Smith Enviorment

JULY 9, 2019

July 9, 2019. The 2019 legislative session got off to a very slow start. Reallocation of state funding appropriated in 2018 to extend water lines in areas with well contamination caused by GenX. of the 2019 budget bill reallocates those funds for a number of projects unrelated to PFAS. Section 12.13

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 16, 2019

Fingerprints Effective January 1, 2019, Louisiana Senate Bill 416 requires all investment adviser representative (“IAR”) applicants to submit fingerprints for a criminal background check to the Louisiana Commissioner of Securities. ADV Amendments Advisers must file their annual Form ADV Amendment by March 31, 2019. 51:703(D)(5).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

However, this total is still short of 2018 revenue of $251.8 million, 2019 $200.4 million, 2018 $251.8 On January 18, the Independent Fiscal Office issued a report estimating the Act 13 drilling impact fee revenue will total $233.8 million for calendar 2021, an increase of $87.6 million from 2020. In 2020, revenue totaled $146.3

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This is a list of companies issued ten or move NOVs for abandoning conventional oil and gas wells without plugging them in any one year-- Advanced Petro Corp (2016) Aiello Bros Oil & Gas (2016; 2017) Allegheny Enterprises (2018) ARG Resources (2018) Bobcat Well & Pipeline (2017) Boyd G. & Eugene A.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

January 30, 2019. Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C. December 2018 Legislative Session (Third Extra Session): Senate Bill 469 made two changes to state stormwater policies. Leopard: Thornybush Game Preserve (photo G.Whaley).

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 12, 2019

December 12, 2019. The report, The Thin Green Line, looks at staffing levels and funding for environmental programs between 2008 and 2018 in the lower 48 states. The report compares 2018 funding levels to both 2008 dollars and inflation-adjusted 2008 dollars. 2018 Funding. $116 2008 Funding. 116 million. $136

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The 2019 Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study was recently released by the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. Copies of the study are available to ABA members on the ABA website, click here.

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Energy & the Law

MAY 12, 2022

February 2018: Hughes assigns the minerals to Decatur Mineral Partners conveying all “claims and interests in and to the [“… well(s), land(s) and/or unit(s)”]. November 2018: Decatur executes a Mineral Deed to Universal Royalty & Mineral Fund purporting to convey all of Decatur’s interest that it received from Hughes.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Beginning with the start of FY2024 on October 1, funding for the federal government will – absent a continuing resolution (CR) – expire, as will the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, better known as the 2018 Farm Bill. As of posting, the USDA’s updated contingency plan for October 2023 has not yet been finalized.

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Real Climate

JANUARY 5, 2024

2018 1.05 ± 0.14 2019 1.18 ± 0.15 As mentioned above, this technique has historically been quite skillful: Year Prediction (ºC above 1880-1899, 95% CI) Outcome 2016 1.16 ± 0.13 2017 1.06 ± 0.13 2020 1.21 ± 0.14 2021 1.16 ± 0.14 2022 1.23 ± 0.14 2023 1.22 ± 0.14 1.37 ± 0.03 * 2024 1.38 ± 0.14 TBD * Estimated from Jan-Nov data.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 27, 2019

December 27, 2019. House Bill 268 (Amend On-Site Wastewater Laws) is a somewhat mis-titled bill that actually disapproves more than 40 rules concerning on-site wastewater systems and reclaimed water systems amended by the Commission for Public Health in 2018.

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Energy & the Law

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The MSA was amended for the third time in 2018 to extend the term until the end of 2021. In December 2019, Gulfport Energy sued Stingray in Delaware state court for breach of contract. A dispute arose about whether Gulfport Appalachia remained a party to the MSA after the 2018 amendment. The litigation. Stingray countersued.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

For France, the “Affaire du Siècle” case was filed in the Administrative Court of Paris in May 2019 by four NGOs against the government for its failure to act on climate change. Two months later, in January 2019, the claimants sued the state before the Conseil d’Etat for rejecting their demands.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Lacastro (2019) Anthony 564 OG (2020) Apex Energy (2020) ARG Resources (2017) ARG Resources (2018) ARG Resources (2019) ARG Resources (2020) ARMAC Resources (2019) Atlas Resources (2016) Auto Forge, Inc. Weaver (2019) Betz Oil (2016) Betz Oil (2021) Beverly A. Payne (2019) Beverly A. 2018) Dev Well, Inc.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 1990–2019. By 2019, the largest growth in absolute emissions occurred in carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry. As one example, according to an analysis by Client Earth , in 2019 Chevron’s disclosed emissions amounted to 697 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2024

On December 26, 2018, DEP issued an administrative order to Equitrans demanding the required information regarding wells that have or may have been drilled into the Swarts Field’s storage horizon and other information. 2019 Violations The environmental compliance record of Equitrans Midstreams is not encouraging. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The PUC also penalized Sunoco’s related company Energy Transfer Company nearly $2 million for violations related to the 2018 Revolution Pipeline explosion in Beaver County/ In addition, DEP has collected a total of more than $24 million in penalties from Sunoco related to the construction of the cross-state Mariner East Pipeline [ Read more here ].

