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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JANUARY 17, 2023

This blog post highlights the work done by the Network in 2022 and shares some of the plans for 2023. Eva Balounová (Czech Republic) analyzed the Prague Municipal Court’s decision in Klimatická žaloba ČR v. The second annual conference will be held in April 2023. Rapporteurs. The recordings are available here. Working Groups.

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Acoel

AUGUST 25, 2022

These adjudications of in-state water basins, conducted before state district courts or special water courts, will involve hundreds of private, tribal. In 2023 adjudications are expected to commence in Washington and Montana. state and federal claims to the available water. 1] Winter v.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The categories include: PFOA and/or PFOS manufacturers (including importers and importers of articles). Supreme Court regarding the Clean Air Act and other environmental statutes as to whether EPA is required to consider costs when promulgating a rule. EPA says it is targeting finalizing the rule in the Summer of 2023.

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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

More recently, a trio of studies in Pennsylvania released in August 2023 show that children living near fracking wells have much worse asthma and five to seven times the risk of lymphoma, which is a type of cancer. It also offers a review of trends in research findings. They are also born smaller. miles of a fracking well were 2.3

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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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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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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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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.

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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. United States. Here’s a timeline of the major events. In SWANCC v.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Three weeks from today, the Supreme Court starts its 2023 Term. The Court’s rulings could undermine. Under Chevron , if a statute is ambiguous or has a gap, courts defer to reasonable interpretations of the statute by agencies. This case could be one more milestone in the Court’s anti-regulatory campaign.

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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. 3664 , H.R.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by 2023. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, which issues dredge and fill permits under the Clean Water Act, have not been implementing the Trump-era rule since late September, after an Arizona district court threw it out. or WOTUS. “In

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2023

20 Event To Mark Installation Of Debra Todd As PA Supreme Court -- Post-Gazette: Debra Todd Was A ‘Superstar Star From The Start,’ Now She Leads The PA Supreme Court -- PA Capital-Star: Debra Todd Sworn In As First Woman Chief Justice Of PA Supreme Court -- PA Economy -- Gov.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Appeals court rules that US Fish and Wildlife Service improperly denied protections for Pacific walruses. 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. Executive Branch. International. 21, 2020 ).

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. 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. The Supreme Court may not issue its ruling until 2023.

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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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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. Why focus only on Supreme Court nominees when lower court judges hear exponentially more cases every year?

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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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