Law and Environment

AUGUST 15, 2022

When Secretary Zinke terminated the moratorium in 2017, litigation ensued and, in 2019, the Court ruled that the Zinke Order was subject to NEPA. The post NEPA Is Indeed Posing a Really Big Obstacle to Coal Mining On Public Lands first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 17, 2019

Latham will continue to monitor CEQA cases in 2019, posting summaries to this blog. In 2017, only 43% of cases focused on EIRs. Overall, public agencies prevailed in 37 of 57 cases, or 65% of the time, the same percentage as in 2017, and won in 68% of EIR cases, compared with 55% in 2017. County of Fresno.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

laws governing the cross-border transport of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for sequestration, and how such transportation fits into broader climate and environmental protection regimes, including the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, carbon markets and emissions trading. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As a government delegate, I have been involved in the UN climate negotiation process since 2017 to uphold Bangladesh’s and the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group’s position. Negotiations over Article 6 were highly technical and contentious in COP24 (2018) and COP25 (2019) but were then finally agreed at the last moment of COP26.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2023

to resolve numerous violations of the Clean Streams Law, and the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, that arose during Sunoco's construction of the Pennsylvania Pipeline Project – Mariner East II. On July 26, the Department of Environmental Protection and Sunoco Pipeline L.P. Sunoco agreed to pay $660,000.00 Read more here. [In

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In March, a PUC Administrative Law Judge Joel H. On the agenda of the Public Utility Commission December 8 meeting is a request by Sunoco Pipeline for a $48,000 refund of a $51,000 penalty it paid to the PUC for Mariner East Pipeline construction violations.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

So, instead of having to import grain as was the case before the Green Revolution, by 2017 India was the world’s largest producer of pulses and jute and the second-largest producer of wheat , rice and sugarcane. In September 2020, it passed three farm laws that were repealed in November 2021.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 23, 2022

The issue is over Senate Bill 2344 , passed by the Legislature in 2019 and, no surprise here, supported by the oil and gas industry. Denbury Resources determined in 2017 that subterranean pore spaces are owned by the landowner. Incidentally, the court in Mosser v.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The well was inspected by DEP on October 1, 2017 and violations were issued, but the inspection report is not available. DEP previously performed an emergency mitigation project in 2019 to address stray soil gas in the area. DEP inspected the well on September 18, 2019 and found the “gas leak persists.”

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Energy & the Law

MAY 12, 2022

September 2017: Hughes, as lessor, enters into a paid-up oil and gas lease with CJM. 2019 but effective 1/1/2018: Decatur reconveys the claims to Hughes (without success, it turns out). August 2019: Hughes again sues CJM alleging false representations, fraud and negligent misrepresentation in the lease negotiations.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

DEP issued conventional oil and gas operators a record total of 6,860 violations for all infractions of law and regulations in 2023, nearly 52% more than in 2021. Read more here (2017-2021). Venting Gas (2019 violations) [ DEP inspection report ] -- Civil Penalty - $8,000 ($0 collected)- Waters 10 - Fayette County, Luzerne Twp. -

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 10, 2023

The American Chemistry Council case deals with the interplay of CEQA with another statutory scheme, the so-called “Green Chemistry” law (Health & Safety Code, § 25251 et seq.) The law also provides administrative processes for affected parties to dispute the Department’s determinations with respect to regulated chemicals.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Harvard law students ramp up protest against ExxonMobil climate firm Emily Holden | The Guardian | January 15, 2020 Harvard law students have disrupted a recruiting event for Paul Weiss, the law firm representing ExxonMobil in climate lawsuits, in an escalation the protesters hope will open a new front in climate activism in the legal world.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

McKean - Wells are leaking gas Chesapeake Appalachia (2019) -- Heartwood 2 ESG - Keating Twp., McKean County EQT Prod (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) -- ASHBAUGH 1H - Ashland Twp., Lycoming County Rice Drilling (2017, 2020) -- Lohr Well Pad - Somerset Twp., Jordan 6 - Hempfield Twp., Clarion County -- EMRICK 1H - Elk Twp.,

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

Ct. —, 2019 WL 1245520 (U.S. March 19, 2019), the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split regarding maritime law and the “bare metal” defense, namely whether manufacturers have a duty to warn when their bare metal product requires later incorporation of a dangerous part in order for the integrated product to function as intended.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Harvard law students ramp up protest against ExxonMobil climate firm Emily Holden | The Guardian | January 15, 2020 Harvard law students have disrupted a recruiting event for Paul Weiss, the law firm representing ExxonMobil in climate lawsuits, in an escalation the protesters hope will open a new front in climate activism in the legal world.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In 2019, the Town of South Bruce Peninsula was convicted on two charges of damaging piping plover habitat, contrary to section 10(1) of the ESA. The charges related to mechanical raking and grade work the Town performed at Sauble Beach in April and August of 2017. The conviction was upheld by the Ontario Court of Justice.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 17, 2019

