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Fifth District Holds Issue Exhaustion Not Required Where Agency Gave No Notice of Intent To Rely On CEQA Exemption Prior to Hearing, And Existing Facilities Categorical Exemption Does Not Apply to Unlined Landfills As A Matter of Law

CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

As a matter of law, the Court also held the County improperly relied on the existing facilities exemption for the project. or if the public agency failed to give the notice required by law.” Existing Facilities Exemption Did Not Apply As A Matter of Law. Factual/Procedural Background. Applying the holding of Tomlinson v.

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million to eight Burmese villagers who sued the company for human rights abuses.

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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals

Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Individual Records & Summaries Click here for violation data on ExxonMobil Total Penalties $2,230,170,304 (September 29, 2022) Number of Records 527 Books Catch Me If You Can: Exxon's Complicity in Liberian Oil Sector Corruption and how its Washington Lobbyists Fight to Keep Oil Deals Secret (Global Witness, 2018). and Chevron Corp CVX.N

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Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million to eight Burmese villagers who sued the company for human rights abuses.

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Court orders 42 Ugandan families evicted to make way for oil project

Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million to eight Burmese villagers who sued the company for human rights abuses.

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Individual Records & Summaries Click here for violation data on ExxonMobil Total Penalties $2,230,170,304 (September 29, 2022) Number of Records 527 Books Catch Me If You Can: Exxon's Complicity in Liberian Oil Sector Corruption and how its Washington Lobbyists Fight to Keep Oil Deals Secret (Global Witness, 2018). and Chevron Corp CVX.N

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Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa

Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million to eight Burmese villagers who sued the company for human rights abuses.

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Climate groups call for funding withdrawal of TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million to eight Burmese villagers who sued the company for human rights abuses.

2013

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South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million to eight Burmese villagers who sued the company for human rights abuses.

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Green groups target TotalEnergies over Tanzania, Uganda projects

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million to eight Burmese villagers who sued the company for human rights abuses.

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Amid Extreme Heat and Drought, Line 3 Pipeline Construction Puts Water At Risk

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Enbridge needed to get a permit from the state’s Department of Natural Resources to pump water out of the construction trench. The suit builds off of a 2018 law, passed by the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, that gave inherent legal rights to wild rice. Water was polluted in 12 of the 19 waterways.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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. The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law.

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Gov. Shapiro, CNX Natural Gas Company Sign Statement Of Mutual Interests To Monitor Air Emissions At Drill Sites, Extend Safety Setbacks While Data Is Being Collected; DEP To Move Ahead With Some Reg Changes

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

That is true but we can stop stupid legislation from becoming law. The Council encourages the Governor to additionally propose regulations to require setbacks that better protect residents and our natural resources from harmful gas infrastructure. Articles Related To CNX: -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec.

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Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Pennsylvania-based natural gas producer is building a water withdrawal point on the stream and laying a 20-inch pipeline across it to connect up to 80 fracked gas wells that will be developed on mountaintops on opposite sides of the stream in Loyalsock State Forest. By law, its water quality must be “maintained and protected.”

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

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. The rule took effect on January 17, 2017; on June 15, 2017, BLM issued a notice of postponement of January 17, 2018 compliance dates.

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Fifth District Holds Issue Exhaustion Not Required Where Agency Gave No Notice of Intent To Rely On CEQA Exemption Prior to Hearing, And Existing Facilities Categorical Exemption Does Not Apply to Unlined Landfills As A Matter of Law

French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals

Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa

Court orders 42 Ugandan families evicted to make way for oil project

Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa

Climate groups call for funding withdrawal of TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project

South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore

Green groups target TotalEnergies over Tanzania, Uganda projects

Amid Extreme Heat and Drought, Line 3 Pipeline Construction Puts Water At Risk

Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

Gov. Shapiro, CNX Natural Gas Company Sign Statement Of Mutual Interests To Monitor Air Emissions At Drill Sites, Extend Safety Setbacks While Data Is Being Collected; DEP To Move Ahead With Some Reg Changes

Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek

November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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