Vorys Law

MAY 20, 2021

Ohio EPA has proposed rules that will require additional Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) and Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emission controls for certain manufacturing and industrial operations located in the Cincinnati and Cleveland 2015 ozone nonattainment areas. Draft Revisions to OAC 3745-21 for Control of VOCs.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

in 2015 to 13.3% Even the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement had only a small impact on employment. Du became interested in public interest work as a student and did a master’s degree in humanitarian aid. The US, worst hit by the layoffs, saw over 100,000 green jobs advertised in the six months from last August.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

The report notes, “The effluent quality must comply to 90% [in total] with the authorised limits for the respective categories.”. Five of the 22 Green Drop award winners fall into the NMR category, meaning they are exempt from certain effluent quality indicators. Griggs’ experience is hardly unusual.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 2, 2021

Within the four categories of ICS, there are limits on the ICS each water user can create, the amount they can take out in a year, and the total amount stored. This is a special category can be withdrawn through the year 2057, but only once Lake Mead rises above 1,110 feet. There have been far more ICS deposits than withdrawals.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 3, 2020

identifies issues that need to be addressed, determines alternatives that would correct the issues, studies any potential environmental issues, complies with environmental regulations, and involves the public throughout the process. and to give the public the opportunity to review and comment on the document. three main initiatives.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Located in a steep valley directly west of Interstate 15, the Project site is also located adjacent to parcels of land zoned “semi-rural residential” and in proximity to a number of residential communities, which resulted in strong public opposition to the Project ultimately leading to litigation.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

The district court reasoned that the “public-nuisance claim raised issues relating to ‘interstate and intentional disputes implicating conflicting rights of States or. The energy companies have already argued to the Supreme Court that the Fourth Circuit’s decision is in conflict with the Seventh Circuit’s 2015 ruling in Lu Junhong v.

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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.” In July 2023, U.S.

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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. That is a public safety as well as a water pollution problem. 26 that could not by any normal definition fall into any of those categories.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 2, 2022

The case provides guidance to practitioners on when and how CEQA applies to public contracts, and also regarding the appropriate contents of the administrative record in CEQA litigation challenging staff level actions implementing existing leases. acre feet per acre (2011-12) to zero acre feet per acre (2015-16).

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The types of important questions that fall within this category do not include requests to the ICJ for advisory opinions. Copies of the submissions are made public, and states have a right of reply. The United Nations Charter provides that certain “important questions” require a two-thirds vote.

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Science Blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2017

The report’s authors an international team of nearly 50 public health scientists spent nearly two years synthesizing data on the human health effects and economic costs of toxic substances in the air, soil, and water. Categories. News outlets are referring to a report released yesterday by The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health.

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Smith Enviorment

AUGUST 1, 2018

In 2015, former Governor Pat McCrory sued the General Assembly over laws giving the legislature power to appoint a majority of three environmental commissions — the Coal Ash Management Commission, Mining Commission and Oil and Gas Commission. Public hunting and fishing shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

4th 204 (2015) (invalidating EIR because agency determination that project’s emissions were consistent with statewide emission reduction goals and therefore insignificant was not supported by a reasoned explanation based on substantial evidence); Friends of Oroville v. 4th 369 (2015) ; Ballona Wetlands Land Trust v. 4th 455 (2d.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As part of an apprenticeship I participated in with the Colorado Water Conservation Board, I was asked to explore tools that enable estimates of the return on investment to the public from ecosystem services provided by different land-uses, with an emphasis on private working lands such as farms and ranches. Denver Colorado (2015).

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Below we take a closer look at each category of lawsuits and provide an update on where they stand today. The court found that “there was no proof offered at trial that established material misrepresentations or omissions contained in any of ExxonMobil’s public disclosures that satisfy the applicable legal standard.” People by James v.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit further concluded that Section 307(d)(7)(B) expressly linked EPA’s power to stay to regulatory provisions meeting the requirements for “mandatory reconsideration”—that it was “impracticable to raise” an objection during the public comment period and that the objection was “of central relevance to the outcome of the rule.”

