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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

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Now, SB 1137 protects communities by establishing a setback distance of 3,200 feet for homes, schools, parks, or businesses open to the public from new wells, and requires comprehensive pollution controls for existing oil wells within the setback zone. Clean Energy. Ecological Conservation.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Greenbuilding Law

The 442nd session of the Maryland legislature adjourned on April 12, 2021. The bill applies prospectively to new construction for which a building permit is issued on or after October 1, 2021. A person exercising this right to intervene must act in accordance with applicable practices, procedures, and laws in the State. Enforcement.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No. 3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , Nos. 20, 2021), No. Northern Plains Resource Council v. 20-1045 (D.C. 20-1093, 20-1094 (D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. City of Hoboken v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , Alaska Aug.

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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals

Corp Watch

Courts fined the company $5 billion but the company’s lawyers got the final payment down to just over $500 million in damages plus an estimated $2 billion in clean-up costs and $1 billion in in civil and criminal charges. with average emissions eight times greater than the average rate of the other refineries on the Top 10 list.

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Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors

Corp Watch

Courts fined the company $5 billion but the company’s lawyers got the final payment down to just over $500 million in damages plus an estimated $2 billion in clean-up costs and $1 billion in in civil and criminal charges. with average emissions eight times greater than the average rate of the other refineries on the Top 10 list.

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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

The bill is sprawling, covering climate and energy topics as diverse as electric vehicles, building decarbonization, clean energy manufacturing and supply chains, agriculture, and greening the electricity system, all through a range of tax incentives and direct grants.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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1260 ), which passed the full Senate during summer 2021. The NSF and DOE science provisions in the new COMPETES bill are largely similar to the NSF for the Future Act and Department of Energy Science for the Future Act, which passed the House this past summer. ESA endorsed the NSF for the Future Act in May 2021. 9, 2021).

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