CEQA Developments

AUGUST 2, 2022

The case holds that the City’s water allocations to the City’s agricultural lessees were authorized under its existing 2010 leases and thus did not constitute a new project subject to CEQA review before they could be lawfully implemented. acre feet per acre (2011-12) to zero acre feet per acre (2015-16).

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 23, 2022

Waves are complex and operate in turbulent environments and multiple categories of WECs along with even more specific prototype and experimental designs that exist to generate electricity. Since 2015, the U.S. Now, let’s dive in. What does wave energy look like?

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 3, 2020

Integration of the NEPA process with NASA projects. There are several categories of actions that NASA would not need conduct a full NEPA analysis, unless extraordinary circumstances arise. on-site construction projects. The Stakes are Out of This World: How to Fix the Space Act of 2015. NASA’s Categorical Exclusions.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

143-215.10C, to require a groundwater compliance boundary at animal operations: “[animal operations] shall have a compliance boundary as may be established by rule or permit for various categories of animal waste management systems and beyond which groundwater quality standards may not be exceeded.” See: House Bill 600, Sec.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

A project’s incremental contribution may be cumulatively considerable even if it appears relatively small compared to statewide, national or global emissions. The agency’s analysis should consider a timeframe that is appropriate for the project. See, e.g., Center for Biological Diversity v. of Fish & Wildlife, 62 Cal.4th

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Executive Order 80 supports the 2015 Paris Agreement and sets several goals for the state to meet by 2025: Reduce state greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2005 levels. In the first instance, the new limitation on stormwater controls for redevelopment projects may conflict with the local government’s federal permit.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Next to paper, food waste is the second largest category sent to landfills—it accounts for 18% of the waste stream. Almost 100% of food insecure households in 2015 were worried their food would run out, could not afford to buy balanced meals, cut the size of their meals, and/or skipped meals. National Gleaning Project.

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In a 53-page published opinion filed October 8, 2021, the Fourth District Court of Appeal mostly affirmed, but reversed in part, a judgment in a CEQA action challenging two sets of projects of the City of San Diego to underground overhead utility wires in several neighborhoods. City of San Diego (2021) Cal.App.5th.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Ninth Circuit Reinstated Listing of Bearded Seal as Threatened Based on Climate Change Projections. Environmental groups had identified five categories of new information since the 2004 preparation of an EIS that they contended warranted supplemental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The dimensions of global urban expansion: Estimates and projections for all countries, 2000–2050. Denver Colorado (2015). SOIL 1 , 331–339 (2015). Generic methodologies applicable to multiple land-use categories. Natural Capital Project. Nature News 525 , 179 (2015). Works Cited Angel, S., Blei, A. &

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Allco is an owner, operator, and developer of solar energy projects throughout the country, including in Georgia and New York. The court rejected the argument that claims against the original and 2012 versions of the LCFS were moot, noting that these earlier versions affected how credits were calculated under the 2015 version.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And so what this study did was looking at 2002 to 2015 Medicare claims, the authors took advantage of a stark difference in fracking activity between Pennsylvania, where the practice started becoming widespread in 2008, and in New York, where fracking was and still is banned. It also offers a review of trends in research findings.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 28, 2021

The Global Witness data found that 40 percent of all victims in 2019 were Indigenous, and more than a third of the attacks between 2015 and 2019 targeted Indigenous peoples. ———. To protect their aquifers, Arkansas officials are planning two canal projects to deliver river water to farm areas. ———. Drought Monitor.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations. Winter Storm Elliot Causes Natural Gas Infrastructure Failure Natural gas infrastructure failures during Winter Storm Elliot resulted in the proposed imposition of an unprecedented $1.8 It also offers a review of trends in research findings.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

In that same time, EIA projects renewable electricity will rise from 28 percent to 50 percent of global generation. [6] In that same time, EIA projects renewable electricity will rise from 28 percent to 50 percent of global generation. [6] While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally.

