The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. After his accident, Sanchez sued Enterprise and SmartFab in state court under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. After his accident, Sanchez sued Enterprise and SmartFab in state court under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 2, 2023

In a published opinion filed December 6, 2022, the Third District Court of Appeal reversed in part and affirmed in part the trial court’s judgment denying writ petitions in consolidated actions challenging the EIR for a major state government project affecting the Historic State Capitol Building and Annex in Sacramento. 5th 321, 332.)

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 2, 2021

Met needed the flexibility of extra Lake Mead storage for two reasons: a court decision limited California’s use of Colorado River starting in 2003 and its supply from reservoirs in northern California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is quite variable. A few years later these rules were altered to bring Mexico into the program.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

“The Year of Climate in International Courts” by Rebecca Hamilton was first published on Just Security. The European Court of Human Rights will decide on three contentious cases brought by individual applicants, and the other three courts will issue advisory opinions at the request of different States.

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 21, 2022

June 11, 2019), [link]. ]]. For example, in September 2019, Louisiana-based Dip Shipping Company LLC agreed to plead guilty to an antitrust charge for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of freight forwarding services.[[N: 17, 2019), [link]. ]]. 13, 2019), [link] ; Order at 4, 5 In re Teva Securities Litigation , No.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Below we take a closer look at each category of lawsuits and provide an update on where they stand today. The twelve-day bench trial was the first time a fossil fuel company addressed in court its understanding of climate change and the risks it poses to its business. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 3d 1233(A), 1 (N.Y. 9-10 (emphasis in original).

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Mazzant III of the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Texas denied a motion to dismiss the government’s first ever criminal indictment for alleged wage-fixing. The court determined that Rodgers had failed to show that a valid non-prosecution agreement existed.]] On November 29, 2021, Judge Amos L.

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Law Columbia

MAY 10, 2023

million acres between 1999 and 2019. If a lease is producing or “known to contain valuable deposits of oil or gas,” it can only be cancelled “by court order.” The land covered by ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A leases falls into the second category. million acres of land in the NPR-A, in December 1981.

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Law and Environment

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Late last week, EPA released an external review draft of the “ Supplement to the 2019 Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter.” Well, in June of this year, EPA announced that it was revisiting that decision. In support of EPA’s review, EPA staff have provided this supplement to the 2019 assessment. My emphasis).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The case involves an Olympus Energy land use application for the Dionysus shale gas well pad submitted to West Deer Township, Allegheny County in 2019. Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations. Major modifications of the permits to match the installed structure are being considered.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The case involves an Olympus Energy land use application for the Dionysus shale gas well pad submitted to West Deer Township, Allegheny County in 2019. Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations. Major modifications of the permits to match the installed structure are being considered.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Unless this new section 19 is read by the New York courts in a way different from the way they have read the other 18 sections of the Bill of Rights, section 19 will not give the person whose air is dirty a right to sue the polluter directly. Will this new constitutional language impact NYSDEC permitting decisions? 64 MAP 2019 (Pa.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 23, 2021

In the final two years, cases increased, as 219 were filed from 2019 until the end of the term. The first four categories describe “pro” climate protection claims, where, if successful, the suit would strengthen climate regulation or protection. The proportion of cases from each category is shown in Figure 1 below.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To get a better sense of where the court may be heading, I spoke with Sean Donahue , an environmental lawyer who argued one of the cases and was there for the other two oral arguments. This doctrine limits the power of agencies to issue regulations of “extraordinary” importance and was used by the Supreme Court in West Virginia v.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. 21-454 (May 25, 2023) is a landmark ruling in environmental law interpreting the scope of water bodies covered by the Clean Water Act (CWA) – an issue that has been debated by courts, presidential administrations, and federal agencies for decades. United States , 547 U.S.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

The court directed the parties to file an update on the progress of their negotiations by September 3, 2021. The lawsuit is pending in the federal district court for the Northern District of California. EPA said remand would allow the Agency to revisit certain legal, policy, and scientific assumptions, approaches, and decisions.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. In a 7-1 decision, the U.S. The Court’s decision concerned the interpretation of 28 U.S.C. In addition, the Court cited its decision in Yamaha Motor Corp.,

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Supreme Court reversed an intermediate appellate court’s decision affirming a superior court determination that the defendant could not present a necessity defense.

