2021 Clean Water Act Law Oil Pollution Act 
The Energy Law Blog
DECEMBER 9, 2021
On December 3, 2021, the Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register of a settlement between Federal and State Trustees and Kirby Inland Marine, LP (“Kirby”) to resolve natural resource damages from a 2014 oil release. In November 2021, the U.S. Additionally, Kirby paid $4.9
Law Columbia
APRIL 23, 2021
On April 1, 2021, a unanimous Second Circuit panel dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York City against a handful of fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change harms under state public nuisance and trespass law. Connecticut ( AEP ), the Clean Air Act has displaced federal common law related to domestic GHG emissions.
ESA
JULY 12, 2021
The Department of Energy Science for the Future Act increases recommended funding levels for the Office of Science to $11.1 Congress funded the DOE Office of Science at $7 billion in FY 2021. billion for NOAA, a 19% increase over FY 2021 levels. Separately, the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee proposed $7.32
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