Circle of Blue

JUNE 24, 2025

So the organizations and the financial systems and the laws and policies and global agreements. So Ingrid, I was interested in something you wrote recently about the splintering of global governance, and how the UN system and these big high-level forums are undergoing a change. It was a big deal to get to Paris in 2015.

Climate Change

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

However, the court disagreed, concluding that Swampbuster is a valid exercise of Congress’s spending power and that the law should be upheld. In other words, the Fifth Amendment establishes that the federal government may not “take” private property without providing the owner with appropriate compensation. 5 U.S.C. §

2013

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 19, 2024

laws governing atmospheric methane removal (AMR) via soil amendments. Rapid and sustained reductions in human-driven methane emissions, which account for about 60% of the total, are critical to limiting warming in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement. law, especially federal environmental law.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Read more here ] The Grand Jurys two-year investigation uncovered systematic failure by government agencies in overseeing the fracking industry and fulfilling their responsibility to protect Pennsylvanians from the inherent risks of industry operations. million in restitution for Pennsylvania landowners. Read more here.]

2014

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Today, the demographics of agricultural and food workers have shifted, but economic exploitation continues to plague our food system as workers, predominantly people of color and immigrants, face similar injustices and lack of protections in exclusionary labor laws. Exclusion in labor laws In 1940, 31.8

Law

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

However, recent efforts have focused on reversing this trend, with the government implementing stricter enforcement of environmental regulations and bolstering sustainable initiatives, such as promoting conservation efforts and enforcing land-use restrictions. The 2015 Mariana dam collapse spilled 43.7

2025

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

It was conveyed to Resolution Copper as a land swap under the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015. An Indigenous organization, Apache Stronghold, filed a lawsuit against the government in an attempt to reverse the land swap. The land has been used for religious rites such as ceremonies, to gather medicine, and to pray.

2011

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

18, 2015, pent-up gases at ExxonMobils refinery in Torrance triggered an explosion so powerful it registered as a magnitude 1.7 Im curious as to whether Goldsmith thought in 2015 that hed still be fighting this battle a decade later. On the morning of Feb. earthquake and sent industrial ash over entire neighborhoods.

2015

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2024

If the Trump Administration tries to revoke todays waiver, it will be doing so by ignoring the plain language of the Clean Air Act and will be telling California that the state cant comply with standards the federal government itself sets. And the reason it cant meet the standards? Transportation emissions are simply too big to ignore.

Clean Air Act

Circle of Blue

JULY 9, 2025

In China we found the Central Government building new clean energy plants to quadruple wind and solar generation. Second, Trump is challenging state climate change and clean energy laws that he asserts will raise costs or hamper operations at existing coal-fired power plants or impede construction of new plants.

Clean Energy

Law Columbia

MARCH 19, 2025

At a recent Columbia Law School colloquium, jointly sponsored by the Sabin Center and the Millstein Center, participants posed a foundational question: How do corporate law standards of fiduciary duty relate to what scientists call the climate emergency? [1] 5] Approximately two-thirds of U.S. 5] Approximately two-thirds of U.S.

Law

Circle of Blue

APRIL 21, 2025

The agencies and institutions that sustained Americas program of environmental protection are being pulled into the government-wide purge of people and policies viewed as a threat to Trumps authoritarian impulses, and what his aides call the woke and weaponized bureaucracy. They also are helping the U.S.

Earth Day

Circle of Blue

JULY 10, 2025

Due to Environmental Protection Agency regulations set by the Obama administration in 2015, and by the Biden administration in 2024, the coal ash disposal site at the Cayuga station was closed, and the ash removed. Yet across Indiana several other ash disposal sites remain operational, including F.B.

2015

Circle of Blue

MAY 19, 2025

The urgency of glyphosates suspected hazards increased dramatically in 2015 when the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a respected unit of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans. In April, North Dakota became the first state to enact such a bill into law.

Biotechnology

Circle of Blue

APRIL 2, 2025

New C in Arizonas Economic Geography The server fervor extends to the highest reaches of government. The city regulates data center water use through a 2015 policy that limits these facilities to 115 gallons per day, per thousand square feet of space. Tracts forthcoming groundwater use highlights a loophole in Arizona water law.

Cooling

Scientific American

JULY 14, 2025

States routinely let the government reclaim unspent money — or let available money go unused for as long as 20 years, according to an analysis of federal records by POLITICO’s E&E News. In the same period since 2015, states also relinquished a total of $1.4

2016

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The new law includes several provisions typically associated with the Farm Bill, the omnibus spending bill that governs various agricultural and food programs in the United States. Under that law, conservation programs received around $18 billion in federal funding. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol.

2013

A Greener Life

APRIL 28, 2025

The Liberal Party vs the Conservatives – the climate perspective When the now former prime minister Justin Trudeau came into power in 2015 , he broke with the policies of the Conservatives, who under prime minister Stephen Harper had adopted a climate denial approach.

