The Energy Law Blog

JULY 7, 2021

NAFTA allowed for investors to seek arbitration against political states for certain mistreatment. Department of State and TC Energy, but The Energy Law Blog has not yet received a response. A similar notice of intent was filed by TC Energy in 2016 when President Obama denied its Keystone XL Pipeline permit.

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Acoel

JANUARY 4, 2023

Madison established that “[i]t is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.” At that time, the leading case on judicial review of agency interpretations of the law, Skidmore v. Over the ensuing 38 years, though, Chevron has come under increasing judicial, academic, and political scrutiny.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In contrast to civil, political, and economic rights, cultural rights have been side-lined and neglected in dialogues about climate policy and human rights. The foundational document of international human rights law is the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

C is a political target, not a scientifically determined limit. But it’s a political target that’s based on a reasonable assessment of science that suggests that harms from climate change are likely to get worse faster after passing 1.5 C hotter than the second-hottest year to date, 2016. Q: Why is 1.5

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 7, 2023

And political malpractice is a new category. Lots of cash was flown by private jets to Cameroon and South Sudan from 2011 through 2016. There oughta be a law … While the world needs energy, your Administration commits govenmental malpractice. Punishment: Pending. Your musical interlude These notables deserve another

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Humanitarianism, Capitalism, and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott by Tehila Sasson (2016) Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (2016) Nutrition Scientists on the Take from Big Food: Has the American Society for Nutrition lost all credibility?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Humanitarianism, Capitalism, and the Moral Economy of the Nestlé Boycott by Tehila Sasson (2016) Rigged: Supermarket Shelves for Sale by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (2016) Nutrition Scientists on the Take from Big Food: Has the American Society for Nutrition lost all credibility?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

She was president of the SLC when the hellbender campaign began in 2016. She also graduated with minors in Biology and Political Science. Army and plans to apply to law school in the fall. She is now serving as a paralegal specialist in the U.S. She is now serving as a paralegal specialist in the U.S.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Presumably Dagsvik and Moen are used to this kind of model, but they seem to be inexperienced with the models used for weather and climate, which on the other hand are based on the laws of physics. See for instance Benestad (2016). 679-688, 2016. Hence my friend’s question about COP28. References R.E.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In its first 100 days in office, the Biden-Harris Administration has already proposed or passed sweeping reforms in federal laws and policies, with many more campaign promises still in process. Ambassador Thomas Shannon, Arnold & Porter, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2016–2018). Christopher J.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Plaintiffs alleged that despite advance knowledge of the likelihood for significant downstream flooding, SRA-L decided to open spillway gates freeing water from the reservoir into the Sabine River to alleviate elevated reservoir volumes from a cataclysmic rain storm in March of 2016.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Candidate in the Department of Political Science and Trainee in the CSU InTERFEWS Program In 2014 the Whanganui River in New Zealand was granted legal personhood. In 2016, the Constitutional Court of Colombia came to a similar decision about the Atrato River. Guest Post by Curtis Kline , Ph.D.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Top 10 Environmental Watch List is not about politics on its face, but as any 1L taking Constitutional Law can tell you, law and politics are fruit of the same tree. in the 2016 election and years since, or the feverish tracking of. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. judicial appointments.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 6, 2016

Texas, however, has enacted a state law expressly preempting local authority over a number of drilling activities. In March 2016, the Louisiana First Circuit recognized the preemptive authority of state law to regulate and permit fracking. Colorado Oil and Gas Association , 2016 CO 29, P. City of Longmont v.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

At least 3,641 lives were lost to the crisis between 2016 and 2018, according to Amnesty International , with over half of the fatalities recorded in 2018 alone. And, in 2016, the government awarded contracts through the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) to two companies, paying them ?544 Photo by Murtala Abdullahi.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 16, 2018

By Dan Wilcox, Senior Notes Editor, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Long recognized in both American and English common law, the defense rests on the claim that an otherwise illegal act is legally excusable as necessary to avoid a greater harm. Upcoming cases will provide U.S. The Valve Turners blocked 15% of U.S. Can it work?

