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California’s Climate Leadership: A Timeline

Legal Planet

The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. 2015 SB350. 2016 SB 32. That would be even more obvious if the timeline included the host of less notable, but still significant, laws passed during the same time period. 2002 SB1078.

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A Day Made a Difference in This Purchase and Sale Agreement

Energy & the Law

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.” The Court found that Section 4.1

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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

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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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

Circle of Blue

Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law. You have to get the stakeholders to the table under the compulsion of law. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue. Carl Ganter.

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Derivatives: ISDA Announces 2016 New York Law Variation Margin Credit Support Annex

The Energy Law Blog

On April 14, 2016, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. ISDA ) announced the 2016 ISDA Credit Support Annex for Variation Margin for use with New York law transactions (the 2016 CSA ). Accordingly, the 2016 CSA provisions have been uniformly revised to account for only variation margin matters.

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Landowners Vanquished by the Discovery Rule

Energy & the Law

February 2015: Contents of production tanks removed but tank bottoms containing sand, oil, and saltwater residue remain, leaving a noticeable area of stained soil. March 2016: Landowners visit the property for the first time since 2010 and noticed a “white area” around the saltwater tanks near the Bash #1. Your musical interlude.

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SAFE PIPES Act: 2016 Legislation Affecting PHMSA

The Energy Law Blog

President Obama signed the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act or the SAFE PIPES Act into law on June 22, 2016. PHMSA’s authorization previously expired in 2015.) The full text of the SAFE PIPES Act can be found here.

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