Law Columbia

APRIL 25, 2024

Image by Maxim Tolchinskiy (Unsplash) In November of 2022, when the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) proposed new rules to control venting, flaring, and leaks from oil and gas leases on federal land (the “Fossil Fuel Waste Rule”), they noted that these leasing rules would have an enormous ancillary climate benefit.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Labor Day is a good time to talk about an important topic: the impact of environmental regulation on jobs. In support of his deregulation campaign, President Trump promised to “cancel every needless job-killing regulation and put a moratorium on new regulations until our economy gets back on its feet.”

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

CARB’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) seeks to incentivize the production and sale of alternative, lower emissions transportation fuels in order to displace conventional fossil fuels. To identify which fuels should be promoted, CARB calculates the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels.

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Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

By one count , Biden has overturned more than two dozen of Trump actions affecting the fossil fuel industry. Trump recently told Big Oil executives over dinner that they should give him $1 billion in campaign donations because he planned to immediately reverse climate regulations, the New York Times and Washington Post both reported.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Most of these pieces were about the company’s support for a seemingly independent network of anti-regulation, “free-market” nonprofits that spread falsehoods about the reality and seriousness of climate change. I’m not aware of anything the fossil fuel industry gets that I would characterize as a subsidy.” His reply ?

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Year in Water, 2022. Sharpening the Shark’s Teeth By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 13, 2022. The strength of the shark’s teeth and the breadth of the bite were on full display in 2022. In August, French regulators suspended thermal pollution standards for rivers, allowing nuclear plants to overheat streams.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

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. October 28, 2022: Great Lakes Water Conference — register.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Next year, the Canada Energy Regulator , is poised to release a net-zero modeling in their Energy Futures report. Last month, The International Energy Agency (IEA), a global group of energy experts, for the second year in a row showed that there is no room for more fossil fuels in a future that is safe and just for all.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

California Sues Fossil Fuel Polluters California’s climate accountability lawsuit is groundbreaking in several ways: California is the first major fossil fuel-producing state to file a climate accountability lawsuit. California Gov.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

In order to steer investment toward environmentally sustainable activities, the European Union launched the Taxonomy Regulation framework to define activities deemed sustainable. Notably, in the same proposal, the Commission has also included screening criteria for gaseous fossil fuels. 31 1(a)).

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2024

Why financial regulation? Regulations are like the guardrails on the highway – they ensure safety and order. Thoughtful regulations are the reason cars have seat belts and we can trust what’s on the supermarket shelves. The government sets regulations to keep Canadians safe.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image via PickPik On May 23, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed emission limits and guidelines for carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-powered plants. That does not mean, however, that states and utilities are similarly constrained from generation shifting as they develop ways to comply with the federal regulations.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 19, 2022

April 19, 2022. ” Quebec becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to ban fossil fuel extraction. After an arduous regulatory skirmish , New York state regulators have approved two massive transmission lines to carry solar, wind, and hydroelectric energy into the city. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. In the News.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2024

Both fossil fuel and utility companies bear some responsibility for wildfires’ damage, and must be held accountable to ensure disadvantaged and low-income communities aren’t left to shoulder the costs and impacts of these disasters. Emissions traced to fossil fuel companies, on the other hand, have contributed to 19.8

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

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. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Over three-fourths of Indonesia electricity comes from fossil fuels: 60% from coal and 16% from gas. In late 2022, Indonesia nudged its goals upward to 32% below BAU, and (41% to 43% below BAU with foreign assistance). In fact, Indonesia is moving its capital 600 miles away for this reason. Several official plans.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2022

Many of my colleagues have already described the various ways we’ve gotten into this elevated fuel price mess, why doubling down on fossil fuels at this moment is a horrible idea, and why doing so would not improve our current or future economic, geopolitical or environmental problems. How Did We Get Here?

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

On the domestic front, the head of EPA managed to maneuver the Administration into endorsing federal authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Whatever the reason, Bush quickly withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol, zealously supported fossil fuel production, and rejected EPA jurisdiction over greenhouse gases.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While federal regulators consider changes to their pipeline regulations, the California Legislature should act to keep Californians safe. You might also be surprised to know that there are currently no state regulations covering pipeline transportation of carbon dioxide in California.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 25, 2022

October 25, 2022. Pennsylvania takes another step toward regulating two PFAS in drinking water. The bill would pause new crypto-mining operations that use fossil fuels, but projects using hydropower would not be affected. Pennsylvania Is a Step Closer to Regulating Two PFAS in Drinking Water. Upcoming Events.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations governing implementation of the 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit , passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act. In particular, emissions loopholes related to biomethane and fugitive methane (i.e.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 9, 2024

In a 2023 national poll , 60% of respondents across party lines said that Big Tech has too much power, and nearly half said government should do more to regulate these companies. household spent more than 10% of their disposable income on food in 2022. And indeed, federal agencies have filed lawsuits against all four tech behemoths.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The reason given for the 2022 withdrawal (lobbying reports lag by a year) is IPAA’s “misalignment” with ExxonMobil’s stated goal of “helping society achieve its ambition for a net-zero future.” Meanwhile, the company is doubling down on greenwashing while aggressively seeking to evade regulation and accountability.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

But a study published in the December 2022 issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health calculated that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7 As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. What accounts for that?

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For decades the fossil fuel lobby has masterfully weakened, derailed, and outright blocked government climate policy. The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. We need governments to regulate industry.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2023

On October 18, the Safety Division of the Public Utility Commission announced it is continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding a December 2022 house explosion and fire in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County. Based on information gathered to-date, the Safety Division has determined the following: -- On Dec.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Those currently operating fossil fuel plants generate 25 percent of U.S. Meanwhile, between 2012 and 2022, installed wind and solar power more than tripled , according to American Clean Power. percent the three renewables generated in 2022 exceeded coal’s output— 19.5 EPA Supreme Court decision in 2022.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The ESA regulations define the “effects” that must be considered in the BiOp: “Effects are all consequences to listed species or critical habitat that are caused by the proposed action, including the consequences of other activities that are caused by the proposed action. This includes both direct and indirect effects.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 21, 2023

McCarthy is also demanding regulatory changes that would foster fossil fuels and hamstring EPA’s regulatory power. 30, 2021 to October 1, 2022. Although the bill contains some provisions that would be helpful for renewable energy projects and transmission, it is slanted heavily in favor of fossil fuels.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Bush reversed himself and fervently embraced fossil fuels. In 2007, the Supreme Court held that EPA had jurisdiction to regulate greenhouse gases at the federal level. When Trump was defeated in 2020, Joe Biden began ambitious plans to rebuild federal climate regulation. Accelerating the Transition: 2022 to ??

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

In late December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations for the Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit. The tax credit, passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, provides a generous incentive for the production of clean hydrogen. the “three pillars”).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. Note: “Natural gas” is an industry misnomer; UCS considers methane, fossil gas, and gas to be much more appropriate terms. And now, as the U.S. I hope these companies will be held accountable.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

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. The post 2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted? Climate Change Mitigation.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2022

While we also condemn Russia’s military actions and call for their withdrawal from Ukraine, the path to reducing Putin’s ability to destabilize nations, the way to undercut his funding for the war, is to end our reliance on the fossil fuels he is in fact so dependent on. Increasing U.S. Webster (D-Montgomery) is a retired U.S.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 25, 2024

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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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 25, 2024

Climate change is driven by the release of greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. With 10 per cent of all of the world’s known oil reserve s found in Canada, the country has become a hub for the funding and production of fossil fuels. Pension fund fossil fuel assets can be found everywhere.

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