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Wetlands Protection Update

Smith Enviorment

See State Law: Removing Wetlands from “Waters of the State”.) Farm Act (Senate Bill 582/ Session Law 2023-63). The reference to ‘‘interstate wetlands’’ as a stand-alone category of jurisdictional wetlands has been removed. Senate Bill 582 became state law on June 27, 2023 over the Governor’s veto.

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As a Hot, Dry Summer Begins in California, More Water Wells Are Failing

Circle of Blue

When this photo was taken, in April 2015, the well at their nearby home had been dry for 18 months and they visited the depot twice a week for water. Drought Monitor categories. A drawback is that well drillers already have so much demand that there are wait lists. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years

PA Environment Daily

There were 2 violations in 2017; -- Howard Drilling : There was 1 violation in 2015; These companies also reported road spreading their oil and gas well wastewater. There was the same sort of “uniformity” among reporting how waste was disposed in other disposal categories as well. Read more here.] barrels or 0.41 Read more here.]

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$18 billion to fossil fuels: Breaking Down the Numbers

Enviromental Defense

You can find the complete list of federal supports announced in 2020 in the report, but here are the major categories we were able to track. million for other categories of support to fossil fuels. Cleaning up is the law. How did we get to ~$18 billion? Canada committed to phasing out subsidies by 2025 back in 2009.

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Climate Change Jurisdiction: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Kicks Climate Change Case Back to State Court

The Energy Law Blog

1331 because the cities’ claims were “necessarily governed by federal common law.” The Ninth Circuit has interpreted this clause as giving the court the authority to review the district court’s remand order only to the extent that the order addresses the statutory sections listed in the clause (i.e., §§ 1442 or 1443). BP PLC et al.,

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Ninth Circuit Reinstated Listing of Bearded Seal as Threatened Based on Climate Change Projections. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. Pritzker , Nos.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.

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