Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 10, 2024

This victory sets a precedent for future climate litigation, affirming that climate action is a legal duty of states under human rights law. They sought to hold Portugal and 32 other countries accountable for not meeting the emissions reduction targets set under the 2015 Paris climate accord.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest. Amendments to the Climate Action Law are adopted, setting a binding 2045 date for carbon neutrality, with a 2031 target of a 65% emissions reduction compared with 1990. Renewables are 42% of electricity.

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Vorys Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

EPA’s website indicating the that Agencies have halted implementation of the Navigable Waters Protection Rule and are reverting back to the pre-2015 regulatory regime for interpreting the meaning of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. EPA-Army Corps joint statement here.

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New Scientist

JUNE 29, 2023

The most significant US climate funding law ever passed, the Inflation Reduction Act, is already having a impact, but it won't be enough for the nation to meet its targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement

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Energy & the Law

MAY 24, 2023

In 2015, Apache failed to drill 20,000 feet in the North Block of the lease. The question for the Court: Did the North Block expire on December 31, 2015, or January 1, 2016? The Court applied the common-law default rule for describing time when parties use the words “from” or “after.” Your musical interlude.

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Energy & the Law

JUNE 23, 2023

Federal tax law treats them as partnerships unless they elect to be treated otherwise. Hegar , a Texas court addressed how Hibernia, a non-taxable entity under federal law, is taxable under Texas law. Your musical interlude *Kamal is a rising 3L at SMU Law School and a Gray Reed summer associate.

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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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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

On December 7, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disapproved the state implementation plan (SIP) revisions for the Baton Rouge ozone nonattainment area that Louisiana set forth in response to EPA’s 2015 SIP Call rule. To comply with the 2015 SIP Call rule, Louisiana had proposed revising its SIP by removing LAC 33:III.2201.C.8,

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2024

He served four terms on the WeConservePA board of directors (2007-2013 and 2015-2021) and continues to serve on the WeConservePA policy council. In 1977, he graduated from Capital University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate magna cum laude. This research began his keen interest in real estate law.

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MGKF Law

APRIL 27, 2023

5, 2015 , No. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., is best known for setting forth a comprehensive mechanism to cleanup hazardous waste sites under a restoration-based approach and for imposing liability on potentially responsible parties. Colorado, on Aug.

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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. This marks the eighth time Arnold & Porter has been named to the annual list.

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In the 27 states where the ninth attempt wasn’t enjoined, EPA and the Corps are going to apply the “pre-2015 regulatory regime” to determine the reach of the Clean Water Act. What does EPA mean when it refers to the “pre-2015 regulatory regime? I haven’t seen an EPA and Corps answer to that question.

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Energy & the Law

JUNE 1, 2022

February 2015: Contents of production tanks removed but tank bottoms containing sand, oil, and saltwater residue remain, leaving a noticeable area of stained soil. Here, the landowners agreed that no activity on the land could have caused contamination after February 2015, so the injury occurred then at the latest.

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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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Vermont Law

AUGUST 31, 2015

On May 24, 2015 Pope Francis used his. Pope Francis’ 2015 Encyclical: The Environmental Reader’s Digest Version. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Summary: In his May encyclical, Pope Francis called for swift global action on climate change. He linked science, morality and church doctrine to do so. By Ashton Roberts.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Photo credit Alexandra Gay, member of the UCLA Law delegation that year. Under international law, only countries can be parties to these instruments, not U.S. California Governor Jerry Brown in Bonn for the 2018 climate summit. states or other subnational goverments.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

Before transitioning to Executive Director, Bomstein ran the Council's team of attorneys and law clerks, which is active in litigation and the regulatory process. Bomstein has a degree in mathematics from Cornell University and a law degree from Columbia Law School.

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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. EN: Back in 2021, Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law , which included the largest federal investment in public transit in history of $109 billion over 5 years. Yes, premature death.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

A law on “green growth” requires carbon neutrality by 2050. Since 2015, South Korea has had an emissions trading system that covers the power sector and industrial sources. Last year, South Korea promised to halt financing for coal projects in other countries immediately.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Reckoning states that from 1966, one year before the Graduate was released, to 2015, global plastic production increased from 20 million metric tons to 381 million metric tons. first appeared on Law and the Environment. By any measure, that’s a lot of plastic. The post The Future of Plastics Has Been Bright; Can We Keep It That Way?

