CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In a partially published opinion filed September 20, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. Department of General Services (2023) 87 Cal.App.5th Yerba Buena Neighborhood Consortium, LLC, et al v. Regents of the University of California/San Franciscans for Balanced and Livable Communities v. 5th 655, 703.)

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2023

On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States with respect to climate change. On March 1, 2023, Vanuatu announced overwhelming support for the draft resolution with 105 co-sponsor states.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

January 5, 2023. Similar concerns are buffeting Santolina, a 13,700-acre planned development proposed in 2014 by Western Albuquerque Land Holdings. In 1980, Arizona enacted a groundwater conservation law that requires developers to assure buyers that their homes and businesses have a 100-year water supply. By Keith Schneider.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking supplies. It’s frustrating,” he said. Since the discovery, Ann Arbor has spent $1.5

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

Coal-Fired power plants targeted at the case, taken by Attorney Shunsuke Sugit In March 2023, two important decisions regarding the operation of newly built coal-fired power plants were handed down by courts in Japan. Those rights are established through case law and frequently invoked in environmental pollution cases.

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MAY 1, 2024

After working with gas companies in Canada and the US that became Enbridge through a series of mergers, he eventually landed the CEO spot at Enbridge at the start of 2023. Despite the OEB review and penalty, complaints to the OEB related to meter reading have more than doubled: from 42 in 2021, to 87 in 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

“Grant’s efforts have included the passage of multiple ordinances and a Home Rule Charter (local constitution) that we at the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) have worked to draft with them, and defend in court, since 2014. In the first case, brought in 2014, the judge – who owned stock in the oil company KBR, Inc.,

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CEQA Developments

MAY 30, 2023

In an opinion filed April 27, and certified for partial publication on May 19, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. In an opinion filed April 27, and certified for partial publication on May 19, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 2023) Cal.App.5th. City of Sacramento (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

billion in 2014 to the U.S. T accusing the companies of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in fraud by concealing the use of substandard metal components in vehicles. Toyota workers urged to reject union Grace Macaluso | Windsor Star | February 19, 2014 The head of a U.S. It paid out a fine of $1.2

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 5, 2023

21-0461, 2023 WL 3028100 (Tex. 2023), the Texas Supreme Court held that the lessee could not invoke a force majeure clause to save its oil and gas leases when it inadvertently scheduled its operations to begin after the requisite deadline. MRC Permian Company , — S.W.3d

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Thank you to Governor Shapiro for coming to Yardley to sign House Bill 735 into law as Act 22 of 2023,” Rep. In late 2014 and early 2015 Sen, Santarsiero held townhalls and neighborhood meetings, as well as discussions with local stakeholders and elected officials. Warren said. “I

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Vermont Law

APRIL 4, 2023

The American Lawn and De-Colonizing the Permaculture Movement By Abigail Bailey , Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 4, 2023 Many Americans consider lawns synonymous with success, comfort, and community. (1) 394, 403-405 (2014). 9, 2023) [link] Schindler, supra note 1, at 394. at 394, 403-405.

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Physics World

JUNE 27, 2022

In 2014, having just stepped down as president of CERN Council, I became a researcher in astroparticle physics. I volunteered to create a new working group on astroparticle physics and was chair of it from 2014 to 2017. In 2017 at the triennial general assembly, I was elected president-designate for three years from 2020 to 2023.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

The Program has been linked with the Cap-and-Trade System of Québec since 2014. The Final Scoping Plan Update is currently expected to be published by December 2022, and is expected to be followed by a rulemaking process to amend the Cap-and-Trade Program in 2023.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Guest Post by Sam Leuthold , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University Over the course of the last two decades, there has been a shift in the general popularity of agricultural soils.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In an opinion in a much-publicized case, filed December 28, 2022, and later ordered published on January 26, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. City of Livermore (2023) __ Cal.App.5th__ 2014) 227 Cal.App.4th 4th 832, 850 (see prior summary dated July 11, 2014, which can be accessed here ).)

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In a written reply to parliament in August 2023, the coal minister stated that a “major leap in coal production over the years has been witnessed”. From 2013 to 2014, Indian coal production was 565 million tonnes; from 2022 to 2023, that had increased by 58% to 893 million. tCO2/tcs.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 20, 2023

In a published opinion filed June 9, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. In a published opinion filed June 9, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. Christ (2023) Cal.App.5th. Department of General Services (2023) 87 Cal.App.5th City of Oakland (2023) 89 Cal.App.5th at 738, Save Our Capitol!