2025

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Circuit’s recent decision holding that CEQ lacks authority to promulgate regulations and, therefore, that the regulations governing implementation of NEPA across the government for decades are ultra vires. Rogers College of Law, where he co-directs the Environmental Law, Science and Policy Program. Download as PDF

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Read more here.] -- Grand Jury Report Finds Government Agencies Failed To Protect Pennsylvanians From Risks Of Shale Gas Development. DEP is inspecting shale gas wells drilled in the early days of shale development-- 2009 to 2013-- to determine their status which is resulting in most of the violations. 27 Released 1.1 26 to Sept.

Air Pollution

Legal Planet

APRIL 23, 2025

The proposal has been revised to make it more legally palatable, including moving the final decision-making authority regarding the conversion of jobs to the president, rather than the OPM director, writes Government Executive. ” No, climate science isnt making our kids more anxious. The arguments in Diamond Alternative Energy v.

Earth Day

Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2025

Consider the story of Emma Rose Shore, a UCLA Law student and summer law fellow at the Emmett Institute. ” Elizabeth Kolbert at the New Yorker reflects on Whitehouse’s decade of wake-up calls regarding government inaction to address the climate crisis. It’s future ones too. Last October, she got great news.

Climate Change

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

Specifically, the instructions direct the committee to amend current budget-related laws to achieve the goals of the budget resolution. As the Congressional Research Service states , it “reconcile[s] current law with the fiscal objectives of the budget resolution.”

2013

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JULY 16, 2025

119-21 ) into law. Key Notes For the closest observers of federal food and agriculture policy, there are two aspects of the bill that NSAC has been closely tracking: a provision known as the “suspension of permanent law” and the resultant budget sequestration required following the enactment of OBBB.

Conservation

Legal Planet

JULY 16, 2025

from restarting an offshore pipeline system that infamously ruptured and caused the massive Refugio oil spill in 2015. For decades, Americans have relied on the federal government for help before, during and after disasters strike,” she says. “Now, communities around the U.S.

Electricity

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

There is good news though for small business owners – almost every state in the country has passed laws or regulations allowing entrepreneurs in similar situations to produce and sell certain food products made in private homes with very little or no regulation or oversight. What Are Cottage Foods? Stat § 587.693.

Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

While the FDA does conduct routine inspections to ensure compliance with laws, it also utilizes inspections to follow up on specific instances such as a foodborne illness outbreak. Further, the FDA may conduct inspections on its own, it also has a program for contracting with state and territorial government regulatory agencies.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

While numerous other states had previously passed similar farm animal confinement laws affecting sows and calves, this was the first state to also include laying hens. The Court ruled that the California law was constitutional and allowed it to go into effect. Ross , a case that made its way to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2025

Shapiro Sued To Limit Future Electric Bill Hikes -- Inquirer: Shapiro Ready To Work With New Republican Administration As Long As It Doesnt Compromise Fundamental Freedoms -- Gov. Ohio- $2.98 PA- $3.26 -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same Again As Last Week- 15; 21 On Aug.

Politics

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 4, 2025

Historically, 100% of the cost of the food benefit has been paid by the federal government, with states sharing the administrative costs of the program. Further, under current law, farm operations with an Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) above $900,000 are not eligible for subsidies.

Conservation

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

Background Currently, no federal law exists that restricts foreign persons from acquiring or holding U.S. Investments and acquisitions that could give a foreign person—whether that be an individual, business, or government—control over a U.S. 1713 ) which seeks to increase governmental oversight of certain foreign acquisitions in U.S.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

Prior to this measure, Texas law did not contain any restriction on foreign ownership of land. Texas is one of nine states to enact or amend a foreign ownership law during the 2025 legislative session and now becomes the twenty-eighth state to adopt legislation prohibiting certain foreign investments in land.

Law

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In a recently published paper , we explore the emerging possibilities of green infrastructure through a governance lens, focusing on large scale implementation. Our findings suggest that LSGI projects face intertwined governance challenges that flow from their core strength: LSGI’s multi-benefit nature. Cano Pecharroman et al.

Government

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2022

These blog posts summarize our recent article in Ecology Law Quarterly , coauthored with my collaborator Moira O’Neill. In this blog post, we’ll summarize the relevant law. CEQA generally requires disclosure and feasible mitigation of significant environmental impacts from government-approved development projects in the state.

Law

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.

Paris Agreement

Legal Planet

JUNE 24, 2024

Streamgaging Network (credit: USGS.gov) Recently I’ve posted stories about efforts to enforce California’s water laws in the face of efforts by some diverters to evade and ignore limits on their ability to privatize public water resources–especially in times of critical drought. Problem solved, right? Unfortunately, no.

Technology

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Louder calls to accelerate the energy transition, advances in climate litigation, and shareholder activism pushed many governments and financial institutions around the world to acknowledge the need for transparency regarding climate-related financial risk.

2023