PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Also on the agenda is a presentation on the proposed regulation setting aquatic life criteria for copper and a presentation on the draft 2024 PA Integrated Water Quality Report. Read more here.] DEP said it will “likely be re-revising” the technical guidance as this regulation moves through the rulemaking process.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

While the first Gulf of Maine offshore wind lease sale is not expected until 2024, this post explores recent actions BOEM has taken to advance offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine and the agency activity we’re likely to see in the year ahead. Josh is a regular contributor to the Law & The Environment and Energy Climate Counsel blogs.

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MAY 14, 2024

Every five years or so, Congress reauthorizes a comprehensive, multibillion-dollar law that has a major impact not only on farmers and ranchers—who make up less than 2 percent of the US population—but also on the environment, public health, and the economy. Between 2019 and 2023, the agribusiness sector contributed $3.4 million to Rep.

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MAY 14, 2024

Erosion & Sedimentation BMP Failure (2019) [ DEP Inspection Report ] -- Civil Penalty - $26,725 - Mor42 well site - Washington County, East Finley Twp. Industrial Waste Discharge, Erosion & Sedimentation BMP Failure (2019) [ DEP Inspection Report ] -- Civil Penalty - $15,263 - Mor29 Gathering Pipeline - Greene County, Morris Twp.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Whole Foods did not break the law by banning Black Lives Matter apparel, judge rules CNN PaulaR Tue, 01/02/2024 - 13:37 Thursday, December 21, 2023 Read more Ramishah Maruf New YorkCNN — Whole Foods did not act unlawfully by banning employees from wearing items with Black Lives Matter messaging, a judge ruled Thursday.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2024

On January 26, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a notice of violation to Equitrans Midstream for abandoning and not plugging 19 conventional gas wells at the Swarts Natural Gas Storage Field in Greene County. DEP requested a written report by February 24, 2024 on how Equitrans will bring the wells into compliance.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2024

DEP’s inspection reports [Corse 6 - example] requested the operator to submit a written report by April 12, 2024 on how the wells will be brought into compliance. DEP’s March 20 inspection report [Armstrong 774 - example] notes the original violations for abandonment were issued on August 5, 2019 and were reconfirmed on September 7, 2022.

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Energy & the Law

JULY 18, 2023

Failure to comply to the new law will be a crime. The industry has raised millions of dollars in support of a referendum to veto the Bill that will be voted on in the general election ballot in 2024. Those numbers in 2019 were 29.7% Indemnity bonds, in addition to the current blanket bond, will be required.

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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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APRIL 18, 2024

The signing of Senate Bill 9 on April 23, 2019, was the crescendo of a three-year campaign by the students who had set out three years earlier to recognize the largest salamander in North America and create greater awareness of the critical need to reduce pollution in the Commonwealth’s rivers and streams. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) in 2018.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2024

The Guidelines require the largest Chinese public companies to publish high-quality and standardized SDRs, and are open for public comment until February 29, 2024. The guidelines aim to transform China’s approach to ESG by introducing sustainability disclosure rules for large listed companies. By Hui Xu , Paul A.

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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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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Dutch court agreed, ruling in 2019 in favor of Urgenda and requiring the government to reduce global warming emissions. It seeks to elucidate existing state obligations under international law to safeguard the environment from anthropogenic global warming emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Additionally, there are no retroactive design or construction regulations for those pipeline facilities that exist when the rule is made effective by operation of law. L-2019-3010267. However, the operations and maintenance, accident reporting, and public awareness regulations do apply to existing hazardous liquid pipeline facilities.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

However, methane reduction efforts have not received the same financial support as CO 2 actions; in 2019 and 2020, only 2% of climate finance was devoted to methane mitigation. Jurisdictions announced new methane regulations COPs are usually the place where governments announce their recent environmental laws and regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

of Agriculture Unveils 2024 PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Residents Urged To Check Homes For Radon In January -- January 6 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available -- Executive Board: Reorganization Of Dept.

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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 (2023) So far in 2024, DEP has issued 121 violations to conventional operators for well abandonment without plugging-- after just two months into the new year.

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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

MARCH 8, 2024

Three options would be available to demonstrate that a person is qualified.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

On Tuesday, February 6, 2024, DEP’s contractor will begin plugging two leaking abandoned wells-- [-- Nixon 501-1 (003-00960): The well is operated by Economy Natural Gas Inc. DEP previously performed an emergency mitigation project in 2019 to address stray soil gas in the area. Read more here.] No violations were issued. [A

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. But without a proper law governing the use of proceeds from Green Bonds, the big question then becomes: is it the altruistic results of green projects, or just the green masking that is leading to such positive trends? Zerbib, Olivier David.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The revisions proposed today are a positive step forward as the Commission must carefully review each of these cases and determine whether the applicable law has been met.” Posted: February 1, 2024] PA Environment Digest Zerfuss said, “The Commission is taking concerns raised by all parties related to water acquisitions very seriously.

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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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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The revisions proposed today are a positive step forward as the Commission must carefully review each of these cases and determine whether the applicable law has been met.” “I believe the time is right for the Commission to consider revisions that are within the Commission’s purview,” said Chairman DeFrank. Commissioner Ralph V.

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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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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. USA: Nestlé’s Latest Exploits: The case against Nestlé hasn’t stopped growing.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment. USA: Nestlé’s Latest Exploits: The case against Nestlé hasn’t stopped growing.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Issued on: 09/01/2024 - 17:26 2 min Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75 million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8

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MARCH 1, 2024

Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta SOMO PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:21 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Read more Audrey Gaughran Shell cannot be allowed to divest from the onshore oil industry in the Niger Delta before it takes responsibility for its toxic legacy of pollution and the safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

(This post was authored by Eric Peshkin, a JD candidate at NYU School of Law and CLEE summer research assistant). Internationally, New Zealand passed the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act of 2019 which targets a 24-47% reduction in biogenic methane emissions by 2050, and a 10% reduction by 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2024

Violations caused by two subsequent breakdowns at the Clairton Coke Works, in June 2019 and July 2022, were also included in the suit. Related Articles: -- DEP Extends Deadline Of First Methane Pollution Report From Oil & Gas Facilities To June 1, 2024 [PaEN] -- If Requested, DEP Will Hold Feb. Steel spent $17.5

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Strayer, who also works full-time in law enforcement, received 90 percent cost-share funds for the $111,000 storage area from ACAP through the Cumberland County Conservation District. The draft 2024 report has an interactive report viewer that allows you to zoom in to your own address to see if the streams near you are impaired and why.

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Law Columbia

MAY 9, 2024

Switzerland granted on Apr 9, 2024 by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court). How the court addressed gendered vulnerability In its judgment, the ECtHR provides a detailed overview of the evidence and law on the differentiated impacts of climate change.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say Follow the Money PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 16:59 Thursday, January 18, 2024 Read more Matthew Green, Merel de Buck & Birte Schohaus Latest Shell-files show that the company reflected on climate change caused by fossil products as early as the 1970s.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Since 2016, EPA has generally shown restraint in setting targets for biodiesel and related fuels, insofar as the law allows, and biodiesel consumption has actually fallen. Production capacity grew by 400 percent between 2019 and 2022 and based on announced and planned projects, it could double again by the end of 2024.

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