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GT’s Environmental Practice Recognized in 2023 Chambers USA Guide

E2 Law Blog

The Chambers USA 2023 Guide recognized the Environmental Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP on its nationwide list of the top 32 environment practices in the country. Firmwide, more than 275 attorneys were recognized in the 2023 USA Guide in more than 65 of the firm’s practices areas across 28 regions.

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How Do Californians Perceive Climate Risks to Their Household Water Supplies?

Union of Concerned Scientists

I lived through one of these storms recently in Texas: Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, which had me juggling microwaving food and charging devices as the local utility imposed rolling blackouts during the freeze. Data: NOAA 2023. Like most older millennials, climate change has shaped my time on planet Earth. Source: Dobbin et al.

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Bounty laws and citizen suits

Acoel

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. 8, the Texas abortion bounty statute. In Environment Texas Citizen Lobby v. While all eyes are on the U.S.

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Why Energy Bills Will Be Even Higher This Winter

Union of Concerned Scientists

To dig into how the country got here, it’s helpful to split up the contributing factors into the three main “gas value chain” categories: the production of gas via drilling (“upstream”), the transportation of gas via pipelines (“midstream”), and the facilities that receive the gas, such as gas-fired power plants (“downstream”).

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Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico

The Energy Law Blog

The Call Area covered approximately 30 million acres including depths 400 meters and shallower just west of the Mississippi River to the Texas/Mexican Border. The first WEA is a 546,645-acre area located approximately 24 nautical miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas. The following summarizes those requirements.

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PJM Interconnection, Other Grid Operators Express Concerns Proposed EPA Power Plant Rule Will Accelerate Retirements Of Fossil Fuel Plants Without Reliable Renewable, Storage Technologies To Replace Them

PA Environment Daily

On August 8, the PJM Interconnection joined the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Electric Reliability Council of Texas and the Southwest Power Pool in submitting joint comments in response to a proposed EPA rule on New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

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Shale Gas Operators On Track To Have More Violations In 2023 - Frozen Gas Infrastructure; Explosion; Pad Fire; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack Outs; Major Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home Highlight 2023 So Far

PA Environment Daily

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. Cameron County; -- West Texas Operating Co.: Read more here. Read more here.

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