Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Sabin Center wrapped up Climate Week NYC last Friday with an event exploring the opportunities and challenges posed by ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). As evidenced by the 150-plus people in attendance, ocean CDR is attracting growing attention as a possible climate change mitigation option.

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MAY 2, 2023

But instead of addressing the substance of those claims as the trial court had done, it held that the application of CEQA to the relicensing of a dam under FERC’s aegis was preempted by federal law pursuant to the Federal Power Act (“FPA,” 16 U.S.C. Department of Water Resources (2019) 39 Cal.App.5th 791a et seq.).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

To dig into how the country got here, it’s helpful to split up the contributing factors into the three main “gas value chain” categories: the production of gas via drilling (“upstream”), the transportation of gas via pipelines (“midstream”), and the facilities that receive the gas, such as gas-fired power plants (“downstream”).

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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). A top-down approach begins with atmospheric emissions as recorded by sensors or satellites which can then, by a variety of methods, be attributed to geographic regions or particular categories of emitters.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

January 30, 2019. Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy. Leopard: Thornybush Game Preserve (photo G.Whaley). The order creates a new N.C.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

This year promises to be the ‘Year of Climate’ in international courts and tribunals with opinions slated to be coming down from the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and the International Court of Justice.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In September of this year, Governor Hochul announced a framework to do just that, setting 10 gigawatts (GWs) of deployed distributed solar by 2030 as the goal, enough to power 700,000 New York homes – even more than the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act’s (CLCPA) six-GW deployment requirement. Community Adder.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

So, to address global climate change, we must better protect tropical forests. While the California Air Resources Board adopted the California Tropical Forest Standard in 2019, it has not yet approved any jurisdictional offset credits for us in California’s Cap-and-Trade Program.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

In a December 24 article published in The Toronto Star , The Halton Region Conservation Authority is quoted saying: “ 95 per cent of its Provincially Significant Wetlands could be re-evaluated under the province’s proposed changes.” . Dark green (Category 1 Protection) represents existing Provincially Significant Wetlands.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 21, 2023

The Environmental Law Clinic at UCLA has also been eager to see this result, because we represented seven law professors who filed an amicus in the case supporting Berkeley’s position.) A “covered product” is a product regulated through EPCA, and includes several categories of home appliances.)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In an October 2020 presentation to the Climate Change Advisory Committee, DEP said in 2018 two conventional oil and gas well operators abandoned approximately 2,750 oil and gas wells between them. Read more here. -- CNX agreed to plug 141 conventional coalbed methane and gas wells and 5 unconventional wells in October 2019.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Since the initiation of climate change litigation several years ago, various state governments and interest groups have filed lawsuits against fossil fuel companies and governing authorities. Below we take a closer look at each category of lawsuits and provide an update on where they stand today. People by James v.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 21, 2022

On September 22, 2022, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Columbia Climate School co-hosted a Climate Week NYC webinar on “Siting Renewables in New York: Ambitious Climate Goals, a New Siting Process, and How It Is Going.” Law §§ 66-p(2)(a), (b). Law § 75-0107(1)(b). Law § 94-c(1).

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A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2022

Even more important to BlocPower — which specializes in clean energy retrofits — is Local Law 97. Passed in 2019, the law requires existing buildings over 25,000 square feet to start lowering emissions in 2024 and to reach a reduction of 40 percent by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050. Robert Clark falls into this latter category.

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Manning Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

UN Climate Change News, 13 December 2023 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed today with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and equitable transition, underpinned by deep emissions cuts and scaled-up finance.

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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.

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Law Columbia

MAY 10, 2023

It will also worsen global climate change. million acres between 1999 and 2019. The land covered by ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A leases falls into the second category. Climate change is already having significant adverse effects on the surface resources of the NPR-A. surface resources.”

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Law Columbia

JUNE 23, 2021

Climate Litigation in the Age of Trump: Full Term , takes stock of 378 U.S. climate cases that responded or interacted with federal policy and law during the Trump administration. In the final two years, cases increased, as 219 were filed from 2019 until the end of the term. Figure 1, See the report for underlying data.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Residents have had to make their own arrangements for clean drinking water since that time because the affected areas are outside the 2,500 foot zone of presumption protected in state law. 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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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Residents have had to make their own arrangements for clean drinking water since that time because the affected areas are outside the 2,500 foot zone of presumption protected in state law. 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

I’m an appellate litigator with a focus on climate and Clean Air Act cases. Previously, I taught law school, practiced solo, worked in the Appellate Section of the Justice Department’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division – and way back, I, like you, had the great honor of clerking for Justice Stevens.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2022

Transportation is changing every day,” said PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has given us a great opportunity, and I'm proud of the progress that we – along with our partners – have made to prepare Pennsylvania for a future filled with electric vehicles.” Additionally, $2.5 Senate Democrats, Sen.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 148. and non-U.S. Haskell v.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 146. and non-U.S.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The SEC's anticipated focus on climate-related disclosures under the Biden-Harris Administration, including the question of whether additional regulations will be implemented, should be viewed in the context of the current disclosure framework under the federal securities laws.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 147. and non-U.S. 20-1016 (D.C.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Biden-Harris Administration's rollback of the Trump Administration's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) policies officially began on February 19, 2021, with the rescission of the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ's) 2019 proposed NEPA guidance on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. 3:20-cv-00045-JPJ-PMS (W.D. 21, 2020), ECF No.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. degrees Celsius. Biden EPA move to repeal Trump WOTUS rule.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Nobel Prize recipients urge G7 leaders to take transformative action to address climate change. Part two , scheduled for a November proposal, will make “broader changes,” according to the agenda. Julia Brownley (D-CA) reintroduced the Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act ( H.R. International. 1816 & H.R.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

The legislation also includes provisions to reduce climate change impacts in the transportation sector and identifies opportunities to enhance the resiliency of the surface transportation system. Roads, Bridges, & Major Projects. Eligibility. Investment in Public Water Systems. Speed Mandates. Cost Sharing Requirements.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

UN seeks input about possible topics for the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue. In 2019, the Trump administration disbanded the ISAC and cut funding for the National Invasive Species Council (NISC) secretariat by 50 percent. In 2019, the Trump administration opted to keep ozone pollution standards the same. International.

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Vermont Law

JULY 6, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: At Crossroads with NEPA and Environmental Justice By Yasmin Perez Ortiz , Vermont Law School Alumna '20 July 6, 2022 "It is up to individuals and the states to demand and promote environmental justice regulations." INTRODUCTION It is no secret that the United States’ infrastructure is crumbling.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security are partnering with campus law enforcement to track hate-related threats and provide federal resources to schools, according to the plan, which was shared exclusively with NBC News.’ Climate change catastrophes fill the coffers of environmental groups. 554 incidents of vandalism.’

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