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

City of Pomona (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th City of Irvine (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th Citing Concerned Dublin Citizens v. City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th 4th 1301, 1311 (my 4/10/13 post on which can be found here ); Lucas v. 5th 508, 538 (my 6/27/23 post on which can be found here ); see Pub. Resources Code, § 21083.3.)

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

The Senate bill, on the other hand, reauthorized CSP, but would have reduced total enrollment from the current 70 million acres of land enrolled in CSP under the 2014 Farm Bill. An unfortunate result of the lapse in Farm Bill authority upon expiration of the 2014 bill was that 39. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 6, 2023

In a published opinion filed on February 23, 2023, the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a judgment of dismissal after the sustaining of a demurrer and held that an amended writ petition challenging a city’s street closure project sufficiently stated claims against the city for Vehicle Code, local ordinance, and CEQA violations.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 8, 2024

2023) Cal.App.5th 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. 2014) 227 Cal.App.4th Department of General Services (2023) 87 Cal.App.5th 2010) 48 Cal.4th

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Violations were issued on December 28, 2023 for well abandonment and failure to plug the well and the venting of gas and requested a plan to bring the well into compliance by January 11, 2024. DEP continued violations issued on June 8, 2023 for abandoning the well without plugging and failure to stop the movement of gas from the well bore.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] It went into effect in January 2023 and will be phased in over the next five years.

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Robert V. Percival Effective March 1, 2023, the Chinese government abruptly lifted travel restrictions imposed to combat the COVID pandemic. During my sabbatical in 2008 I lived in Beijing and taught for a semester at the China University of Political Science and Law.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2022

The ban takes effect in December 2023 for buildings under seven stories; for taller buildings, developers negotiated a delay until 2027. Even more important to BlocPower — which specializes in clean energy retrofits — is Local Law 97. Donnel Baird, the company’s CEO, and Kinch founded BlocPower in 2014.

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JUNE 21, 2023

By Travis Rosenbluth In 2014, scientists of the IPCC agreed that human influence on the climate system is evident. It is a milestone that seems insignificant in 2023; however, as we’ve seen most recently in the medical space, getting experts — let alone scientists — to agree on anything seems like a colossal task.

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Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2023

By Travis Rosenbluth In 2014, scientists of the IPCC agreed that human influence on the climate system is evident. It is a milestone that seems insignificant in 2023; however, as we’ve seen most recently in the medical space, getting experts — let alone scientists — to agree on anything seems like a colossal task.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In a published opinion filed February 6, 2023, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. City of Irvine (Gemdale 2400 Barranca Holdings, LLC, Real Party in Interest ) (2023) Cal.App.5th. The Court held these conclusions were supported by substantial evidence and that no VMT analysis was required as a matter of law.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

COG owned the minerals under four leases in Reeves County, Texas executed between 2005 and 2014. 08-22-00037-CV, 2023 WL 4846861 (Tex. El Paso July 28, 2023, no pet. Justice Palafox filed a dissenting opinion arguing that longstanding principles of oil and gas law showed that produced water belonged to surface owners.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Uber and Lyft agree to pay $328m to New York drivers BBC PaulaR Mon, 11/06/2023 - 13:50 Friday, November 3, 2023 Read more Sam Gruet Ride-sharing firms Uber and Lyft will pay $328m (£269m) to settle claims they "systematically cheated" New York drivers out of pay and benefits.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 11, 2024

Brazil: Uber Driver Accused of Anti-Candomblé Religious Intolerance Bitter Winter PaulaR Thu, 01/11/2024 - 14:09 Saturday, May 13, 2023 Read more Massimo Introvigne He refused to take to a terreiro a family dressed according to their religion, and is now under police investigation.

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HumanNature

MARCH 28, 2023

Guest Post by Sheela Turbek , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biology at Colorado State University Imagine your favorite crime drama, something along the lines of Law and Order or CSI. Suddenly, ten years later, skeletal remains are uncovered in a marshy drainage.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 22, 2022

Individuals who have been affected can also apply for compensation, but they have until March 2023 to do so. That dam was blocking water from a Soviet-era canal that flows into Crimea, which Russia had wrested from its neighbor in 2014. First Nations communities must file their claims by December of this year.

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