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Energy & the Law

JANUARY 18, 2023

The Court of Appeals in 2015 determined that the parties had these interests:*. The court rejected Conoco’s assertion that Kenneth could not ratify the Gips lease for pooling purposes only, distinguishing prior Texas case law on ratifications and NPRIs. For you trial lawyers, the court also addressed the “law of the case” doctrine. *We

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Technically this shall be included in an amendment to the proposed Climate Law. According to the Communication, buildings and power generation can make the largest and most cost-efficient emissions reductions, in the order of 60% and more compared to 2015, to reach the 55% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target (p.8).

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2022

A 2015 law, AB197, requires that the scoping plan discuss the following for each emission reduction measure: (a) The range of projected greenhouse gas emissions reductions that result from the measure. AB32 then provides an extensive list of factors that the board must consider in crafting regulation to implement the plan.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 30, 2022

The report explains that the high emitters, the US and the European Union (EU) which are both pledging net-zero emissions by 2050, are only on a trajectory to reduce emissions based on 2015 levels by 27% by 2030. Of the 100 countries with net-zero carbon neutrality targets currently only 14 have net-zero targets signed into law.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It is rare that a law professor gets to say with some justification, “I told you so.” Or, more precisely, Mark Wu and I predicted the current conflict pitting the United States against the rest of the world in our 2015 Northwestern Law Review piece, “ Next Generation Trade and Environment Conflicts.”

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 22, 2021

One water utility, Southern Water, was fined £90 million for deliberately dumping wastewater into waterways from 2010 to 2015. The pollution has sparked criticism from the public, prompting stricter laws from the government and promises from utilities to lower pollution. Sewage pollution is rampant in U.K. ON THE RADAR.

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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. This major modification of their existing permit allows Keystone to expand on 435 acres within the existing permitted area of the landfill and increase its disposal capacity by 145 million cubic yards.

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Energy & the Law

AUGUST 18, 2021

They did nothing to prosecute the suit until 2015, at which time they alleged that Meng continued to interfere over the preceding 15 years. Each had an unplugged well that had not been operated since 2015. On the lease were three separate 40-acre units, Nos. 2, 4 and 7. Repudiation.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

I still think that the CAA is flawed and I don’t think I can improve on the discussion of those flaws that I provided at the time of EPA’s decision in 2020 to retain the 2015 ozone NAAQS. first appeared on Law and the Environment. Still whistling in the wind , I fear.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

2015 Accelerating Cost-Effective Green Stormwater Infrastructure: Learning From Local Implementation. Wheeler Institute for Water Law & Policy, University of California at Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA, p. And for further related work from our team see: Green Nylen N. & & Kiparsky M. Download as PDF.

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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

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 12, 2022

The Paris Agreement followed at COP21 in 2015 and introduced a goal of holding global temperature increases to below 2°C, as well as pursuing efforts to limit the temperature to 1.5°C. first appeared on Law and the Environment. The post Climate Policy at 30: Glasgow Climate Pact.

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Acoel

MARCH 27, 2023

Like a predecessor rule in 2015 which attempted to broaden the definition of WOTUS, numerous states and industry groups have challenged the 2023 WOTUS rule. Texas, et al. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., 3:23-cv-00017, March 19, 2023. 3:23-cv-32 (D.N.D.), 44 and Kentucky v.

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Environmental Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

An EPA administrative law judge ordered a commercial recycling company to pay $16,000 for unlawfully exporting spent lead acid batteries to China and South Korea in 2015. In re Caribbean All Metal Recyclers Corp. hjones@eli.org. Wed, 11/02/2022 - 12:48. 07/25/2017. Case Number. RCRA-02-2016-7103. 47 ELR 47908.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

The groundwater adjudication process, which is governed by SB 226 and AB 1390 (2015), determines how groundwater rights in a basin are allocated. Guest contributors Adrianne Davies, Owen McAleer, and Gabi Rosenfeld are UCLA Law students (2L). This ruling is an adjudication.

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Manning Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

On this day, Manning Environmental Law honours the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. Manning Environmental Law is a Canadian law firm based in Toronto, Ontario. Our practice is focussed on environmental law, energy law and aboriginal law.

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