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

In 2015, EPA proposed CO2 emission limits for new power plants based on a combination of the use of high efficiency processes and carbon capture technology. But when EPA has set a standard for new sources of a pollutant, Section 111(d) allows EPA to direct states to set performance standards for existing sources in the same category.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a new report on the projected cost of US nuclear weapons over the next ten years, from 2023 to 2032. First, projected costs have risen considerably since the CBO released its previous report on this issue two years ago. In its report, CBO projects the final costs will rise even more.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

emissions in the RGGI region would have been approximately 24 percent higher in 2015 but for the program, which took effect in 2009. [5]. At the same time, it is estimated that through 2015, RGGI generated approximately $2.9 and that the investment of RGGI allowance auction proceeds in 2015 alone will return $2.31

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

The decision narrows federal agency permitting authority over projects impacting wetlands but may lead to increased state regulatory authority in permitting and enforcement over non-covered water bodies. In 2023, the agencies, under the Biden administration, again revised the definition, returning it to the pre-2015 Rapanos framework.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Six years later, in 2015, the PRA and FCA published a report on the failure of HBOS. It entered into liquidation in January 2018 following a deterioration in cash flows in respect of several of its projects and an earlier announcement of an expected provision of £845 million in June 2017, causing its share price to fall significantly.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 24, 2021

between 2015 and 2019 that were linked to swimming pools, hot tubs, and other treated recreational waters, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. The Colorado Basin River Forecast Center lowered its projected runoff into Lake Powell by two percentage points, to 26 percent of normal. Geological Study report.

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 11, 2022

For example, in 2015 and 2016, the US eased restrictions on travel, remittances, trade, and the telecommunications and financial services sectors.[[N:Congressional The CACR permits travel-related transactions in connection with only 12 categories of travel[[N: 31 C.F.R. N:Congressional Research Service, supra note 2.]] N:31 C.F.R.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2022

Since July 1, 2015, DEP has awarded 8,384 Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebates, totaling $10.6 million to 205 projects by municipalities, businesses, and organizations for alternative fuel vehicles and fueling infrastructure, including a growing number of electric vehicle and charging projects. DEP has awarded grants totaling $28.7

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court said it was not arbitrary or capricious to rely on climate change models that projected through 2100. California Federal Court Found Inadequate Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Water Transfer Project Under NEPA But Said Analysis Satisfied CEQA Requirements. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Perry , No.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

million civil penalty and to implement procedures and educational and outreach projects to resolve alleged violations of TSCA Title IV, the EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule, and corresponding state and tribal regulations (the RRP Rules).[[N:United Home Depot) to pay a $20.75 N:United States v. 22, 2021).]] 14560 (Mar.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

EPA inspectors found that the two companies failed to submit timely quadrennial reports regarding their imports of five chemical substances between 2012 and 2015 under the 2016 CDR Rule. It describes how EPA has identified candidate PFAS in 24 categories for which the Agency will require companies to perform testing under TSCA Section 4.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

billion for national service programs to carry out projects related to climate resilience and mitigation. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework includes some funding for environmental initiatives: The Army Corps of Engineers receives $7 billion for flood mitigation projects. Wealthy countries and global charities also pledged $1.6

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

EPA’s entry in the agenda projects December for a final rule; NHTSA’s entry does not list a date for finalization. It changed long-time agency policy to allow major sources of pollution to reclassify as area sources, a category with fewer regulatory requirements, once their emissions fell below a certain threshold. 140 ) from Sens.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

More News: Tightened federal water protections won’t slow some projects – Associated Press. ESA and other science societies have supported the 2015 definition of WOTUS that is based in sound science including endorsing an amicus brief in a former court case. Public comments on the proposed rule close March 28, 2022. 25, 2022.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

Ben Sasse (R-NE) doubling the authorized budget for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This bill responds to an executive order from President Trump to create a “schedule F” category for federal employees, who would be easier to fire. Global Change Research Program since 2015. Kuperberg had led the U.S.

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