PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2023

Sustainable Pittsburgh evaluates the workplace across a range of categories and actions including carbon reduction; diversity, equity, and inclusion; resource conservation; responsible sourcing; and product design. Reflecting that work, we’ve earned the top score for our category in the Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge for several years.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 17, 2023

This blog post highlights the work done by the Network in 2022 and shares some of the plans for 2023. In 2022, 14 rapporteurs wrote 10 blog posts covering cases and decisions around the world. Eva Balounová (Czech Republic) analyzed the Prague Municipal Court’s decision in Klimatická žaloba ČR v. Rapporteurs.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

On April 7, 2023, the Third District Court of Appeal filed a lengthy published opinion – the latest installment in one of the longer ongoing CEQA battles in recent memory – affirming a judgment finding an EIR for the Federal relicensing of Oroville Dam and related hydropower facilities legally adequate. 5th 630 ( Butte I ).

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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. The Texas Supreme Court said no , and the case faded from public view soon afterward when the U.S. Wade in 2022.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

“The Year of Climate in International Courts” by Rebecca Hamilton was first published on Just Security. The European Court of Human Rights will decide on three contentious cases brought by individual applicants, and the other three courts will issue advisory opinions at the request of different States.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 2, 2021

Met needed the flexibility of extra Lake Mead storage for two reasons: a court decision limited California’s use of Colorado River starting in 2003 and its supply from reservoirs in northern California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is quite variable. A year after that, in April 2023, the forecast is that Mead will sit at 1,047 feet.

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Legal Planet

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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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,310 notices of violation in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29 Workload Report. Abandoning Wells Without Plugging DEP issued 10 unconventional shale gas operators 20 notices of violation at 11 well pads during 2023 for abandoning wells without plugging them. .:

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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. If a lease is producing or “known to contain valuable deposits of oil or gas,” it can only be cancelled “by court order.” National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Steingraber -- Public Health Crisis The summary conclusion of the 9th Compendium on natural gas development research is-- “The rapidly expanding body of evidence compiled here is massive, troubling and cries out for decisive action. Altogether, the new studies plus the old studies show that our governor made the right decision.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The FCA publishing decision notices against Carillion and three of its former directors. Alongside this, it was announced in July 2022 that Ashley Alder has been appointed as the new FCA Chair and will be officially taking up the role in January 2023. A successful summer for the SFO with a focus on prosecution of individuals.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

ESA & ESAL Webinar “Protecting Waterways for Healthy Communities and Ecosystems” – Monday, May 8 at 2:00 pm Join ESAL and ESA to learn how science and policy intersect to protect waterways, hear from local advocates for ecologically sound practices, and discuss the potential impact of an ongoing Supreme Court Case.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To get a better sense of where the court may be heading, I spoke with Sean Donahue , an environmental lawyer who argued one of the cases and was there for the other two oral arguments. This doctrine limits the power of agencies to issue regulations of “extraordinary” importance and was used by the Supreme Court in West Virginia v.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. 21-454 (May 25, 2023) is a landmark ruling in environmental law interpreting the scope of water bodies covered by the Clean Water Act (CWA) – an issue that has been debated by courts, presidential administrations, and federal agencies for decades. United States , 547 U.S.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

The court directed the parties to file an update on the progress of their negotiations by September 3, 2021. The lawsuit is pending in the federal district court for the Northern District of California. EPA said remand would allow the Agency to revisit certain legal, policy, and scientific assumptions, approaches, and decisions.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Million Available For Service Providers, Graduate Students To Advance Sustainable Agriculture In Northeast [PaEN] -- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Project Spotlights; Upcoming Grant Events; Much More ! 27 to Feb. 9 - More Abandoned Conventional, Shale Gas Wells; Spills, Venting Gas, Contaminated Water Supplies [PaEN] -- Gov.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Plaintiffs Asked Court to Finalize Action on Proposed TRI Listing of DINP. EPA Revised Mercury Inventory Reporting Rule in Response to 2020 Second Circuit Decision. Chemical Importers Agreed to Pay Penalties for Violations of 2016 Chemical Data Reporting Rule. Trump EPA’s Methylene Chloride Risk Management Rule Upheld.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

A consent decree entered by the federal district court for the Northern District of Georgia required Home Depot U.S.A, ” The parties recommended that the court set a briefing schedule for the motion to remand, with the motion due on May 28. Litigation. Home Depot) to pay a $20.75 N:Neighbors for Envtl. 20-72091 (9th Cir.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Principles are also instructive in how climate-related financial risk can appear and be addressed in other established risk categories like credit and liquidity. The input of both parties can be critical to the regulation’s robustness and the likelihood that it is sustained in court. Individuals have also taken similar action.

