ESA

MAY 4, 2023

In this issue: ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill Fifteen ESA members and graduate students visit Congressional offices for the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event since 2019. Nominations must be received by June 15, 2023. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced a bill ( S.

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Acoel

MAY 4, 2023

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Adam Kahn On April 13, 2023, the Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve a proposal that will accelerate the commercialization of fusion energy in the United States. The NRC’s April 13, 2023 decision chose the second option.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

According to an October 2023 report by the Climate Investigations Center (CIC), a nonprofit watchdog organization, the industry has been gaslighting us by promoting the idea that “cooking with gas” is a good thing, despite knowing as far back as 1970 that gas stoves pose a threat to public health and the environment.

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ESA

MARCH 6, 2023

In this issue: Comment Period for the National Nature Assessment Closes March 31, 2023 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy leaders appeal for input from ecologists in a Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment editorial. The comment period ends March 31, 2023. Submit a comment here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2023

public and tribal lands wasted over $500 million worth of natural gas in 2019— 157 billion cubic feet— the most recent year of data available that is reflective of the industry. billion cubic feet of natural gas in 2019 causing the loss of an estimated $1.16 million in federal royalties to state taxpayers. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued a record 5,653 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, with two months left in the year, according to DEP’s November 3, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. The weekly reports posted during 2023 are below. That’s 25% more than in 2021. Read more here.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Background The Blueprint aims to reduce domestic aviation emissions [i] from airport operations by 20% from 2019 levels (404ktCO2) in 2030 and achieve net zero domestic and international aviation emissions by 2050. This facility would turn waste into feedstock to generate electricity or biofuel for use within the airport.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 26, 2024

Pennsylvania joined RGGI pursuant to a 2019 executive order and a subsequent rulemaking promulgated by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) and Environmental Quality Board (“EQB”). 1, 2023, declaring the RGGI rulemaking void. The Commonwealth Court issued an Order on Nov.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

In the year 2023, the U.S. Today’s the day for the long-awaited release of Environmental Protection Agency regulations to tackle planet-warming pollution by the nation’s power plants. So, EPA and the states have a shared responsibility to regulate “existing sources” — primarily power plants— under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2023

New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting , a lawsuit challenging the state’s March 2021 regulations for siting and permitting major renewable energy facilities. Lawsuit Challenging ORES’s Regulations In March 2021, ORES promulgated regulations to implement the new siting process, as required by statute.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection issued a record 6,860 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. more than in 2021 and 26.6% more than in 2022 and 569.9% more than in 2015. Read more here. Just one conventional operator-- John B.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. DEP arrived at the plant on January 3, 2023 to start its investigation.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The $425 million amount would represent a $57 million increase over FY 2023 levels. The United Arab Emirates is set to host the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Conference of Parties 28 (COP 28) in November 2023. Nominations are due March 2, 2023. 16, 2023, submit a comment here. climate talks.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,310 notices of violation in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29 Workload Report. Abandoning Wells Without Plugging DEP issued 10 unconventional shale gas operators 20 notices of violation at 11 well pads during 2023 for abandoning wells without plugging them. .:

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Recently General Motors made headlines in saying they are looking at restarting production of PHEVs after moving to only BEVs in 2019. For example, the 2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xe PHEV requires 68 kWh of electricity to go 100 miles. BEV or PHEV? Does this mean they are moving backwards on electrification? Not necessarily.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In this issue: Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities. International Tensions between Russia and the U.S.

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Legal Planet

JULY 1, 2022

In adopting this law, California joins a handful of other states with extended producer responsibility laws on the books, which brings me back to the history: A substantially different version of this bill failed in an end-of-session vote in 2019.

