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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. Farm Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 582) and the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 (House Bill 600) all contained provisions weakening existing environmental protections and in some cases preventing adoption of new standards.

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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. The Texas Supreme Court said no , and the case faded from public view soon afterward when the U.S. Wade in 2022.

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Shale Gas Operators On Track To Have More Violations In 2023 - Frozen Gas Infrastructure; Explosion; Pad Fire; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack Outs; Major Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home Highlight 2023 So Far

PA Environment Daily

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations.

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2023 Shale Gas Operator Compliance Report: 1,310 Violations; Explosions; Pad Fire, Evacuation; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack-Outs; Polluting Water Supply; Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home; More

PA Environment Daily

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,310 notices of violation in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29 Workload Report. DEP issued 1,360 NOVs to unconventional shale gas well operators in 2022 and 1,323 NOVs in 2021, according to DEP’s 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. Hall Well Pad, Springfield Twp.,

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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. If a lease is producing or “known to contain valuable deposits of oil or gas,” it can only be cancelled “by court order.” National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

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9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’

PA Environment Daily

Steingraber -- Public Health Crisis The summary conclusion of the 9th Compendium on natural gas development research is-- “The rapidly expanding body of evidence compiled here is massive, troubling and cries out for decisive action. And of course, regulations cannot stop air pollution. They are also born smaller.

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UK Economic Crime Group: Enforcement Update

Arnold Porter

We also report on recent updates in relation to sanctions and the growth of cryptoasset-related regulation. Regulators concluding the HBOS investigation with no further action against senior managers. The FCA publishing decision notices against Carillion and three of its former directors. KPMG fined £18.4