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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

Circle of Blue

October 4, 2022. Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Navigator responds that it has complied with state regulations, which require the company to notify landowners in the pipeline’s path and consider citizen safety when routing the project. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. This Week’s Watersheds.

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New Bill Takes Up Local Oil Drilling Phase-Outs

Legal Planet

Hopefully, Assembly Bill (AB) 3233––a new bill introduced last Friday by Assemblymember Dawn Addis––can clarify the essential role of local governments in phasing out fossil fuel extraction here in California. ” (Emphasis added). ” (Emphasis added). This is not to say that the Court’s decision in Chevron v.

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Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game

Corp Watch

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

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

Legal Planet

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Climate Change Mitigation. Clean Energy. Ecological Conservation.

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The Year in California Climate Laws

Legal Planet

If 2022 was a Rivian with all the bells and whistles, this past year was more a Ford Lightning. The law also requires the CEC and CARB to work together on a plan to transition the state off fossil fuels; this effort will certainly be aided by the access to new data the law affords.

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Pathways Alliance, Big Oil’s newest lobby group, is the most active oil and gas lobbyist in July

Enviromental Defense

The coalition members include Canada Natural Resources Ltd, Cenovus, ConocoPhillips, Imperial Oil, MEG Energy and Suncor. – 12 Meetings Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Together they operate about 95% of Canada’s tar sands production. And, they expect governments – aka taxpayers – to pay for it.

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Why Congress Should Pass the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

I had a small glimpse into this work in early 2022 when his office reached out to me after reading a report I co-authored on the risk of chemical spills from storage tanks in Virginia. The latter would invest in a just energy transition, funding job training programs in states that have historically depended on fossil fuel extraction.