Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

On Friday, EPA announced that it was reconsidering its 2020 decision to leave the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone unchanged. The notice does not identify any specific perceived flaws in the 2020 decision. first appeared on Law and the Environment. The reconsideration will be based on the existing record.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As I prepare to attend the UN’s 28 th annual Conference of the Parties (COP28 ), I’ve been thinking a lot about the connection between the UN climate talks and litigation, especially in light of the stark reality that parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement are falling short on key milestones leading up to the next month’s meeting.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 7, 2021

From 1980 to 2020, there were an average of 7 billion-dollar events per year. But from 2015-2020, the average was 16 per year. 2020 had a record-breaking 22 billion-dollar events. Houston also had so-called 500-year floods in 2015 and 2016. Escalating impacts. Interestingly, nearly half of them were in Texas.)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The four wells that are part of this announcement were list as abandoned by DEP since April 14, 2015.] This well was listed as abandoned by DEP in an inspection report on April 14, 2015 - report not available, but noting ‘no adverse event or action reported.] operates 110 conventional wells.] [The Obviously, it wasn’t.

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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. Read more here.] -- Vista OPR Inc.:

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

A law on “green growth” requires carbon neutrality by 2050. An electricity plan published in December 2020 calls for a 2030 power of mix of one-third coal, with the remainder divided roughly equally between nuclear, liquid natural gas, and renewables. Briefly, here is what South Korea is doing in terms of implementation.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 23, 2021

Once again, Arnold & Porter was named as one of the "Best Law Firms for Women" by Working Mother magazine. The 2021 list recognizes 50 law firms that use best practices to recruit, retain, promote, and develop women lawyers. Reported statistics are based on data provided by the firms in 2020.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The movement follows a worldwide upsurge in climate change-related cases, which have more than doubled since 2015. Treaties on environmental law are a type of human rights treaty, and, for that reason, enjoy supranational status. This “supranational status” means that these treaties are above the “regular” laws in the legal hierarchy.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. ” Energy Policy 140 (2020): 111428. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7 Egli, Florian.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

By Dr Romain Mauger, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability (GCELS) On 19 November 2020, the Conseil d’Etat (the French supreme administrative court) issued a historic ruling in the Commune de Grande Synthe case , potentially the first step towards a landmark climate litigation outcome in France.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

But people across the Colorado legal community, the broader Western water community, and a far-flung network that includes Berkeley Law staff, faculty, and alumni. Long-term connections with Berkeley Law. Justice Hobbs’ connections with Berkeley Law run deep. He got his JD here in 1971. I was lucky enough to be one of them. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study. Both agencies have been leading the way on recovering ridership, which has been steadily increasing nationwide since its initial drop in March 2020. Will the law help transit agencies deal with their looming budget crises?

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 12, 2022

Each year since 1995, with the exception of 2020, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) has hosted a Conference of Parties (COP), where members of the UNFCCC negotiate issues relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other matters relating to climate change. first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The American Rescue Plan Act was a landmark law. Fault lines had surfaced back in 2020 when over a billion dollars worth of unpaid water bills had accumulated in several large U.S. In 2015 the National League of Cities produced a report based on a study involving five cities of various sizes, including Houston and Newark.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Technically this shall be included in an amendment to the proposed Climate Law. Details were published yesterday in a 26-page long Communication (European Commission Communication `Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition Investing in a climate-neutral future for the benefit of our people´ (Communication) COM (2020) 562 final ).

