Acoel

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The group quickly agreed that it should support the environmental agencies’ budget requests in two broad categories: water quality improvement and land conservation. Both boards are served by a professional staff of government relations and administrative professionals that allow the Boards to focus on policy.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 2, 2022

The case provides guidance to practitioners on when and how CEQA applies to public contracts, and also regarding the appropriate contents of the administrative record in CEQA litigation challenging staff level actions implementing existing leases. Entitlement and litigation attorneys should accordingly both find it a useful case to review.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

DWR’s efforts in this regard took place from 2001 to 2006, involving “five federal agencies, five state agencies, seven local government entities, five Native American tribes, four local water agencies, and 13 nongovernmental organizations,” with three years of hearings and two years of negotiations. See, County of Butte v.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

In addition to their claims of violations under Articles 2 and 8, they also complain of an Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) violation by the Swiss government ( in French ). From 2001 – 2019, Mr. Carême was the Mayor of Grande-Synthe, which lies below sea level along the English Channel in the north of France.

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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. Jindal and Rodgers argued that because wage-fixing is not a per se violation of the Sherman Act, the government has failed to state a criminal offense.[[N:The

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Arnold Porter

JULY 22, 2021

CEQ proclaims that the administration “is committed to accelerating the responsible development and deployment of CCUS to make it a widely available, increasingly cost-effective, and rapidly scalable climate solution across all industrial sectors. degrees Celsius. CEQ’s report suggests a number of policy measures that could help.

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Law Columbia

MAY 10, 2023

In the weeks since the approval was announced, the Biden administration has tried to paint a different picture, suggesting that it had no choice but to approve the Willow Project. million acres between 1999 and 2019. The land covered by ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A leases falls into the second category. But is that really the case?

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Energy Information Administration ("EIA") estimates renewables will be a larger source of electricity than natural gas in the United States by 2050. While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally. 21] In 2019, German electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average. [22]

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A Greener Life

MARCH 28, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen In a bid to shore up its climate agenda ahead of the November US election, the Biden Administration has unveiled $6 billion worth of funding for carbon reduction projects. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm delivers a keynote address. Photo credit: Department of Energy.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 23, 2021

Litigators responded to the Trump administration’s climate deregulation agenda by filing hundreds of lawsuits across the U.S. over the four years of the administration. climate cases that responded or interacted with federal policy and law during the Trump administration. Each of the 378 cases was assigned one primary category.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Township said safety staff from the Public Utility Commission have been on site and the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration was notified. 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.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The Bill of Rights protects rights of people against the government. Thus, section 19 probably constrains government action or requires affirmative government action, but it does not create a right of your neighbor to have you maintain your trees or to stop polluting. 64 MAP 2019 (Pa. Kassab , 312 A.2d 2d 86, 94 (Pa.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Township said safety staff from the Public Utility Commission have been on site and the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration was notified. 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.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The Biden Administration has taken important regulatory actions bearing on these problems, with others in the pipeline. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) challenges fuel efficiency standards. Q: The federal government raised some threshold argument about standing and other issues. Circuit in mid-September.

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

The ideas of Thomas Malthus (center) were used by British governments to justify the Irish Famine, 1845-1848 (left) and Bengali Famine, 1943-1945 (right) before becoming the basis for 20th Century environmentalism. Gleick falsely accuses me of cherry-picking a quote from a 2019 New York Times story on Amazon fires. “If

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Arnold Porter

JULY 2, 2021

Just before the July 4 recess, legislators in the House and Senate put down two important markers for biomedical legislation expected to be in play for next year’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) User Fee Amendments (UFA) discussions in Congress. The Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021 (H.R.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. The change in Administrations has prompted a considerable change in emphasis and new activities at EPA that are significant and which are noted in this edition.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 24, 2021

between 2015 and 2019 that were linked to swimming pools, hot tubs, and other treated recreational waters, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. The executive order requires a broad range of actions that target both public and private assets as well as government programs. government water policy.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. The change in administrations has prompted a considerable change in emphasis and new activities at EPA that are significant and which are noted in this edition.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Interim Rule implements the Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (EO 13873), which was issued by President Trump on May 15, 2019, to "protect the security, integrity, and reliability of information and communications technology and services provided and used in the United States."

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various federal and state government agencies and potential litigants. The change in administrations has prompted a considerable increase in emphasis on chemical regulation and significant new initiatives at EPA.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Biden Administration has been quick to respond to the unfolding situation in Myanmar (also known Burma): a day after the military, known as the Tatmadaw, seized control of the country's government, the State Department declared the actions a coup d'état, resulting in a cutoff of many categories of foreign assistance.

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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. 2990 ) to address sexual harassment and assault in the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This Advisory is the second in a series concerning environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations for the financial services industry and other companies. In his letter, Fink also stated that "[w]hile government must lead the way in this transition, companies and investors also have a meaningful role to play." In 2019, Rep.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Circuit Said EPA Endangered Species Determinations for 2019 Renewable Fuel Rule Were Arbitrary and Capricious. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2019 rule setting renewable fuel volumes in the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard Program. Mayorkas , No. 20-55777 (9th Cir. July 19, 2021). Growth Energy v. 19-1023 (D.C.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

In three other cases brought by local and state governments against fossil fuel companies, the Supreme Court granted petitions for writ of certiorari seeking review of decisions affirming remand orders. In the lawsuit challenging President Trump’s 2019 issuance of a presidential permit for the U.S.-Canada Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D.

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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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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. EPA Published Final Risk Management Rules for Five Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Substances; Biden Administration to Review. 1:21-cv-00462 (S.D.N.Y.,

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 The Biden administration moved Thursday to formally repeal the Trump administration’s controversial rule that vastly restricted the scope of Clean Water Act protections. billion for coastal mapping, resilience and related projects. or WOTUS. “In United States.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

billion in guaranteed funding over the next five years for transit programs under the jurisdiction of the Federal Transit Administration. billion authorization of funds to establish a deployment program under the Department of Commerce (DOC) in partnership with state, tribal and territory governments. . $65 More than $91.1

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The Biden administration laid out its timeline for rolling back major Trump environmental rules, but acknowledged that the process of enacting more protective regulations on climate and air pollution and drinking water will take years — if they can estimate the timeline at all.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

3531 ) that requires the federal government to develop a National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy and authorizes a chief resilience officer position in the White House. Invasive Species: The Biden administration is reconstituting the Invasive Species Advisory Council (ISAC). Legislative updates: Sen. 6461 & S.

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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. 4332(2)(C).

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The President’s Budget Request represents a starting point for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget process and the administration’s priorities. The Trump administration proposed steep cuts across the government in its president’s budget request, especially to scientific and environmental programs. billion for NOAA, a $1.4

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The White House expressed its concern over antisemitism and Islamophobia and announced the administration was working on national strategies against hate ‘The White House recently expressed deep concern over “an extremely disturbing pattern of antisemitic messages” on college campuses since the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct.

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