On May 13, 2019, the US Supreme Court denied certiorari in American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), et al., Plaintiffs again appealed ( Rocky Mountain II ) and on January 18, 2019, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s decision. High Court’s action clears pathway for low-carbon fuel standard programs.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In March, a PUC Administrative Law Judge Joel H. On December 8, the Public Utility Commission voted unanimously to approve a $48,000 refund of a $51,000 penalty paid to the PUC by Sunoco Pipeline for Mariner East Pipeline construction violations. C-2020-3023129. Click Here to conduct a docket search.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Civil law cases. Civil lawsuits were filed in Sendai in 2017 and Kobe in 2018 by citizens against corporations that planned to build new coal-fired power plants. In September 2017, in Sendai Citizens v. Judgments and English summaries are found in the Sabin Center’s Climate Change Litigation Database.). Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A 2017 survey of 37 utilities found that about half of the surveyed utilities collected fixed charges to cover only customer-related costs (including “the costs of the meter, service drop, a portion of the transformer, billing, and customer service”) while others also included “elements of distribution facilities or minimum system costs.”

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Environmental and Urban Economics

MAY 13, 2021

Kahn, 2017. Kahn, 2019. Kahn, 2019. " Such estimates are useful but they are not "laws of physics". Kahn, 2016. " The Climate Change Adaptation Literature ," Review of Environmental Economics and Policy , Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 10(1), pages 166-178 Bunten, Devin & Kahn, Matthew E.,

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Following the EU’s lead with the approval of the European Green Deal , Spain has produced a new framework to address climate change, including strategies, plans, and laws. The PNIEC and the Law on Climate Change include a target of GHG emission reduction of 23% by 2030 compared to 1990. For all climate laws related to Spain, see here.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 16, 2023

The wind is blowing in Texas and the courts are making laws about the movement of air. Of import, that wind lease had a 7 year development term, which provided unless electrical energy was being generated and sold by August 24, 2017, the lease terminated. With apologies to Bob Dylan given the recent $1.4

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In 2017, the Federal Circuit reversed a jury verdict for that company and remanded for a new trial on written description and enablement, concluding that a lower court had wrongly excluded evidence and issued an erroneous jury instruction. Prior to the trial, the Delaware District Court dismissed claims of willfulness.

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CEQA Developments

DECEMBER 17, 2021

But at the Coastal Commission’s November 8, 2017 de novo hearing on the project, the Commission rejected staff’s recommendation and ultimately voted 7-5 to approve the CDP. 2019) 40 Cal.App.5th Had the Commission followed its staff’s recommendation, the story would have ended there. The Writ Litigation and Trial Court Decision.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill BNN Bloomberg PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:45 Monday, January 15, 2024 Read more Marcelo Rochabrun (Bloomberg) -- Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2023

On January 19, DEP released two more bid packages to plug 43 more abandoned conventional natural gas wells in Clarion County at taxpayer expense under the new federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law well plugging program. The conventional industry doesn’t pay a dime. Read more here.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 30, 2022

Kelly sent a letter via certified mail to Aethon Energy Operating, LLC on December 15, 2017, requesting information regarding sixteen wells in the two units. Kelly Land Company owned unleased interests in two compulsory units in Bossier Parish. This letter also did not include a specific reference to 30:103.1 or 30:103.2,

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

As I outlined here , Montana state law prohibits the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions or climate impacts–– inside and outside the state’s borders––when reviewing projects and approving permits. This now-infamous climate prohibition has been called a “limitation” on the Montana Environmental Policy Act, or MEPA.

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Physics World

JUNE 27, 2022

I volunteered to create a new working group on astroparticle physics and was chair of it from 2014 to 2017. In 2017 I was approached by Bruce McKellar who at the time was IUPAP president. In 2017 I was approached by Bruce McKellar who at the time was IUPAP president. How did you become president of IUPAP? .

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2022

In 2019, the Town of South Bruce Peninsula was convicted on two charges of damaging piping plover habitat, contrary to section 10(1) of the ESA. The decision also sends a clear message to governments, individuals, and industries that those who damage or destroy protected habitat contrary to the law will be held to account.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 12, 2022

Unusually wet conditions lifted the lake to record levels in 2017 and 2019, damaging property and critical infrastructure across the St. New laws make it easier for communities to access state financing for water infrastructure — Michigan Radio. Lawrence River basin. Fresh from the Great Lakes News Collaborative.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2022

This individual has proven to be a voice for those who may not otherwise be heard, and actively advocates for environmental laws and policies to improve the lives of others in Pennsylvania. -- Woman of Climate and Renewable Energy –honors an individual who is dedicated to addressing climate impacts or championing renewable energy efforts.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 17, 2020

116-136, enacted modifications to the rules for the use of net operating losses (“ NOLs ”) and corporate alternative minimum tax carryforward credits (“ AMT Carryforward Credits ”) for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2021. Bradford and J.

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