Remove category alternative-energy
article thumbnail

Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court

The Energy Law Blog

In two companion cases, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided whether a federal district court could properly exercise jurisdiction over climate change suits brought against energy companies by cities and counties in California. In County of San Mateo et al. Chevron Corporation et al., 1442(a)(1).

article thumbnail

New Abandoned Wells: DEP Records Show Abandoning Oil & Gas Wells Without Plugging Them Is Pervasive In Conventional Drilling Industry; Who Is Protecting Taxpayers?

PA Environment Daily

XTO Energy and CNX to plug 1,058 abandoned conventional oil and gas wells. A new federal program under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will allocate an estimated $395 million in taxpayer funds to Pennsylvania over the next 15 years to plug these wells. The law would have to be changed. Read more here. --In Read more here.

2018 98
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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

Law Columbia

These provisions touch on both climate change mitigation and adaptation, providing more detailed guidance on topics such as assessing the significance of GHG emissions, analyzing energy impacts and efficiency, estimating vehicle emissions, and evaluating environmental risks in light of a changing and uncertain baseline.

article thumbnail

That Dam Case (Again):  Third District Upholds Oroville Hydropower Facilities Relicensing EIR Against Numerous CEQA Challenges

CEQA Developments

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) licenses such hydropower facilities and the original license had been issued in 1957 for a 50-year term. County of Nevada (2013) 221 Cal.App.4th In the late 1990s, the Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) began to prepare for the relicensing required by 2007. 791a et seq.).

article thumbnail

Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

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. Murray Energy Corp. The court rejected Exxon’s argument that it could withhold documents based on an accountant-client privilege under Texas law.

2016 40
article thumbnail

The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

In the first complaint, the Center alleged that a chemical manufacturer and importer headquartered in Akron, Ohio, had failed to report 843,047 pounds of tetrabromobisphenol A bis(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) and five other substances that it imported during the 2013–2015 reporting period. The House bill ( H.R. 33926 (June 28, 2021).]]

2021 52
article thumbnail

Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sector: A Cap-and-Invest Approach

Vermont Law

This post is part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate, a multi-school online forum run by student editors from the nation’s leading environmental law reviews. . billion in lifetime energy bill savings for consumers. [7]. emissions from the power sector. [3]. One study estimates that CO. In October 2017, RGGI, Inc.