PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) announced plans to introduce legislation to prohibit municipalities from receiving Act 13 drilling impact fees if they set more protective standards on the development of natural gas than required in state or federal law and while a challenge to local restrictions is being litigated. 16 [PaEN] -- EPA Files $4.2

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

5 years of stakeholder discussions The progress of SB 615 bill over the legislative session will determine if a comprehensive EV battery recycling policy will finally be made law in California. SB 615 is the culmination of stakeholder conversations that began in 2019 when the California Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Advisory Group first met.

Recycling

Law Columbia

MARCH 27, 2025

City of New York , plumbing and building trade groups challenged New York Citys Local Law 154 of 2021 , a piece of legislation that prohibits fossil fuel combustion in most new buildings. This blog post discusses Local Law 154, unpacks Judge Abrams decision, and ends with a refresher on California Restaurant Association v.

Law

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These penalties are in addition to a $670,000 civil penalty DEP accessed against Shell Falcon Pipeline and its contractor Minnesota Limited LLC for violations of its permit and other laws and regulations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during pipeline construction. Read more here. 1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4%

Law

Legal Planet

APRIL 14, 2025

In 2019, Pacific Gas & Electric filed for bankruptcy because of billions of dollars of potential liability from fires the previous summer. The fires in L.A. have put litigation over wildfires on the front page and spotlighted Californias unique approach. But such litigation isnt new. billion settlement.

Government

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 2, 2025

Department of Environmental Protection found that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) was not doing enough to attain the “actual, measurable, and permanent emissions reductions” of the state climate law. The catch – these limits were not enforceable , and the state quietly blew past them in 2018 and 2019.

2018

Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2025

New York City’s SRI numbers were updated in 2019: 82 for low slope roofs and 39 for steep slope—but in New York’s case the standards dictate materials’ initial reflectance measurements, as opposed to the 3-year aged standards soon to be in place in Atlanta. Local control of building codes varies significantly. See Greenberg v. Martin Cnty.

Cooling

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Million Settlement, Largest Of Its Kind, Over 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion [Includes Copy Of Proposed Settlement] -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: EPA Reaches Historic $4.2 Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2 Bartolotta, Sen.

Toxic Substances Control Act

National Law Center

JULY 29, 2025

Additionally, the Supreme Court found that when considering whether an agency’s NEPA report complies with the law, reviewing courts should grant “substantial deference” to the agency. National Environmental Policy Act NEPA was signed into law on January 1, 1970.

2013

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2025

One of the hackers who carried out this scheme, Aviram Azari, an Israeli private detective, was arrested in 2019 and pleaded guilty in US district court in 2023 to three counts: conspiracy to commit computer hacking, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

Planning law has proven to be a useful tool for climate activists seeking to block or challenge new fossil fuel developments. Ireland has been a particular victim of this latter problem, with developers citing concerns over current planning laws as a reason for delays in constructing onshore wind farms, among other facilities.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

This is why the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s historic investments provided a long overdue federal commitment to improving and protecting water quality (and why current threats to it and the agencies like EPA administering funds are so misguided). Upgrading infrastructure is expensive!

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Million Settlement, Largest Of Its Kind, Over 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion [Includes Copy Of Proposed Settlement] -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: EPA Reaches Historic $4.2 Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2 Bartolotta, Sen.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Billion Hydrogen, Natural Gas Tax Credit, Shapiro Wants To Rewrite The Law To Boost Electricity Production -- Ohio River Valley Institute: Is The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Coming Apart? Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2 Bartolotta, Sen.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 23, 2024

At issue in the case is whether New York Citys Local Law 97 of 2019 , the Citys building performance standards aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its largest buildings, is preempted by New York States Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). City of New York. Glen Oaks Village Owners v.

Law

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Oil & Gas Wells Continue To Be Abandoned So far in 2024, DEP issued 767 new or continued violations to conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells, more than double the violations issued in 2019. Read more here. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here!

2024

National Law Center

AUGUST 12, 2025

FIFRA is the primary federal law regulating pesticide use in the United States. The ESA is one of the main wildlife protection laws in the United States. For more information on pesticides from the National Agricultural Law Center, click here. More information on the FIFRA registration process is available here.

Endangered Species Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2025

Despite transit’s importance, Pennsylvania’s transit agencies have yet to fully recover from the pandemic, running around 12% less service in 2024 than it did in 2019. This amount would allow agencies to get back to 2019 levels of service and increase service by 10% outside of SEPTA and PRT. Source: UCS analysis and Transit for All!

2019

Law Columbia

JULY 21, 2025

These and other challenges were highlighted during an event hosted by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law on May 12, 2025. The Bill would also amend the Environmental Conservation Law to raise the distributed solar target from 10 GW by 2030 to 20 GW by 2035. The recording of the expert panel discussion can be accessed here.

