Law Columbia
AUGUST 30, 2021
Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is one of several proposed techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in the oceans. OAE seeks to counteract ocean acidification, while also increasing carbon storage in the oceans. By Romany M. Webb and Korey Silverman-Roati.
National Law Center
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: December 10, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. Email important additions HERE. Judicial: Sovereign.
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The Energy Law Blog
MAY 24, 2023
BOEM approved the Construction and Operations Plan for the Vineyard Wind Project in July 2021, approximately 12 years after BOEM began evaluating the site for wind energy development. The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale.
Circle of Blue
MAY 16, 2023
Per a 2021 progress report, the program made a difference: “increased conservation practices prevented an estimated 124,000 pounds of phosphorus and 182,000 tons of eroded soil,” the Journal-Sentinel reports. These practices can limit runoff, but they are expensive to implement.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The Sabin Center today released the second in a series of white papers discussing legal issues associated with different ocean-based carbon dioxide removal techniques. the growing of kelp and other macroalgae which may be harvested for food, bioenergy, or other uses or sunk in the ocean to sequester the carbon it contains.
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. The Trustees for this incident include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S.
Enviromental Defense
JANUARY 20, 2023
The water quality was so bad that there were incidents where tributary rivers that empty into Lake Erie caught fire. These deplorable conditions eventually led to the implementation of the Clean Water Act , which was passed in 1972 and strengthened regulations on industrial waste disposal.
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