Legal Planet

APRIL 25, 2022

We made a similar recommendation in our 2020 California Roadmap report, which recommended TCFD disclosure across a number of sectors in California including insurance. The post Insurance Regulators Commit to TCFD-Aligned Risk Disclosure Survey appeared first on Legal Planet. Download as PDF.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Congress accuses Modi government of ‘favouring’ Adani group in ₹45,000 crore submarine project The Hindu PaulaR Thu, 02/15/2024 - 23:45 Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Read more The party alleged that the government was promoting 'crony capitalists' by violating laid down rules and regulations January 15, 2020 10:24 pm | Updated January 16, 2020 10:33 (..)

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The federal government must take a more active role in holding oil companies accountable for the safe containment and cleanup of their toxic waste. For years, Indigenous communities have raised concerns about the tailings leaking, and a report by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation published in 2020 corroborated their worries.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Golden State has adopted a slew of climate change laws over the past twenty years, and an even greater number of regulations. Required state to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and gave broad authority to CARB to implement the standard. Bush torpedoed climate action by the federal government early in his administration.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Shapiro’s office supporting “key recommendations” in a 2020 Grand Jury Report that concluded DEP’s oil and gas regulatory program failed to protect public health and the environment. Our government has a duty to set, and enforce, ground rules that protect public health and safety. Read more here. Read more here. 27 Released 1.1

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2023

New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting , a lawsuit challenging the state’s March 2021 regulations for siting and permitting major renewable energy facilities. Lawsuit Challenging ORES’s Regulations In March 2021, ORES promulgated regulations to implement the new siting process, as required by statute.

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Law and Environment

JULY 2, 2021

On June 29, 2021, a cohort of New York local governments (including many where large-scale solar projects are currently proposed), community organizations, and avian interest groups filed a lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court (the State’s trial-level court) against the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (“ORES”).

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 10, 2021

While we know tailings are currently leaking toxic water into groundwater, the government has done no study on the health impact this has had – despite high rates of rare cancers in the First Nations communities downstream. Government is failing to enforce existing laws meant to protect people and the environment in the oil sands .

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

These risks aren’t hypothetical: A leak from a carbon dioxide pipeline already caused serious health harms in Satartia, Mississippi, where 45 people were hospitalized following a pipeline rupture in early 2020. There are some federal regulations, but they leave much to be desired.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

While over 150 countries have agreed to collectively reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% below 2020 levels by 2030 through the Global Methane Pledge, meeting this target will require significant efforts from all levels of government. SB 1383 establishes California methane emissions reduction targets.

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Legal Planet

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. Subnational governments of Brazil, Bolivia, South Korea, Germany, Spain, Canada, Nigeria, and the United States are among the signatories of the coalition.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 18, 2023

In this instance, 16 young people from across Montana, who were between 2 and 18 years old when the case was filed in 2020, brought their constitutional climate lawsuit, Held v. State of Montana , against their state government. What would the impact be when the conservative Montana legislative branch sides with the executive branch?

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 20, 2021

It is the latest development in China’s regulations of drug change management since the promulgation of the newly amended Drug Administration Law in 2019 and more than 20 regulations and technical guidelines. Latest Developments in China’s Drug Change Management Regulations. ???????????????.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 6, 2024

Despite having made commitments to reduce the emissions from their investments and reach net-zero by 2050, Canada’s banks have instead increased their funding in risky oil and gas assets every year since 2020. Our banks are promoting themselves as climate champions while lobbying against regulations that would accelerate climate action.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The measure proposed acquiring the two investor-owned utilities that distribute 97% of Maine’s electricity and operating them as a new publicly-owned utility called Pine Tree Power, that would be governed by an elected board. 70% of Mainers voted to reject the measure and 30% supported it (as of this posting). Image from U.S.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Germany agrees on EU regulation to make cars carbon neutral by 2035 (either zero emissions or net-zero). The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030. Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

On Friday, EPA announced that it was reconsidering its 2020 decision to leave the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone unchanged. The notice does not identify any specific perceived flaws in the 2020 decision. The reconsideration will be based on the existing record. Still whistling in the wind , I fear.

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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). A new area, the SEC will be reviewing implementation of Regulation BI and Form CRS. Available at [link]. Available at [link].