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 31, 2015

On May 24, 2015 Pope Francis used his. agreed with the citizens that “the severity and scope of the climate problem make it necessary for the Dutch government to reduce the Dutch greenhouse gas emissions at a much higher rate, imposing a 25% reduction by 2020.” Pope Francis’ 2015 Encyclical: The Environmental Reader’s Digest Version.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In a widely read report in 2015 that ECCSCM conducted with the Michigan chapter of the Sierra Club, Taylor revealed for the first time that nearly 700 million gallons of liquid manure was spread annually in the western Lake Erie basin. A study by the Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago and the Washington, D.C.-based

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

First, the Louisiana Supreme Court on November 4, 2020 denied the Louisiana Department of Revenue’s writ application in Smith International, Inc. Now, the penalties imposed by Acts 2015, No. July 1, 2015 cannot be applied to tax periods prior to July 1, 2015. In addition, the late payment penalty in La. 1/9/20), cert.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2021

Under existing law, municipalities are authorized to negotiate agreements for a host fee to be paid to the municipality. In April 2020, DEP began its technical review of Keystone’s permit application. The permit also contains conditions to ensure that the benefits KSL is to provide to the local community are realized.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Joseph Otis Minott - Lifetime Achievement Award PennFuture honored Joseph Otis Minott, an environmental law leader, with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades-long career fighting for the environment and public health in Pennsylvania. from Villanova University School of Law. Since assuming elected office in 2020, Rep.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

MAY 13, 2021

Kahn, 2015. " & Yanguas, Maria Lucia, 2020. " My 2020 LSE Lecture explores this theme. Such estimates are useful but they are not "laws of physics". Rhode, 2012. 102(3), pages 238-244, May. Kahn Matthew E., 12(1), pages 25-30, August. 53(3), pages 654-666, September. Boustan, Leah Platt & Kahn, Matthew E.

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CEQA Developments

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Since my inaugural post (which can be viewed here ) was a “top ten” list of CEQA litigation mistakes to avoid, I thought an appropriate tenth anniversary post might be a list of the ten most significant CEQA case law developments over the past decade. Bay Area Air Quality Management District (2015) 62 Cal.4th

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

First, the Louisiana Supreme Court on November 4, 2020 denied the Louisiana Department of Revenue’s writ application in Smith International, Inc. Now, the penalties imposed by Acts 2015, No. July 1, 2015 cannot be applied to tax periods prior to July 1, 2015. In addition, the late payment penalty in La. 1/9/20), cert.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It is too early to know what specific policies are driving these reductions, but a return to implementing existing laws, supporting conservation efforts, and ensuring better protection and enforcement around Indigenous territories and protected areas all seem to be having a role in the results.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Since 2020, the amount of solar installed by Pennsylvania schools more than doubled from 14.5 The Commonwealth jumped up five spots in the rankings in two years due to 70% growth in the number of solar schools since 2020, rising from 63 to 107 solar schools. The report found that 87% of solar power installed at U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020. Between 2015 and 2021, 274 North American oil and gas producers filed for bankruptcy with a debt load of $177 billion. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law in August, will also turbocharge new clean energy, clean vehicle, and clean building infrastructure.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

Last spring, we released a report – Paying Polluters: Federal Financial Support to Oil and Gas in 2020 – that revealed the federal government announced a minimum of nearly $18 billion to the oil and gas sector in 2020. billion in 2020 through CEWS. This measure resulted in $20 million in foregone revenue in 2020.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

EU NDC and European Green Deal In 2020, the EU submitted its NDCs before the UNFCCC, on behalf of the EU and its Member States, containing a target of 55% reduction in GHG emissions below 1990 levels by 2030, updating its 2015 commitment of 40% reduction. For all climate laws related to Spain, see here.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

” Federal Rule 4(k)(2) provides that “[f]or a claim that arises under federal law, serving a summons or filing a waiver of service establishes personal jurisdiction over a defendant if [] the defendant is not subject to jurisdiction in any state's courts of general jurisdiction,” among other conditions. Applicant) in 2019.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

” Federal Rule 4(k)(2) provides that “[f]or a claim that arises under federal law, serving a summons or filing a waiver of service establishes personal jurisdiction over a defendant if [] the defendant is not subject to jurisdiction in any state's courts of general jurisdiction,” among other conditions. Applicant) in 2019.

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