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The attorney general issued the subpoena as part of its investigation into Exxon’s representations to investors and to the public about risks related to climate change. Forest Service’s decision not to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the expansion of a ski area in Oregon. Sierra Club v. 16-1186 (D.C.

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Council would thereafter create an “Underground Utility District” for the selected blocks to be completed with the year’s funding; residents/owners within the district would be mailed a notice of public hearing and a map so they could comment prior to Council’s approval of creation of the district. City of Lodi (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 7, 2021

N:In re High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation 2015 WL 5159441 (N.D. 2, 2015).]] In subsequent public statements, the Antitrust Division continued to emphasize its focus on alleged collusion between employers in labor markets. In October 2016, the DOJ and FTC released their Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Here is the text from the presentation by Dr. Steingraber -- Public Health Crisis The summary conclusion of the 9th Compendium on natural gas development research is-- “The rapidly expanding body of evidence compiled here is massive, troubling and cries out for decisive action. “So It also offers a review of trends in research findings.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The natural gas leak resulted in a temporary one-half mile evacuation order around the well pad within Troy Township, according to Bradford County Department of Public Safety. The Public Utility Commission also said it did not have jurisdiction over this incident. Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

However, others argue that the other topographical features - of low precipitation (1-2” or 2-4cm annually) and high evapotranspiration leave them firmly in the desert category. In 2015, researchers were surprised to find an extensive oasis in which was a new type of snail that has made a home there (44). Sponsored Content.

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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. ———. More than a quarter of the region is considered to be in exceptional drought, which is the worst category in the U.S. Drought Monitor.

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Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Recognizing the environmental and public health risks posed by methane, in January 2015, the Obama administration set a goal of reducing emissions from the oil and gas industry by 40 to 45 percent below 2012 levels by 2025. EPA’s purported justifications for rescinding the methane NSPS do not withstand scrutiny.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As part of our social commentary, we look at: The publication of the Law Society’s Diversity and Inclusion framework for law firms. This included the introduction of £28 billion in public spending cuts, which will impact almost every aspect of public services in the UK, including its enforcement agencies.

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

Section 111 of the Clean Air Act authorizes EPA to address air pollution from both new and existing sources if the pollutant endangers public health or welfare. In 2009, EPA made a finding that six greenhouse gasses endanger public health and welfare because of their contribution to climate change.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally. link] [30] Vaclav Smil, Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2015), 247. [31] 2015, 112 (49) 15060-15065; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1510028112. trillion. [25] Audio recording of call.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 2, 2023

billion, a significant increase over the previous public estimate of $6.9 Deceptive decrease on the SLCM-N One category in which projected costs appear to decrease in this report is Tactical Nuclear Delivery Systems and Weapons, which sees a drop of $11 billion. The FY 2015 NDAA then required CBO to update that report every two years.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2022

The Pennsylvania NEVI Plan was informed by a public survey which garnered over 4,400 responses and public comments, which led to the development of an entirely new goal to address environmental benefits and consider multiple transportation modes for electrification. Additionally, PennDOT – following guidance issued from U.S.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

After President Biden took office, EPA undertook a review of the rules pursuant to Executive Order 13990 on “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.”[[N:86 In March, EPA published a notice inviting public comment on all five final PBT rules.[[N: ”[[N:86 Fed.

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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 N:Congressional Research Service, supra note 2.]] The CACR permits travel-related transactions in connection with only 12 categories of travel[[N: 31 C.F.R. N:31 C.F.R.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Public Citizen, Inc. Connecticut ; Requested “Tutorial” on Climate Change. Trump , No. 1:17 -cv-00253 (D.D.C.

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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 executive order requires a broad range of actions that target both public and private assets as well as government programs. Geological Study report.

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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. N:News Release, EPA, EPA Advances Science to Protect the Public from PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water (Nov. EPA, Pay $117,000 in Fines (Oct.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

EPA to Move 390 Substances to Public Portion of TSCA Inventory. 1334 ), which has been referred to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.[[N:A Environmental Groups Seek EPA Actions on Phosphogypsum and Process Wastewater from Phosphoric Acid Production. N:A copy of the bill is available here.]]

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