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Renewables are relatively small, at only 6%, but growing rapidly, having doubled from 2010 to 2019. The EIA reports that: “Fossil fuel sources accounted for about 69% of South Korea’s electricity generation in 2019, and the share of nuclear power accounted for 25%. Actual generation is tilted a bit more toward fossil fuels and nuclear.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 29, 2024

Large producers of carbon-based fuels will be required to pay “damages” that reflect each producer’s percentage share of carbon emissions from 2000 through 2018 or 2019 divided by a denominator intended to reflect that state’s expected climate damages. Fundamentally, the legislation is reasonably straightforward.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The rule required states to submit initial compliance plans in 2016, with final implementation plans in 2018. Between 2015 and 2019, the amount of electricity generated from coal dropped by a third. When fully implemented, the Clean Power Plan was intended to cut carbon emissions 30% below the 2005 level by 2030.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Feed-in tariffs are replaced by auctions for renewables. Renewables are 42% of electricity. Carbon emissions are 707 billion tons, a 30% cut below 1990 emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 , the notorious law the Legislature passed in 2019 that slapped Ohio ratepayers with a monthly surcharge to bail out two struggling nuclear plants. 6 in 2019 because it was bad for consumers, bad for the economy, and bad for the environment. Even if you don’t live in Ohio, you may have heard about H.B.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Previous Penalties/Charges The PUC has collected more than $425,000 in penalties from Sunoco Pipeline for other construction and pipeline operations violations involving the Mariner East Pipeline. C-2020-3023129. Click Here to conduct a docket search.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 14, 2024

Unable to reauthorize the 2018 farm bill by its September 30, 2023, expiration date, Congress enacted a one-year extension last November. OG: The agribusiness sector spent more than $793 million on lobbying on a range of issues between 2019 and 2023. Between 2019 and 2023, the agribusiness sector contributed $3.4 million to Rep.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

percent in 2018. percent in 2018. percent of disposable income on water and sewer in 2019, up from 10.9 Teodoro, who co-authored the 2019 national water affordability study, has offered alternatives to the percent-of-income metric. percent of households in 1980 to 6.7 By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 2, 2021.

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Law and Environment

JULY 10, 2023

Covered buildings will be required to gradually reduce emissions, relative to a 2018–2019 baseline, over compliance periods starting in 2026 and 2030. It does not apply to any residential buildings.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

renewable energy generation (62% coming from onshore wind) A climate plan adopted in 2018 sets a binding target of net-zero emissions by 2045. In 2019, the city declared a climate emergency. Scotland set a 2020 goal of 100% renewable energy electricity generation. In 2020, they just missed this goal, at 97.4% Other UK Cities.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Department undertook its analysis and issued three documents in 2017 and 2018, including a technical analysis, economic impact statement, and notice of exemption under CEQA. The Department then listed spray foam products with MDI as priority products in March 2018. San Mateo County Community College Dist. 2014) 226 Cal.App.4th

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A private contractor in Florida is responsible for water outages among 250,000 people in 2019, a jury finds. The report found that flows through the Colorado River basin decreased by nearly 20 percent between 2000 and 2018, but Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico are still overusing their share of the river’s waters. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.]

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2022

Judging from a 2019 report , the drivers of lake level variability are still not well understood. inches, was spectacularly eclipsed in May 2018 when a record 8.21 That record lasted just one year: In May 2019, 8.25 It’s not clear whether we’ve seen anything beyond past fluctuations, based on a chart of historical water levels.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

But when the PC government was elected in June 2018, it cancelled those incentives. In Q2 of 2018, the last quarter with incentives, 3 per cent of vehicle sales were EVs. In Q4 of 2018, the first quarter with no Ontario incentives, EV sales dropped to just 1 per cent of vehicles sold. MT in 2019. MT in 2019.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2023

The violations occurred between 2018 and 2021 in Chester, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Perry, and York Counties. million penalty to DEP for the 2018 Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline explosion in Beaver County. Sunoco agreed to pay $660,000.00 see list below) [Energy Transfer Partners also paid a $30.6

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In 2019, that same company was in the news for purchasing water rights throughout the state and attempting to sell and lease them, prompting an ongoing legislative review of water marketing. A 2018 deal showed the tremendous speculative value of land/water deals in the Columbia River Basin. Department of Agriculture 2018 report .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

During the large fire years of 2018-2020, Fresno experienced 51 high particle pollution days , up from 34 days for the period of 2017-2019. . Despite long-term air quality issues and intensifying wildfire seasons, Cal/OSHA did not update regulations to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke until 2019.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This well was inspected by DEP on January 29, 2018 and issued notice of violation for being abandoned - inspection report not available. A follow up inspection on March 14, 2018 and found the well abandoned and leaking gas. DEP previously performed an emergency mitigation project in 2019 to address stray soil gas in the area.

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Law and Environment

JULY 22, 2021

As part of their 2018 climate bill , Connecticut’s legislature formally tied the state’s energy strategy to the state’s climate targets. The PSC went on to deny a rate-related case in late 2019 , citing the climate mandate as a primary reason for the denial.

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