Acoel

MAY 24, 2023

Posted May 24, 2023 by Tracy Hester In a jurisprudential pile-up, the Fifth Circuit has become the arena for two simultaneous legal battles that may shape the law of standing and realign federal environmental law. While all eyes are on the U.S.

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JANUARY 2, 2022

But even with the oversized flow of dollars into this category, this is not the key driver of ESG (. Congress is expected to act on EGS mandatory disclosures in 2022. may see more pandemic and germ theory related issues into 2023. While the number seems tripe, at the beginning of 2022 more than $17 trillion of U.S.

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JUNE 26, 2023

Prior to the 2023 amendments, NEPA § 102(2)(D) provided for preparation of environmental impact statements by state agencies for federally funded projects. The 2023 amendments retained this provision but renumbered is as subsection (G). There’s nothing in the statute the requires all categories to be covered in a single regulation.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 5, 2023

All applications must be submitted via grants.gov by 11:59 pm EDT on July 25, 2023. June 12, 2023 at 2pm EDT Web conference link – www.zoomgov.com/j/1612690234?pwd=czRDTFNwNzc4cmdTaU45Z1U5NXdVdz09 pwd=czRDTFNwNzc4cmdTaU45Z1U5NXdVdz09 July 10, 2023 at 2pm EDT Web conference link – www.zoomgov.com/j/1607256449?pwd=QWw3UksvVUZKU1JyNCt2VlVXdDhhQT09

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The VCDPA will not take effect until January 1, 2023, but businesses should begin now to assess their potential coverage and to map out a plan for compliance. Indeed, Washington and New York states have developed their own proposed legislation along the same lines.

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Brag

AUGUST 23, 2023

Hutton The Congressional Research Service (CRS) published an updated report on August 4, 2023, on the U.S. ” The report notes that in response to EO 14081, in May 2023, EPA announced changes to its regulations concerning GE plant-incorporated protectants (PIP). 34756 ) went into effect in July 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2023

The 118th Congress is also due to reauthorize the Farm Bill this year.  Congress should build on that investment with more conservation funding for farmers in the Bay region in the 2023 Farm Bill.  Congress should build on that investment with more conservation funding for farmers in the Bay region in the 2023 Farm Bill. 

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

OCTOBER 6, 2023

One of the key questions lingering over the 2023 farm bill reauthorization is whether Congress will approve a farm bill that builds climate resilience for the countless farmers whose livelihoods depend on it. A test plot of crimson clover at USDA NRCS Plant Material Center.

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MAY 11, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, approved by Congress and signed by President Biden last November, provides roughly $50 billion over five years for water and sewer systems, the largest federal infusion in the sector in a half century. Congress established the Clean Water SRF in 1987. The culture change came just in time.

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Capaccio

DECEMBER 22, 2022

To address HFC usage, the American Innovation & Manufacturing (AIM) Act was enacted by congress on December 27 th , 2020 and is applicable to eighteen specific HFC substances. A $5,000,000 annual allowance for fiscal years 2021-2023 is listed in the Act for small business grants. . 7675 subsection (c)(1): .

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Legal Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

After the 2023 NEPA amendments, does the agency have to do some kind of environmental review before setting a fire next to a wilderness area? Agencies were required to consider whether an action falling in one of those categories might nevertheless pose a risk of a significant environmental impact due to exceptional circumstances.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 13, 2021

Most provisions of the Act will take effect on July 1, 2023; others not until July 1, 2024. Can a push be made for Congress to step up sooner than later at least to set guideposts for processing of personal information that has social benefits?

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Law Columbia

MAY 10, 2023

Photo credit: Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management On March 13, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) approved a major oil drilling operation on the North Slope of Alaska. The land covered by ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A leases falls into the second category. National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Congress Legislative updates: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-MO) reintroduced the Save Our Sequoias Act ( R.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a new report on the projected cost of US nuclear weapons over the next ten years, from 2023 to 2032. Deceptive decrease on the SLCM-N One category in which projected costs appear to decrease in this report is Tactical Nuclear Delivery Systems and Weapons, which sees a drop of $11 billion.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

EPA countered that what the agency did here is just what it has traditionally done under this core provision of the Clean Air Act (Section 202), including in three previous GHG rules for the same source categories: EPA examined available emissions-reduction technologies, costs, and lead time and then set technology-neutral performance standards.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

