The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held that fishermen who intentionally came upon the scene of the wreckage of the Deepwater Horizon failed to state a claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress under general maritime law. 20, 2010 , 452 F. 2013); Plaisance v. 2013); Plaisance v. See Barker v. Hercules Offshore, Inc.,

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to the US EPA, environmental justice is “ the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies ”. The impact of climate change on Caribbean tourism demand.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 24, 2021

While the Opinion offers basic answers to complicated securities law issues, in remanding the case for further proceedings, it also leaves key questions unresolved. Funds , 568 US 455, 468 (2013)). This Advisory is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice. ” Maj. ” Maj.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2014

Background In 2010, in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Department of Interior renamed the Minerals Management Service (MMS) the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE). 3304, issued June 29, 2010. The head of the IRU reports to the BSEE Director. Richard Hastings (R-Wash.),

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 18, 2022

At the beginning of the 20th century, Costa Rica had focused its economic development mainly on agricultural activity, enacting laws that encouraged deforestation to turn land into agriculture , such as the land and colonisation law of 1961.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 6, 2015

In 2010, following years of missed deadlines, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jumped into the morass by exercising its power under the Clean Water Act. Opposition to fertilizer laws come from synthetic and organic fertilizer manufacturers. As of October 2013, lawn fertilizer containing phosphorus is banned.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 21, 2016

In 2010, under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“the FWS”) designated 6,477 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana as “critical habitat” for the Rana sevosa or the dusky gopher frog. This frog has historically lived in nine counties or parishes across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Columbia Center for Climate Change Law. Many states followed suit with so-called “mini-NEPA” laws, requiring evaluation of the environmental impacts of state and often local actions. New York State enacted its mini-NEPA law, the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) in 1975. Strell, Associate Director & Fellow.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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Acoel

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Note that the court of appeals correctly cited current Rule 26(b)(1) in the second sentence, but then cites to pre-December 1, 2015 case law and even cites a 2011 decision that quotes the 2000 version of Rule 26(b)(1): This court recognizes broad and liberal treatment of the federal discovery rules. 2010) ; Export Worldwide, Ltd.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

This marked the first restart of a nuclear power plant in Japan since the country’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) ceased all commercial nuclear operations in 2013 in response to the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster in March, 2011. 2010 Energy Plan. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Sendai Nuclear Power Plant. magna cum laude.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005).

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Mr. Lennie had worked for the pipe yard for a number of years, and 16 years after his retirement, in 2010, Mr. Lennie was diagnosed with lung cancer and died that same year. Lennie’s work at a pipe yard in Louisiana caused Mr. Lennie’s lung cancer and eventual death.

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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. 2010) 48 Cal.4th South Coast Air Quality Management Dist. Citing Save Our Capitol!

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Each year more wells are drilled than plugged, resulting in a growing inventory of wells to be inspected to ensure compliance with applicable laws. In 2010, Gov. Taxpayers are also potentially liable for plugging thousands of wells drilled before April 1985 because state law exempts those wells from having any bonding at all.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

The Sahara, which is the world’s largest hot desert, grew 10% bigger between 1920 and 2013. In 2010, satellite image analysis shows an inhabited village in Sadan. Zakkari points to a little pathway, barely navigable for cars and says, “There used to be a motorable road here, but not anymore.”. Disappearing communities in Yusufari.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

These amendments flesh out many of the provisions on climate change and energy that were first added to the CEQA Guidelines in 2010. 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. GHG Emissions Analysis.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

1961 – seeks to close existing loopholes and provide additional federal oversight where current state laws do not apply. At first glance, though, existing laws would seem applicable to the spill at Freedom Industries. But in reality, Boehner received donations from the Vice President of Freedom Industries in 2013.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

According to the complaint (PDF) DOJ filed in February 2013, Cleartron ZB-103 was routinely “injected into the outfall pipe to mask oil sheen on the ocean surface resulting from ATP’s discharge of wastewater containing quantities of oil in excess of its NPDES permit limit.” See United States v. ATP Oil & Gas Corp. , 955 F.Supp.2d

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

According to the Court of Appeals, the criminal act here is to “take”, which based on its common law definition (i.e., “to . § 703(a); 16 U.S.C. § A violation of the MBTA results in a fine up to $15,000 and six-months imprisonment. The MBTA protects 1,026 species of birds. 65844 (Nov. 1] U.S. Apollo Energies, Inc. , FMC Corp. ,

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In 2010, the SEC published interpretive guidance (2010 Guidance) for public companies regarding disclosure requirements relating to climate change matters.[[N:Securities What the 2010 Guidance did not do was create specific reporting requirements related to climate change or other ESG-related matters. Current SEC framework.

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Arnold Porter

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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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The number of civil penalty cases has risen gradually since 2009, with a sharp increase over 2013-2015. BSEE collected civil penalties in 22 cases in 2009, 26 cases in 2010, 30 cases in 2011, 31 cases in 2012, 42 cases in 2013, 53 cases in 2014, and 42 cases in 2015. Since 2010, the agency has collected over $19.5

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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. Avista Corp.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law. You have to get the stakeholders to the table under the compulsion of law. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue. Carl Ganter.

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Arnold Porter

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Details came to light of how Serco defrauded the Ministry of Justice by hiding the extent of the profits being made between 2010 and 2013 by its parent company, Serco Limited, through fraudulent reporting and related false accounting. Stephanie Boyce, who is the first Black office holder.

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CEQA Developments

APRIL 11, 2023

City of Richmond (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th State Air Resources Board (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for fifty years. 4th 70 (“ CBE ”) and POET, LLC v. Coon of Miller Starr Regalia. For more information, visit www.msrlegal.com.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

His parents, Gary and Shari Peters, documented six more kids in Aurora diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. Tyler Larson was diagnosed in 2010 with neurofibroma sarcoma, which resulted in tumors on nerve endings. Of the seven, including Jacob, Circle of Blue confirmed that five died and two survived. He was 19 when he died.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 19, 2022

The project, announced in 2010, is backed by scores of elected officials, including New York Gov. Securing state and federal permits, in 2013 and 2014, CHPE generated thousands of comments to the New York Public Service Commission and a promise of a $117 million trust fund to support environmental restoration. Kathy Hochul.

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