Renewable Energy

Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2025

million tons of CO 2 -equivalent between 2019 and 2030, including 2.2-3.1 While he acknowledged Swedens obligation to respect the judgment, he framed it as primarily relevant in an international law context, and argued that its findings were tailored to Switzerland and thus not directly applicable to Sweden ( Aurora p.

Climate Change

HumanNature

MAY 2, 2025

The role of traditional leadership in disaster management and disaster risk governance: A case of Ugu District Municipality by-laws. R., & Ayal, D. Is indigenous knowledge serving climate adaptation? Evidence from various African regions. Development Policy Review, 41(4). Rai, P., & Khawas, V. Sirba, H. Emerald Insights. Zamisa, N.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

MAY 30, 2025

Last Thursday, May 22, the New York State Court of Appeals the States highest court issued a decision upholding New York Citys Local Law 97 of 2019. The law was challenged by building owners in Glen Oaks Village Owners v. It is one type of preemption, the legal doctrine where a higher law displaces a lower-level law.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

However, the court disagreed, concluding that Swampbuster is a valid exercise of Congress’s spending power and that the law should be upheld. Share: Recent Posts Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S. 5 U.S.C. §

2013

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

Working across the globe, EDF links science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnerships to turn solutions into action. It was a primary advocate for the overhaul of Americas chemical safety laws in 2016 and the passage of historic climate investments in 2022. With more than 3.5

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

JUNE 24, 2025

So the organizations and the financial systems and the laws and policies and global agreements. I’m not aware of it having been used before around 2019. So the pipes and the pumps and dams and canals. But what I’m talking about here are the institutions that enable these physical things to be built and operate. BW : Water?

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Their inactive status expired without being renewed between 2019 and 2022, which means they should have been plugged three to six years ago. Inactive status expired on February 7, 2019. Inactive status expired on April 22, 2019. Response requested by April 11 to 18. -- Springfield Twp.: Lee 1H was also leaking gas.

2011

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

The webinar is the latest installment in the NALC’s “Western Water” Webinar Series, which highlights pressing water law issues in the Western United States. NALC Director Harrison Pittman said the “Western Water” Webinar Series plays an important role in sharing legal insight on water law across the country.

2013

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2025

The request follows similar initiatives at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas (ITLOS, see here and here ), the International Court of Justice (ICJ, see here and here ), and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR, see here ). 4, African Charter), the right to health (art.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Japan ) and a second in Yokosuka in 2019 ( Yokosuka Climate Case ). In the 2019 case, the judgments focused on the procedural aspect of the replacement of the coal-fired power plant and discussion of the climate issues was limited. Kobe Civil Case Awaiting an Appeal Judgment In Citizens Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

From 2019 to 2024 there were 1,077 complaints in her District with 121 positive determinations. As Means said, while it is much easier to make a determination in cases involving this presumption, it practically never happens within the 45 days required by law because of the complexities of these cases.

2023

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 12, 2025

The 2019 ERS and NIFA Relocations: A Cautionary Tale To understand the potential consequences of forthcoming staff cuts, this post looks back to 2019, when two of the USDAs research agenciesthe Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)were relocated from Washington, DC to Kansas City, Missouri.

2019

Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

In 2024 California introduced the nation’s first extended producer-responsibility law for apparel and textiles, which puts the onus on brands to ensure their products don’t end up in landfills. Collingwood-Norris began teaching online workshops on visible mending in 2019. While the E.U. are moving more slowly.

Upcycling

Vermont Law

APRIL 23, 2025

In its decision, the Court construed the 2019 CWA water discharge permit issued for the City and County of San Francisco as imposing extra-legal permit requirements for the control of water pollutants. Under prior federal law, individual discharges of pollutants into navigable waters were regulated by water quality standards.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) in 2019 when he introduced Senate Bill 619 that redefined water pollution under the state Clean Streams Law and let companies decide when they should notify DEP of a spill. Click Here for the proposed regulation, supporting documents. Background On Spill Notification This issue was first raised by Sen.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Million Natural Gas Royalty Restitution From Chesapeake Energy For PA Property Owners [March 2021] -- Courier Times: PA State Attorney General Investigates Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leaks For Potential Environmental Crimes In Bucks County [Convicted Of Other Criminal Charges, Penalized Over $48.1

2014

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

“Today’s settlements reinforce a simple message: if your company contaminates the air in this district with harmful pollution, you will be held accountable under federal law,” said U.S. The EPA identified the alleged violations through field investigations conducted in 2018 and 2019. Attorney Eric G.

Clean Air Act

Circle of Blue

MARCH 19, 2025

It was also Bush who signed the legislation that codified the Great Lakes Compact into federal law. At a meeting of Great Lakes governors and premiers in Milwaukee, in 2019, Gov. President Obama jumped-started restoration by putting $475 million in his first budget and funding continues today.

Politics