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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center wrapped up Climate Week NYC last Friday with an event exploring the opportunities and challenges posed by ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Both the LC and LP require parties to adopt domestic laws to regulate the “dumping” of “waste and other matter” at sea. The 2013 amendment has not yet entered into force.

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

The Energy Law Blog

1331 because the cities’ claims were “necessarily governed by federal common law.” Do State Nuisance Claims Related to Climate Change Arise Under Federal Law? the district court found that the Plaintiffs’ claims supported federal question jurisdiction because those state-law claims were “necessarily governed by federal common law.”

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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

DEP’s records show the practice of abandoning wells without plugging them is routine in the industry, and not an isolated event. 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. Read more here.

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

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 ”. Current Issues in Tourism , 13 (5), 495-505. OECD (2022).

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CEQA Remedies Go Both Ways:  Fourth District Reverses Judgment Upholding San Diego County Board’s Decision Granting Project Opponents’ Administrative Appeal, Holds Board Erred In Finding CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Statutory Exemption Inapplicable And Ordering EIR Prepared for Exempt Industrial Project

CEQA Developments

City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th The Board was no doubt counting votes at the next election, and, in any event, was not undertaking the factual and legal analysis required of a lead agency by CEQA. Citing Concerned Dublin Citizens v. 4th 1301, 1311 (my 4/10/13 post on which can be found here ); Lucas v.

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EPA Finalizes NPDES Permit for Oil and Gas Facilities in the GOM OCS

The Energy Law Blog

Operators already covered under the 2007 permit have until January 31, 2013 to file new Notices of Intent (“NOIs”) for continuous coverage. The OCS operator’s existing discharges must be reauthorized by submission of a new NOI before January 31, 2013. The Primary Operator is the one that submits the NOI for coverage by block.

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Louisiana Fifth Circuit Weighs in on Proper Application of Prescription and Contra Non in NORM Litigation

The Energy Law Blog

Perhaps most importantly, on de novo review, [1] the Fifth Circuit dismissed plaintiffs’ alternative argument that the fourth category of contra non valentem (plaintiffs did not have actual or constructive knowledge of the cause of action), applied to suspend prescription. Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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