IRA has expanded EPA’s ability to reach communities at their needs In the case of IRA, Congress created broad legislative language that now multiple federal agencies must interpret and implement. For renters, depending on who pays the electric bill, an upgrade could mean increased profits for the landlord rather than savings for the renter.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Working Group intends to work with the Biden-Harris Administration and Congress in order to demonstrate the financial services industry’s willingness to support pragmatic approaches to transitioning to a low-carbon economy. The Working Group is comprised of financial services trade associations (e.g.,

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

That provision prohibits—starting on April 1, 2023—procurement of nonstick cookware and cooking utensils and upholstered furniture, carpets, and rugs treated with stain-resistant coatings if they contain perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) or perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). 20, 2021); see Cal. 22, § 69511(b)(4).]]

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

” The Fifth Circuit concluded that the consideration of costs was not required for the prohibition on products containing the other four phthalates because Congress had not added a “reasonable” qualifier to that standard. The Senate passed the PFAS Act in the 116th Congress ( S. Regulatory Developments. 14560 (Mar.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Three weeks from today, the Supreme Court starts its 2023 Term. The Court assumed that Congress wants agencies to have primary responsibility for interpreting the laws that they implement — something that has now been confirmed by empirical evidence. EPA doesn’t fall in that category. The Court’s rulings could undermine.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

” In 2023, the Supreme Court ended fifty years of broad federal protection to wetlands in Sackett v. 1972 , Congress passes the Clean Water Act, which requires a federal permit for filling or dredging in “navigable waters,” defined as the “waters of the United States.” United States. Here’s a timeline of the major events.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

In its legislative findings, which remain in air quality statutes today , Congress justified air pollution regulation because “the growth of the amount and complexity of air pollution brought about by urbanization, industrial development, and the increasing use of motor vehicles, has resulted in mounting dangers to the public health and welfare.”

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In this issue: Congress. Appropriations: Congress approved a measure to keep the government open through March 11. Congress has not passed appropriations bills since December 2020. Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee leaders introduce legislation to reauthorize the Department of Energy Office of Science. 6617 ) Feb.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 15, 2023

Section 321(11) excludes from the category of federal actions “activities or decisions that are non-discretionary and made in accordance with the agency’s statutory authority.” Did Congress actually mean that? I’m pretty sure that’s not what Congress meant. The drafters of NEPA 2.0

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 2, 2023

On July 28, 2023, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations governing how federal agencies review the environmental effects of major federal projects. Stakeholders have until September 29, 2023 to submit comments.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by 2023. The Conference Committee members from the Senate and House will look at both bills and develop one NSF authorizing bill to be passed by Congress and signed into law if lawmakers can agree on its contents. . Senate confirms Charles F.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Scientist Elected to Congress. Congress would need to provide funding for NSF through the annual appropriations process or special legislation. PFAS: EPA stuck with its statutory deadlines for proposing and finalizing a drinking water regulation for the chemicals PFOA and PFOS — March 2023 and September 2024, respectively.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

EPA reissued the proposed UCMR 5 on February 22, which was first issued during the Trump Administration and requires sample collection for 29 PFAS between 2023 and 2025. EPA has not yet regulated PFAS under the CWA, despite interest from members of Congress in doing so. Congress Is Certainly Not Done With PFAS. In fact, Rep.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

In particular, the bill extends FY 2021 enacted levels through FY 2022 for federal transportation programs and reauthorizes various surface transportation programs for FY 2023-2026. Congress created both programs in the Energy Act of 2020 to expand energy storage research.[[N:The N:The Energy Act of 2020, H.R. 133, 116th Cong.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

In this issue: Congress. The Supreme Court may not issue its ruling until 2023. K-12 STEM education and student performance across demographic and socioeconomic categories and geographic regions. ESC – Recommendation to the White House Office of Management and Budget for FY 2023 Budget (Nov. Executive Branch.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

That executive order established a new employment category for federal employees to create “a greater degree of appointment flexibility with respect to these employees.” The agency opened 199 criminal cases in fiscal year 2023. climate goals. The EPA’s enforcement actions against polluters are just starting to rebound too.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In 1990, Congress passed the Television Program Improvement Act granting antitrust immunity to broadcasters to enable them to jointly set guidelines “designed to alleviate the negative impact of violence in telecast material.” 1 that his administration is working on a national strategy to counter Islamophobia. 554 incidents of vandalism.’

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