SPR Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

On October 29, 2020, the New York City Council passed Int. No 1947-A—a bill that significantly amends the affordable housing provisions of Local Law 97 of 2019 to require more buildings to meet greenhouse gas emissions caps.

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Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. Climate Change as an Increasingly Common Feature of Law Practice Climate change is no longer an issue of concern only to environmental and energy lawyers. In the U.S.,

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Law Columbia

JUNE 22, 2022

On June 13, 2022, Chile published its Climate Change Framework Law (“the Climate Act”). In 2019, Chile became President of the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25). Additionally, and following international guidelines, the law mandates the creation of a project certification system. Conclusions.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Did the companies initiate plans to cut emissions or were they forced to do so by state law? thanks to Jetta Cook, Berkeley Law ’22). (1) Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Generated Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Energy Mix (2019): [link]. Energy Mix (2020): [link]. 1) NextEra Energy.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 24, 2022

The study also found that in 2019, customers without a water meter, paid an average of $500 more per year for water than metered customers. In 2020, Circle of Blue researched a dozen large cities and found 1.5 Chicago residents without meters are concentrated in the city’s majority-Black and majority-Latino neighborhoods.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

ADV Amendments The annual amendment for ADV Parts 1A (and 1B for state-registered advisers) and the Brochure (ADV Part 2A) is due March 30, 2020 (for firms with year-end fiscal years). These priorities generally follow the SEC’s 2019 examination priorities. There is no annual amendment required for the Brochure Supplement (Part 2B).

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

By Dr Romain Mauger, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability (GCELS) On 19 November 2020, the Conseil d’Etat (the French supreme administrative court) issued a historic ruling in the Commune de Grande Synthe case , potentially the first step towards a landmark climate litigation outcome in France.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 , the notorious law the Legislature passed in 2019 that slapped Ohio ratepayers with a monthly surcharge to bail out two struggling nuclear plants. 6 in 2019 because it was bad for consumers, bad for the economy, and bad for the environment. 6 was signed into law by Ohio Gov. Despite the partial repeal, H.B.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Arnold & Porter was named to the Financial Times list of "Top 20 Most Innovative Law Firms in North America" in the "Practice of Law" category. In 2018, the firm won the Financial Times award for Innovative Lawyers in the category of "Rule of Law and Access to Justice" for a high-profile gerrymandering lawsuit in Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2023

In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the survey was sent to 2,713 schools with 199 responding. In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, 81.4% Act 101, the landmark 1988 recycling law that made Pennsylvania a leader in 1988, needs multiple updates to meet the demands of today’s economy. In 2019, the most recent year available, 5.25

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Renewables are relatively small, at only 6%, but growing rapidly, having doubled from 2010 to 2019. The EIA reports that: “Fossil fuel sources accounted for about 69% of South Korea’s electricity generation in 2019, and the share of nuclear power accounted for 25%. A law on “green growth” requires carbon neutrality by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.] barrels or 0.41

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

Scotland set a 2020 goal of 100% renewable energy electricity generation. In 2020, they just missed this goal, at 97.4% and is separate from their 2020 goal which centered just on electricity. In 2019, the city declared a climate emergency. This covers electricity, heating, transportation, etc., Other UK Cities.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In March, a PUC Administrative Law Judge Joel H. C-2020-3023129. 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. Documents related to this case can be found at PUC Docket No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study. According to a 2019 study , longer commute times have been linked to more stress, poorer mental health, and lower satisfaction with jobs and leisure time activities. Yes, premature death. That’s not healthy.

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Acoel

JULY 16, 2021

Earlier this month more than 300 professors and graduate students throughout the world participated in the first virtual colloquium of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) Academy of Environmental Law. The 17th Colloquium was held in August 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, hosted by the University Teknologi Mara.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 1, 2023

In fact, the distinctions between these bikes are blurred throughout the story because the main “experts” quoted are law enforcement. But the laws are treating it like any bicycle.” It would be a mistake to pass new laws that make this same error in logic. increase from 856 in 2019.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

EPA proposed changes to its MON rule in 2019, regulating toxic emissions for about 200 chemical plants that produce solvents, plastics, and pesticides across the country. This group pressed the EPA to support the adoption of a far less protective standard based on the TCEQ’s analysis.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Fishman, who heads the firm’s Crisis Management and Strategic Response team, was named to The National Law Journal’s 2021 list of “Crisis Leadership Trailblazers.” Fishman harnessed that experience in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed the long-term care industry across New Jersey.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 24, 2021

These individuals were previously barred from voting under North Carolina’s felony disenfranchisement law tracing back to the 1860s and 1870s. The team argued that the law violated the state’s constitution for discriminating against Black citizens in both intent and effect.