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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. Courts Climate lawsuit filed by Hawai’i teens advances in state courts.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Plaintiffs Asked Court to Finalize Action on Proposed TRI Listing of DINP. EPA Revised Mercury Inventory Reporting Rule in Response to 2020 Second Circuit Decision. EPA intends to complete its reconsideration of the petition denial within 90 days of the district court’s order approving the stipulation, which would be December 28.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

GAO Report Identified Decline in EPA’s Chemical Assessment Processes Since 2019. A consent decree entered by the federal district court for the Northern District of Georgia required Home Depot U.S.A, ” The parties recommended that the court set a briefing schedule for the motion to remand, with the motion due on May 28.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The US Supreme Court addressed the materiality standard in TSC Industries, Inc. For example, in May 2020, the SEC Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) recommended that the SEC "begin in earnest an effort to update the reporting requirements of Issuers to include material, decision-useful, ESG factors." Northway Inc. , Northway Inc. ,

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Louisiana Federal Court Blocked Biden Administration “Pause” on New Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Miles -- Delaware County Times: $150,000 Safety Study Approved For Route 291 Related To East Coast Greenway Trail, Economic Development -- NextPittsburgh: There’s More To The Goats Of Frick Park Than You May Think -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy 2022 Photo Contest Winners [PaEN] -- Manada Conservancy: Oct. to Noon -- Manada Conservancy: Oct.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Biden-Harris Administration's rollback of the Trump Administration's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) policies officially began on February 19, 2021, with the rescission of the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ's) 2019 proposed NEPA guidance on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. 3:20-cv-00045-JPJ-PMS (W.D. 21, 2020), ECF No.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Federal Court Granted Biden EPA's Request to Vacate Transparency-in-Science Rule. EPA Denied New Petition to Prohibit Fluoridation After Court Declined to Reconsider Order Holding Challenge to Denial of Original Petition in Abeyance. Trump EPA Finalized Transparency-in-Science Rule, but Rule Set for Review by Biden EPA and in Court.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Offered each year, this award gives graduate students hands-on training and science policy experience including interacting with congressional decision-makers, federal agency officials, and ecologists who work in the science and public policy arena. That decision is on appeal, though, and could be reversed. or WOTUS. “In United States.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Appeals court rules that US Fish and Wildlife Service improperly denied protections for Pacific walruses. NEPA: The Council on Environmental Quality has a three-step plan related to the National Environmental Policy Act rules, which guide federal permitting decisions and other actions. Executive Branch. International.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. In 2019, the Trump administration disbanded the ISAC and cut funding for the National Invasive Species Council (NISC) secretariat by 50 percent. In 2019, the Trump administration opted to keep ozone pollution standards the same. In the case, the Court will hear, Sackett v.

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Vermont Law

JULY 6, 2022

The overall Report Card covers 18 infrastructure categories including drinking water, hazardous waste, solid waste, wastewater, stormwater, and energy. The highest score among the categories previously listed was a C+ for solid waste, demonstrating the intersectionality between infrastructure and environmental impacts. Boy , 144 F.3d

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

This bill passed the full House in 2019 but did not advance in the Senate. This bill responds to an executive order from President Trump to create a “schedule F” category for federal employees, who would be easier to fire. The full House similar legislation in 2019. The Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act ( H.R.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

These have resulted in Supreme Court rulings in 1915 and the Comics Code Authority. There isn’t a boy or a young lad tried at our Courts of Justice whose position there is not more or less due the effect of unwholesome literature upon his mind,” opined the recorder for the City of London in 1885.’

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