Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A 2021 meta-analysis of over 40 peer-reviewed studies on the subject concluded that “there is no particular type of shopping that has an absolute environmental advantage and it is in no way possible to shop ourselves out of the environmental crisis.” How would that change if I hopped on the electric bus route at the end of my block?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

DEP issued conventional oil and gas operators a record total of 6,860 violations for all infractions of law and regulations in 2023, nearly 52% more than in 2021. Read more here (2017-2021). Click Here for list of all major enforcement actions listed by conventional oil and gas operator. Read more here. Read more here (2022).

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In the U.S.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 13, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposed rule to restore criminal penalties for accidental killing of migratory birds, revoking the January 7, 2021, final regulation that limited the enforcement of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Public comments must be received or postmarked on or before June 7, 2021.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In the U.S.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013. In its Nationally Determined Contribution , Japan has committed to reducing GHG emissions by 46% in 2030 from 2013 levels and achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Civil law cases. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In the U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 1, 2021

On June 30, 2021, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued an opinion redefining the nature of available damages and the “actual, statutorily permitted role of the jury in Act 312 remediation lawsuits.” 6/30/2021); — So. In 2013, the decision in State of Louisiana v. This was all done in light of this Court’s 2013 La.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

According to Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), Combined labelled issuance of Green, Social and Sustainability (GSS), Sustainability linked and Transition debt reached nearly half a trillion (USD496.1bn) in first half of 2021. ” (2021). Citations: Ameli, Nadia, et al. “A climate investment trap in developing economies.”

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2023

Just last week, Governor Newsom signed an amended version of this package into law, with the CEQA bills passing through largely untouched. As such, cases subject to 270-day judicial streamlining are often not resolved within the allotted time period, even though all CEQA cases already receive calendar preference under existing law.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In 2021, the State of Maine submitted a research lease application to the U.S. These records were set simultaneously in 2013 when the University of Maine deployed its VolturnUS 1:8 , a scaled version of its floating concrete semi-submersible offshore wind turbine design, in state waters off the shores of Castine, ME. About the Author.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Click Here for a copy of the 2021 report.

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Law of the Lands

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In 2013, the legal assistant of the farm owner’s long-time lawyer prepared a draft will naming the friend as the sole trustee of the farm owner’s estate and the beneficiary entitled to inherit the farm property. The friend asked the Court to determine that the 2013 will was valid so that she would receive the farm.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 19, 2022

including for a real estate purchaser to avoid liability under CERCLA [the Superfund law]). 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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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

20-30300, 2021 WL 96168, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 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. 2021 WL 96168 at *2. 2021 WL 96168 at *2.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2024

DEP explained, “The 19 wells have not been utilized for injection or withdrawal since October 28, 2021 as the field was taken out of service for Equitrans to initiate the engineering redesign of the field.” DEP said 17 of the wells were used for injection/withdrawal of natural gas and two were observation wells. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2024

FERC approved this agreement in 2017, and Transource then filed siting applications with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), as required by Pennsylvania law. The PUC adopted and incorporated the ALJ decision in May 2021. For instance, in its 2013 report on Policies for a Modern and Reliable U.S.

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Energy & the Law

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Stingray Pressure Pumping and Gulfport Energy entered into an MSA for oilfield fracing services in 2013. The MSA was amended for the third time in 2018 to extend the term until the end of 2021. The parties amended the MSA in January and July 2016, adding Gulfport Buckeye (now Gulfport Appalachia) as a party in the July amendment.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 25, 2021

The Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard E1527-13 will sunset in late 2021, eight years from its approval on November 6, 2013. Environmental Protection Agency as satisfying its All Appropriate Inquiry rule to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law.

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Acoel

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Posted on December 17, 2021 by William L. ASTM announced revisions to its standard practice for Phase I environmental site assessments (E1527-21) on November 1, 2021 (the “Standard”). Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and analogous state laws. . EPA”) anticipated in due course.

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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. 9601) and petroleum products.”.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Dernbach, emeritus Professor of Law, Former Director of Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, Widener University and an Advisory Board member. “I According to Yale Climate Opinion Maps 2021, 58% of Pennsylvanians believe local officials should do more to address global warming.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

20-30300, 2021 WL 96168, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 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. 2021 WL 96168 at *2. 2021 WL 96168 at *2.

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Washington Nature

JULY 20, 2023

Over the course of seven days in November 2021, two atmospheric rivers brought down over 12 inches of rain across the Pacific Northwest. For comparison, the left is a photo of the Fraser River from 2011, the right was taken on November 17, 2021, showing the floods from space. SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0,

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 4, 2021

On August 2, 2021, in Omni Medsci, Inc. 2, 2021).]]), because the patent rights Omni claimed had been automatically assigned to the University of Michigan (UM) by virtue of the patent inventor’s employment agreement with UM, and were therefore actually owned by UM rather than Omni. Apple Inc. ,[[N:APPEAL NO.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 8, 2023

Note: Miller Starr Regalia attorneys Ken Stahl and Matt Henderson represented intervenors YIMBY Law and People for Housing Orange County (a chapter of YIMBY Action) in the Olen litigation.) The project was approved in early 2021 over the objections of one property owner at the Center. City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 1, 2021

On June 30, 2021, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued an opinion redefining the nature of available damages and the “actual, statutorily permitted role of the jury in Act 312 remediation lawsuits.” 6/30/2021); — So. In 2013, the decision in State of Louisiana v. This was all done in light of this Court’s 2013 La.

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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. Canada: No Water to Waste Council of Canadians | 2021 Blue Triton, formerly Nestlé, would have enough groundwater to fill as many as 14  billion  plastic bottles. 

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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. Canada: No Water to Waste Council of Canadians | 2021 Blue Triton, formerly Nestlé, would have enough groundwater to fill as many as 14  billion  plastic bottles. 

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 16, 2021

June 9, 2021).]] In 2013, the Department of State (DoS) awarded Pernix Serka Joint Venture (Pernix Serka) a Firm Fixed Price contract for a rainwater capture and storage system in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Gwinn is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and is employed at Arnold & Porter's Washington, DC office.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

Most of these provisions were enacted in the early 1970s during that great period of environmental lawmaking, but they received relatively little attention until a 2013 decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Robinson Township v. On August 4, 2021, the Montana First Judicial District Court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss in Held v.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 26, 2021

The PA Association of Environmental Professionals is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Karl Mason and Walter Lyon Awards until September 17. From 1983 to 2013, Walter went on to teach and consult in the areas of environmental engineering and water policy. 1 [Posted: August 26, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 17, 2022

including for a real estate purchaser to avoid liability under the Superfund law). Environmental Protection Agency had proposed to amend the practice for “All Appropriate Inquiries” to reference the new version of the standard practice made available by ASTM International on November 1, 2021, but.

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