Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 29, 2023

This legislation will provide critical transparency and accountability to ensure that corporations are meeting their climate goals and that we are protecting our planet for future generations.”

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 7, 2023

Nevada legislators have introduced a bill to give the arid state’s largest city more control of residential water use, giving officials another way to respond to the region’s drying climate. That category includes grass in highway medians and office parks. In the American Southwest, water shortages are a perpetual fear.

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Acoel

AUGUST 25, 2022

Statutory allocations of western water can no longer serve all who demand water, pitting water users against each other and placing pressure on the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state and federal governments to resolve these water conflicts. In 2023 adjudications are expected to commence in Washington and Montana.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These two categories allow for flexibility in meeting the sector’s changing needs for workforce training. Farmers, ranchers, processors, local and national organizations all support SLPA, and are working to make sure it is part of the 2023 farm bill. DBA Windham Butcher Shop), based in Windham, Maine. “We

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A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2022

Legislation begets demand. As such, the city has made tackling this emissions source a legislative priority. The ban takes effect in December 2023 for buildings under seven stories; for taller buildings, developers negotiated a delay until 2027. Robert Clark falls into this latter category.

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Ohio Environmental Law

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Under the amended legislation, only certain types of projects would quality: Transformational- Will have a transformational economic impact on the development site and the surrounding area. The TUMDs end after June 30, 2023. The tax credit will help developers raise upfront money to help fund their project.

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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. Similar to equivalent data protection legislation, the VCDPA imposes more obligations on the companies who control the data that those who service those companies.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

City of Pomona (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th City of Irvine (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th Citing Concerned Dublin Citizens v. City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th 4th 1301, 1311 (my 4/10/13 post on which can be found here ); Lucas v. 5th 508, 538 (my 6/27/23 post on which can be found here ); see Pub. Resources Code, § 21083.3.)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2023

With many new leaders taking charge – EPA administrators, governors, legislators, and within environmental organizations – we have an opportunity to prove that restoring clean water is possible. 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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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

In a series of conversations with community members, engineers, utility staff, and legislative aides, Green and her colleagues learned that EGLE and its predecessor agency had been marketing the SRFs to communities as a “program of last resort,” she said. For fiscal year 2023, Michigan utilities indicated interest in $1.1

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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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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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Arnold Porter

JULY 13, 2021

Most provisions of the Act will take effect on July 1, 2023; others not until July 1, 2024. As indicated by the actions of California, Virginia and Colorado, as well as the legislatures in a number of other states including New York and Washington, consumer privacy is a growing concern for legislators and their constituents.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

When she announced the legislation in March , Rep. Read more here ] “Upon the conclusion of the grand jury’s two-year investigation in 2020, several legislative recommendations were made that would strengthen protections for the environment and the citizens of our Commonwealth.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

They are calling on legislators to correct this action before the amendment becomes law jeopardizing federal wildlife funding coming to Pennsylvania. Therefore, any ensuing revenue would likely be considered under the category of hunting license fee revenue. “If Read more here.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In respect of enforcement, governmental matters and legislative reform, we consider the following topics: Change on the horizon in the UK enforcement sphere. Cryptoasset update, focusing on new legislation relating to stablecoins and the Law Commission report on digital assets. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022.

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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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Legal Planet

JUNE 5, 2023

In June of 2023, the stable statutory foundation for NEPA abruptly shifted. As part of a legislative package to suspend the debt ceiling and avoid a default on U.S. The Biden Administration rolled back some of those changes and was planning to further amendments, which were presumed likely to undo many others.

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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

California Legislation. On February 16, 2021, California legislators introduced a proposed law that would require banks and other financial institutions to prepare an annual climate-related risk report, to be submitted to the State and published on the financial institution's website, by January 1, 2023.

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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

AUGUST 26, 2021

This quarterly newsletter provides essential updates on litigation, regulatory, legislative, and other notable developments involving chemicals of concern to business. Legislative Developments. »State Regulatory & Legislative Actions. Legislative Developments. »Federal Developments. California. Litigation.

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Legal Planet

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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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This quarterly newsletter provides essential updates on litigation, regulatory, legislative, and other notable developments involving chemicals of concern to business. Legislative Developments. » State Regulatory & Legislative Action. Legislative Developments. » Federal Developments. California.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This quarterly newsletter provides essential updates on litigation, regulatory, legislative, and other notable developments involving chemicals of concern to business. Legislative Developments. »State Regulatory & Legislative Actions. Legislative Developments. »Federal Developments. California. Litigation.

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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 challenge of Congressional inaction and the politicization of climate change means any legislation accounting for climate risk is unlikely to pass.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 9, 2021

to its initial proposed rule change regarding board diversity disclosures, in response to more than 200 comment letters received from Nasdaq-listed issuers, institutional investors, asset managers, legislators, advocacy organizations, law firms, individual board members and other citizens. On February 26, 2021, Nasdaq filed Amendment No.

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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. I predict lots of fun litigation.

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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

Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee leaders introduce legislation to reauthorize the Department of Energy Office of Science. Department of Energy: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced legislation reauthorizing the Department of Energy Office of Science ( 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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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Other States/National/International -- AP: Hurricane Ian Nears Cuba On Path To Strike Florida As Category 4 PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: 2 Cumberland County Men Get 3+ Years In Prison For Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. What’s Your Community Doing?

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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.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

While amendment debate remains ongoing, the legislation appears primed for passage as early as this weekend when the Senate reconvenes. Senate passage of the IIJA would represent a substantial victory for President Biden and the “G22” members responsible for negotiating the legislative text. The remaining $55.52

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Shapiro’s Proposed Budget Could See Significant Payments To Schools, Economic Development -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Gov.

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