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Montrose

MAY 23, 2023

May 23, 2023 — Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. Due to its toxicity, federal, state and local regulators require monitoring for very low levels of EtO in and around commercial sterilizers and chemical plants. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.,

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. Germany agrees on EU regulation to make cars carbon neutral by 2035 (either zero emissions or net-zero). 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.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The EPA Administrator discusses farm issues with state agricultural regulators. The Bureau released new projections that showed a one-in-three chance that Lake Powell, absent interventions, will be low enough in 2023 that it will not be able to generate hydropower. The Rundown. By the Numbers. commercial power reactors.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

formal notice ) PA Bulletin - November 18, 2023 Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 66 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the November 18 PA Bulletin - pages 7182 to 7248. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 18, 2023

Both the number and total dollar amount of corporate FCPA settlements were higher in 2022 than in 2021, though remained lower than in 2019 or 2020. © Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 2023 All Rights Reserved. These include a $1.1 Individual defendants also were in DOJ’s cross-hairs in 2022. POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 4, 2021

As E&E News reported today, the Biden administration is expected to announce tomorrow new fuel economy and tailpipe emissions standards for light-duty vehicles model years (MY) 2023 through 2026. – In the midst of all this regulatory uncertainty, a group of automakers representing about one-third of the U.S.

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ESA

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Trump administration amended the plans in 2019. The Bureau is now expected to release new proposed resource management plan revision during summer 2023. reclaims big parcel of its homeland – The Washington Post International Climate change: UAE names oil chief to lead COP28 talks – BBC Davos 2023: EU to counter U.S.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 12, 2023

Much action is expected over PFAS in 2023. We blogged last year about EPA Proposing Designating PFAS as Hazardous under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as the “Superfund” law and we expect a final rule in 2023. This year began with the U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

On February 16, 2023, Senators John Kennedy, Ted Cruz, Shelley Moore Capito, and Kevin Cramer filed Senate Bill (SB) 438, which is the reintroduction of the Natural Gas Export Expansion Act. Bill 1497 on March 9, 2023. The bill aims to amend the Natural Gas Act to provide for expanded natural gas exports in the United States.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Ohio and some other states argue that the waiver unconstitutionally gives California more power to regulate than it gives them. EPA to overturn Obama’s Clean Power Plan.

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Arnold Porter

APRIL 6, 2023

Davila rejected the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction in January 2023.[[N: 3, 2023), FTC, available here. ]] FTC Chair Lina Khan also commented that “[i]f you’re not really pushing the courts to engage with how these statutes apply in the new economy, you get doctrine that is stale[.]”[[N:

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Most of these pieces were about the company’s support for a seemingly independent network of anti-regulation, “free-market” nonprofits that spread falsehoods about the reality and seriousness of climate change. The company has yet to publish a report for its grantmaking in 2022, let alone 2023. Is the day of reckoning coming?

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The agenda for the December 1 DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting includes updates on Chapter 78 regulation changes, the new federal abandoned well plugging program and more. The last draft of the waste handling regulation update was posted by DEP in September, 2021. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2023

On January 20, the natural gas industry and Senate Republicans launched an effort to unleash the industry by reducing regulations, requiring automatic approval of permits and limiting opportunities for public review of permits at a hearing of the Senate Republican Policy Committee in Pittsburgh. Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) said. Read more here.

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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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Legal Planet

AUGUST 1, 2023

The e-bike industry is booming, but the summer of 2023 has brought sharp questions about how safe e-bikes are, especially for teenagers,” writes Matt Richtel in a long feature titled “ A Dangerous Combination’: Teenagers’ Accidents Expose E-Bike Risks. ” increase from 856 in 2019. How are other countries regulating e-bikes?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2023

The DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on May 25 to discuss a variety of issues including well plugging, proposed waste management regulations, methane emission court challenge, road dumping drilling wastewater and more.

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Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

And, of course, the work of environmental and energy lawyers is increased and made more challenging by the growing number and stringency of climate-related regulations, statutes, and directives. The ABA House of Delegates, the ABA’s policy making body, adopted resolutions urging action on climate change in 2008 and 2019.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

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