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Environmental Europe

JULY 1, 2020

The European Green Deal and the proposed European Climate Law reinforce the EU’s goal to achieve “net zero” emissions by 2050, meaning that the EU will emit no more greenhouse gases than it removes from the air (for example through reforestation). West European Politics, doi: [link]. References: Ringel, Marc, and Michèle Knodt (2018).

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

The district court in Oregon in 2016 seemed to favor such a right, but a divided Ninth Circuit concluded in 2020 that the plaintiffs lacked standing. The court found that this would violate the political question doctrine. Most recently, in the famous Juliana v.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In the first few months, he will have to implement a new law on climate change, reform the law governing water use and tackle a mega-drought so severe that it has even cast doubt on the country’s commitment to close its coal-fired power plants. Also on the agenda is an increase in fuel tax for industries and big polluters.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Supreme Court will hear arguments in an animal welfare case from California that could have profound, negative impacts on a host of the Golden State’s environmental laws and policies. Specifically, the trade groups claim that the California law violates so-called “dormant” Commerce Clause principles. Constitution.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Harvard law students ramp up protest against ExxonMobil climate firm Emily Holden | The Guardian | January 15, 2020 Harvard law students have disrupted a recruiting event for Paul Weiss, the law firm representing ExxonMobil in climate lawsuits, in an escalation the protesters hope will open a new front in climate activism in the legal world.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Harvard law students ramp up protest against ExxonMobil climate firm Emily Holden | The Guardian | January 15, 2020 Harvard law students have disrupted a recruiting event for Paul Weiss, the law firm representing ExxonMobil in climate lawsuits, in an escalation the protesters hope will open a new front in climate activism in the legal world.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

For example in 2009 and 2010, Toyota recalled over 10 million vehicles over unintended acceleration problems and in 2016, Toyota recalled 1.4 T accusing the companies of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in fraud by concealing the use of substandard metal components in vehicles. In 2018, Toyota was ordered to pay out $21.9

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 4, 2021

In the area of State Water Resources Control Board (“SWRCB” or the “State Board”) water quality certifications (“WQCs”) under the Federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”; 33 U.S.C § 1251 et seq), this bedrock principle appears to have been watered down, and it may be significantly eroding under pressure from a preemptive federal law deadline.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75 French Oil Giant Total S.A.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

By David Jennings, 1L Student, Vermont Law School. The decision to delist the Northern Rocky Mountain wolves presents an important question: was USFWS motivated by sound management strategy or simply anti-wildlife politics? animals were killed by wolves in Wyoming alone in 2016. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 3, 2023

We must apply the laws that the Legislature has written to the facts in the record. Factual and Procedural Background UC campuses are required by law to periodically adopt LRDPs to guide their decisions on land and infrastructure development. County of San Bernardino (2016) 1 Cal.App.5th Our task is limited.

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A small lake in Northern Wisconsin became the battleground for a classic showdown between a small group of cottage owners and a well-healed, politically connected entrepreneur. Before it was all over, local, county, state, and federal laws, an interstate compact, and an international agreement came into play.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The claim is grounded on the constitutionally recognized right to a healthy environment; fundamental rights such as the right to life, dignity, health, food, and housing; along with several recognized principles of international environmental law and international climate change commitments. In PSB et al. Brazil (on Amazon Fund).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75 French Oil Giant Total S.A.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2021

Kury Point was dedicated in 2016. As a candidate for the House in 1966 his platform was “For Clean Streams and Clean Politics.” “DCNR and other state resource organizations carry out this mission each day as trustees on behalf of the owners – the current and future citizens of Pennsylvania.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75 French Oil Giant Total S.A.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75 French Oil Giant Total S.A.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75 French Oil Giant Total S.A.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75 French Oil Giant Total S.A.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75 French Oil Giant Total S.A.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

This case is unique because it is the first time a Dutch company has been sued in a Dutch court of law and held liable for the l damage it caused abroad. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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