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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. In 2023, DEP reported plugging 169 conventional wells primarily with the additional taxpayer funding provided by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Read more here.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Now the government is pushing ahead with settling compensation - but not via a law but via a public law contract. By the end of 2019 the country put an end-date to electricity production from coal in the Netherlands via the Law“ Prohibiting the Use of Coal in Electricity Production ”. Germany: Law or Contract?

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

In celebration of Environment Day 2020 on June 5, we publish here in full the speech given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. Now is not the time to set aside environmental laws and norms in the name of recovery, as we have seen done in some places.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2020

UNOCAL appealed to the Fifth Circuit, arguing, inter alia , that Sojitz’s claim for equitable subrogation failed as a matter of law because the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”) does not grant BSEE a civil claim for monetary damages based on a party’s failure to perform decommissioning to which Sojitz could subrogate. Union Oil Co.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

An ambitious law that promises to accelerate the state’s clean energy transition, CEJA provides a detailed framework for greater utility transparency and accountability to update electricity distribution infrastructure to ensure a clean energy future. Illinois utilities contributed to that trend. billion to $2.2 Starting with stakeholders.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In March, a PUC Administrative Law Judge Joel H. C-2020-3023129. C-2020-3023129. C-2020-3023129. 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.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

“Treaties on environmental law are a type of human rights treaty, and, for that reason, enjoy supranational status. This “supranational status” means that these treaties are above the “regular” laws in the legal hierarchy. Accordingly, any Brazilian law or decree contradicting the Paris Agreement may be invalidated.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

But people across the Colorado legal community, the broader Western water community, and a far-flung network that includes Berkeley Law staff, faculty, and alumni. Long-term connections with Berkeley Law. Justice Hobbs’ connections with Berkeley Law run deep. He got his JD here in 1971. I was lucky enough to be one of them. .

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Environmental Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

An EPA administrative law judge ordered the owner/operator of a gas station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to pay $1,000 for allegedly violating RCRA and Pennsylvania's federally authorized UST program. 03/18/2020. RCRA-03-2019-0103. In re Top Gas and Mini Mart, LLC/Ezra Reuven. hjones@eli.org. Wed, 11/02/2022 - 13:23.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Dutch court agreed, ruling in 2019 in favor of Urgenda and requiring the government to reduce global warming emissions. Take the Portuguese youth case , a groundbreaking 2020 initiative accusing 33 countries of violating human rights by neglecting climate action.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2022

The compromise included critical investments in solar, weatherization assistance, community energy transition grants, and leveraged funds from the federal infrastructure law. Finally, meeting electricity demand with 100-percent renewable energy by 2035 would secure an 87 percent drop in heat-trapping emissions between 2020 and 2040.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

On July 29, 2020, DEP inspected the well in response to complaints it was leaking gas and issued notices of violations for that and for abandoning the well without plugging it. DEP’s inspection report gave the operator until September 1, 2020 to submit a plan for bringing the well into compliance. Obviously, it wasn’t.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Arnold & Porter London litigation partner Jane Wessel said, "We look forward to the opportunity to demonstrate that the Venezuelan decisions relied upon by the Maduro side deserve no recognition by an English court as they are not the decisions of an independent judiciary respecting the rule of law.".

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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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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A 2019 Indian government report estimated that 74% of the area where wheat is cultivated, and 65% of the area where rice is grown, will face water shortages. In September 2020, it passed three farm laws that were repealed in November 2021. With 87% of extracted groundwater in India used for irrigation, the future looks bleak.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Arnold & Porter was specially recognized as a "60 at 50" Pro Bono Leader for having 60% or more of attorneys contributing 50 or more hours of pro bono service during 2020. Recognized firms have devoted hundreds of thousands of hours to help ensure that those living in poverty in DC have equal access to justice under the law.

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