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Legal Planet

MAY 31, 2023

I thought that the language in debt ceiling bill took out the word “potentially”, which would narrow the category of major federal actions at least somewhat. It defines a category of actions but doesn’t distinguish between major and minor ones. Two things have gone wrong here.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It’s no wonder that one EPA staffer’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling was a single word: “Heartbroken.” ” In 2023, the Supreme Court ended fifty years of broad federal protection to wetlands in Sackett v. Supreme Court strikes down a rule covers any wetland or pond used by migratory birds.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. In 2022, Texas, along with several other states and industry groups representing fuel manufacturers (together, Petitioners), challenged EPA’s new emissions standards in court. 497 (2007), the Supreme Court reversed EPA’s denial. EPA , 549 U.S. EPA , 142 S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

Capitol Rejected Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: May 24, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Supreme Court to hear climate case. Grijalva’s bill permanently reauthorizes the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers and increases the authorized funding level for the Climate Adaptation Science Centers from $97 million in FY 2023 to $145 million in FY $145 million in FY 2027. Executive Branch. International.

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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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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Of Insurance Announces 2023 Health Insurance Rates, More Plan Options Available -- PennLive: Lebanon County Pharmacy Gives Seniors Wrong Kind Of COVID Vaccine -- LancasterOnline Editorial: PA Health Dept. 18 Health Benefits Of Spending Time In Nature At Hershey Conservatory & Gardens, Dauphin County. to Noon -- Manada Conservancy: Oct.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 15, 2023

We live in the era of textualism, meaning that courts focus intensely on the details of statutory language, rather than trying to implement congressional intent. 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.”

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Offered each year, this award gives graduate students hands-on training and science policy experience including interacting with congressional decision-makers, federal agency officials, and ecologists who work in the science and public policy arena. That decision is on appeal, though, and could be reversed. or WOTUS. “In United States.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2023

Shapiro, Now Comes The Hard Part -- City & State PA: Executive Decisions: A Q/A With Gov. Wolf Has No Reason To 2nd Guess Decisions That Saved Thousands Of Lives From COVID -- Law Enforcement -- Gov. Josh Shapiro -- MCall - Paul Muschick: Here’s The Best Thing Gov. Shapiro Signs First Executive Order Announcing 92% Of State Govt.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Appeals court rules that US Fish and Wildlife Service improperly denied protections for Pacific walruses. NEPA: The Council on Environmental Quality has a three-step plan related to the National Environmental Policy Act rules, which guide federal permitting decisions and other actions. Executive Branch. International.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The decision to move forward comes after Klain issued a memo on January 20, 2021 directing agencies to halt publication of rules in the Federal Register until they can be reviewed and approved by a Presidential appointee or their designee. EPA is unlikely to stop with drinking water regulations for PFOA and PFOS.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. The Biden administration announced this is it revisiting that decision in 2021. the Supreme Court granted certiorari when it will decide the appropriate definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) in the Clean Water Act (CWA). In the case, the Court will hear, Sackett v.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Senate Race Effectively Tied -- November 2022 General Election -- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Why We Won’t Have Results On Election Night - It Takes Time To Count 1.3 Million Mail-In Ballots - Acting PA Secretary Of State -- Spotlight PA: How Redistricting Could Alter Control Of The Legislature And Other Changes To Watch Nov.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

These have resulted in Supreme Court rulings in 1915 and the Comics Code Authority. There isn’t a boy or a young lad tried at our Courts of Justice whose position there is not more or less due the effect of unwholesome literature upon his mind,” opined the recorder for the City of London in 1885.’

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