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Bounty laws and citizen suits

Acoel

Posted May 24, 2023 by Tracy Hester In a jurisprudential pile-up, the Fifth Circuit has become the arena for two simultaneous legal battles that may shape the law of standing and realign federal environmental law. While all eyes are on the U.S. 8, the Texas abortion bounty statute.

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Virginia Is the New California: New Privacy Requirements Arise in Virginia's Legislation

Arnold Porter

On March 2, 2021, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law the Consumer Data Protection Act (the VCDPA or the Act), making Virginia the second state, following California, to grant consumers broad privacy rights with respect to their personal information as collected by businesses both within and outside the state.

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation's 2022 State Of The Bay Score Unchanged, States Must Focus On Agriculture, Stormwater Pollution

PA Environment Daily

The 118th Congress is also due to reauthorize the Farm Bill this year.  Congress should build on that investment with more conservation funding for farmers in the Bay region in the 2023 Farm Bill.  Congress should build on that investment with more conservation funding for farmers in the Bay region in the 2023 Farm Bill. 

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EPA’s AIM to phase out HFCs

Capaccio

To address HFC usage, the American Innovation & Manufacturing (AIM) Act was enacted by congress on December 27 th , 2020 and is applicable to eighteen specific HFC substances. Each of the 18 regulated substances were assigned a corresponding MTEVe exchange value. 7675 subsection (c)(1): .

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Colorado Enacts Broad Data Privacy Law, Following Lead of California and Virginia

Arnold Porter

On July 7, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA or the Act), a far-reaching statute providing Colorado residents new rights to control the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information by businesses active in the state.

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Rethinking the Willow Project: Did BLM Have Other Options?

Law Columbia

Photo credit: Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management On March 13, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) approved a major oil drilling operation on the North Slope of Alaska. The land covered by ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A leases falls into the second category. National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Statements by BLM suggest they do, however.

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Biden-Harris’s Bank Shot: Financial Institutions, Climate Change and the Coming Regulatory Revolution (Part 1)

Arnold Porter

A discussion of ESG disclosures, and what the industry may expect from these other financial regulators on ESG matters under the Biden-Harris Administration, will be the subject of an upcoming Advisory. * * * * *. Transition to a Sustainable Low-Carbon Economy , issued today, February 18, 2021. N: See also , The U.S.