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this case, environmental and human rights organizations, including Greenpeace and Oxfam (“the plaintiffs”), had taken legal action against the Government of Spain, alleging inadequate action on climate change. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Strategic acquirors and private equity firms often pursue acquisitions of small-business government contractors with an attractive niche or technology but also understand that, following the acquisition, the small business affiliation rules[[N:13 C.F.R. 66146 (October 16, 2020) (effective November 16, 2020).]] § 121.103.]]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This new regulation would apply to delivery vans, big rigs, box trucks, and buses. and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the numerous commercial and government fleets of MHD vehicles in the state. Regulate more tractor trucks, including the smaller fleets.

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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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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

What is missing is the strength of will within government to get this sorted.” – Guy Linley-Adams, a solicitor for Salmon and Trout Conservation. According to Environmental Agency data, water companies discharged raw sewage into coastal waters in England more than 400,000 times in 2020, The Guardian reports. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In 2020, another trial is set to be held in St. Federal protections are greatly lacking for workers in these conditions; the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not have any articulated standards regulating heat exposure, drinking water, and rest breaks. Currently, about 18,000 U.S. Louis County Court, with.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2022

Titled “ExxonMobil Report on Lobbying Activities,” the February report posted to the company’s website detailed all of the company’s political activity in 2020. The second largest beneficiary of ExxonMobil’s largesse in 2020 was the US Chamber of Commerce. ExxonMobil Names Names. The organization received between $2.5

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2020

In support, UNOCAL cites to a BOEM regulation referring to decommissioning as a “non-monetary obligation,” see 30 C.F.R. UNOCAL also cites to OCSLA and BSEE’s regulations at 30 C.F.R. § Oral argument has been tentatively set for the week of April 27, 2020. Parker Drilling Co. , 3d 558, 563 (5th Cir. 3d 515, 530 (S.D.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Still, given the potential for even more serious damage in the future, government at all levels is taking action to address the issue. Going into 2020, anticipated federal regulation will significantly affect the nation’s response to the Emerald Ash Borer and aquatic invasives in ballast water. As of October 1, 2019, a.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In 2020, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation surveyed all publicly available peer-reviewed studies and concluded there is scientifically valid evidence of oil sands process water (tailings) seepage into the groundwater around tailings ponds. Internal reports reveal that seepage from this tailings pond has been ongoing since 2020.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Following a review of its handling, the Alberta Energy Regulator absolved itself of any responsibility , stating it had followed all internal processes. When will government stand up with action for Indigenous rights in this country?” Internal reports reveal that seepage from this tailings pond has been ongoing since 2020.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

According to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries put out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), a worker died every 111 minutes from a work-related injury in 2020. And the 2020 BLS fatality statistics numbers don’t include the thousands of workers who died that year from COVID-19 acquired on the job. In the United States alone!

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s LCFS is causing problems for other states and the federal government.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

Last spring, we released a report – Paying Polluters: Federal Financial Support to Oil and Gas in 2020 – that revealed the federal government announced a minimum of nearly $18 billion to the oil and gas sector in 2020. billion in 2020 through CEWS. This measure resulted in $20 million in foregone revenue in 2020.

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Ohio Environmental Law

MARCH 29, 2020

Both the federal government and state governments have been moving forward with significant new regulation of the PFAS compounds. Summarized below are actions taken at both the federal and state levels to regulate PFAS substances. Federal Regulation of PFOS and PFOA. On February 20, 2020, U.S.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On April 29, 2021, the departments of Justice, Commerce and Treasury announced that they had reached a global resolution with SAP SE (SAP), a multinational software company based in Germany, resulting from the company’s disclosure of the fact that it had provided software to users in Iran in violation of export and sanctions regulations.[[N:

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

In 2020, solar panels provided about 40% of new U.S. Overall, more than 3% of electricity in the United States was produced using solar technologies in 2020. This change in the RCRA regulations could provide one system for handling all discarded solar panels, without regard to hazardous or not.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

In order to steer investment toward environmentally sustainable activities, the European Union launched the Taxonomy Regulation framework to define activities deemed sustainable. The following elements of the Regulation proposal are dealt with in this review. of the proposal) and for existing installation only until 2040 (see §4.28).

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 8, 2021

Ontario government revokes MZO following pressure from local, environmental and Indigenous Groups. In late 2020, the Ontario government authorized an MZO for the construction of a warehouse and other facilities on this important coastal wetland complex. ECOJUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ONTARIO NATURE. Toronto, Ont./

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