing based on marginal costs, however, fixed costs have often been bundled into volumetric rates. Regulators are acting on these redistributive concerns.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

Unfortunately, changes to regulations in recent years clearly highlight Ontario’s lack of effort to protect these species. Policies that had been put in place to protect species at risk have since been whittled down, most notably by the current provincial government, as a way to prioritize development. Where do we go from here?

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In that decade, the federal government created the U.S. And state governments began to secure those same rights for individuals in their constitutions. Environmental Protection Agency and passed landmark environmental laws to protect air, land, and water. Rhode Island followed in 1987, and was the last state to do so.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. In the U.S.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Student in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University As the urgent need to take tough action towards climate mitigation and sustainability gathers pressure, for most major power-holders today, including the markets, institutions, government agencies, media and countries, environmentalism has perhaps become the biggest fashion fad.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 12, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. See Appalachian Voices v. McCarthy , 989 F. 2d 30, 53-56 (D.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2022

The Environmental Quality Board is scheduled to meet July 12 on a final regulation establishing a municipal waste rural transfer facility permit-by-rule and to hear a presentation on DEP’s permit fee report on the Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation Program. Click Here for a summary of the final regulation.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 22, 2022

The government has identified seven sites across the country to install solar farms, at a cost of around 21.6 The government plans to complete the country’s first large solar plant , the 17 MW project in Sephu, Wangduephodrang, within 18 months from when it starts construction later this year. Solar energy has become competitive.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2024

Under the Federal Power Act (FPA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has authority to regulate “ the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce.” For instance, in its 2013 report on Policies for a Modern and Reliable U.S. This includes authority over regional transmission planning. FERC Order No.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 14, 2024

Briefly, the Sheetz case arose out of El Dorado County’s 2004 adoption of a new General Plan to govern the county’s land use planning and to manage the county’s future growth. Finally, in the 2013 case of Koontz v. He subsequently sued the county in California state court to pursue his constitutional challenge.

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Manning Law

JUNE 11, 2020

This action is contrary to subparagraph 29(b)(i) of the Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations , made pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The penalty will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund. In January 2013, Scamp Industries Ltd.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 27, 2023

In 2018 and 2019, the City adopted ordinances to tax and impose licensing procedures and regulations on commercial cannabis businesses, but it was also required to designate certain parcels in the City where cannabis-related land uses would be permitted before it could accept permit applications. City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th

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Breezometer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As Founder and Director of Clean Air in London, Simon pressured city and federal governments for nearly a decade and managed to get the U.K. government to provide the official figures on premature deaths caused by air pollution. And while progress has been made, the fight for clean air is not yet over.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 23, 2023

The new “cap-and-invest” program is designed to follow in the footsteps of California, where a cap-and-trade system began in 2013, while trying to learn from its missteps. Washington state rang in the New Year with the launch of its most ambitious plan to slash carbon pollution. Here’s how it works.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

Grant Township has been fighting to keep out this frack-waste injection well since 2013. These laws have asserted rights for nature, the right of the community to local self-government, and the right to be free from the dumping of frack waste to protect those rights.”

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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. Almost immediately, politicians and community groups cried for new regulations to prevent something like the Elk River spill from happening again. Summary: . A new Senate bill – S.

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Environment Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

It is now much easier to find ethical and sustainable funds that are suitable for pensions, ISAs and other regulated investments, but it hasn’t always been this way. Ethical investing is becoming mainstream and more accessible to people who care about where their money is invested.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2022

The initial plan was approved in 2008 , with the second in 2013 , and the most recent iteration in 2017. Ultimately, the success of the 2022 Scoping Plan update will be measured by our ability to implement the actions modeled in the Proposed Scenario at all levels of government and society. at § 38561(h).

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Still, given the potential for even more serious damage in the future, government at all levels is taking action to address the issue. Going into 2020, anticipated federal regulation will significantly affect the nation’s response to the Emerald Ash Borer and aquatic invasives in ballast water. 2013 EPA Vessel General Permit.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 18, 2022

This new financing comes from the LEAF Coalition , a partnership between the governments of the USA, UK and Norway, alongside some of the world’s largest companies, including Amazon, Nestlé, BlackRock and Walmart. According to official data , between 1986 to 2013, Costa Rica’s forests drew down 107 million tonnes of CO2.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

On July 12, Environmental Quality Board approved a final regulation establishing a municipal waste rural transfer facility permit-by-rule and heard a presentation on DEP’s permit fee report on the Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation Program recommending a fee increase. Click Here for a summary of the final regulation. Read more here.

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Renewable + Law

JULY 22, 2020

The federal government has not yet stated whether it will appeal the District Court’s decision. Since 2013, California and Québec have linked their cap-and-trade programs, holding joint auctions for carbon allowances and allowing regulated entities to use allowances and offsets from either jurisdiction to meet compliance obligations.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In that post, we described the significant changes in the 2021 version from the 2013 version. We had earlier posted in November 2021, that ASTM International had revised its Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard , in anticipation of adoption for use by the EPA.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

On the same day at COP28, the Indian government submitted its third “National Communication” to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). From 2013 to 2014, Indian coal production was 565 million tonnes; from 2022 to 2023, that had increased by 58% to 893 million.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

In India, the 2013 flash floods in the Kedarnath Valley occurred due to a climate-change-aggravated melting of glaciers triggered by hordes of tourists banking themselves in the mountains yearly. Governments must enforce stringent regulations, conduct carrying capacity assessments, and invest in infrastructure development.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 788, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (“GHG”) “[t]o the extent that greenhouse gas emissions require authorization under federal law.” In July 2013, the D.C.

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Law Columbia

JULY 16, 2013

Since 2009, however, the carbon market has experienced a significant imbalance between the supply and demand of emission allowances, largely due to the economic and financial crisis sweeping the entire world, but also to early over-allocation of allowances by national governments. As a result, the EUA price hit bottom: a record low of 2.63

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The conference has been held annually since 1992 and governments use it to agree on actions to limit global temperature increases associated with climate change. Aggregate Trends of Climate Finance Provided and Mobilised by Developed Countries in 2013-2020 Shah, K. So why don’t these islands just adapt to climate change? OECD (2022).

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority (2013) 57 Cal.4th 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. Baseline basics are clarified.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 25, 2014

Although BLM’s proposed rule is a good first step in creating a uniform federal scheme for regulating hydraulic fracturing, after about a year of sifting through public comments, BLM has yet to publish a final rule. _. In 2013, after receiving criticism from numerous interest groups, BLM published the second iteration of the proposed rule.

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