PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

From April 15 to 21, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 465 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 50 violations of environmental regulations-- 46 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 4 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry. Read more here. SWN Prod Co.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Issued on: 02/10/2023 - 14:20Modified: 02/10/2023 - 14:19 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In the U.S. Total settles U.S.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 27, 2023

In a published opinion filed June 13, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. In a published opinion filed June 13, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. City of Pomona (2023) Cal.App.5th. City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th Gregory Lucas v. 4th 1301, 1311.)

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa Global Witness PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:39 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. In the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

Grant Township has been fighting to keep out this frack-waste injection well since 2013. DEP sued Grant Township for trying to protect its environment in 2017, claiming that regulation of oil and gas wells was a matter of state concern, not a local issue. Grant Township has also been sued in Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court by DEP.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In a written reply to parliament in August 2023, the coal minister stated that a “major leap in coal production over the years has been witnessed”. From 2013 to 2014, Indian coal production was 565 million tonnes; from 2022 to 2023, that had increased by 58% to 893 million. tCO2/tcs.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 8, 2023

City of Newport Beach (2023) Cal.App.5th. City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th Plaintiff identifies no authority, whether in the form of a statute, regulation, or published case, that requires consideration of CC&Rs in an EIR.” (Slip opn., Olen Properties Corp. Concerned Dublin Citizens v. 4th 1301, 1318-1320.)

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This rule is effective (after 60 days) on February 13, 2023. In that post, we described the significant changes in the 2021 version from the 2013 version. million commercial real estate transactions each year in the United States (i.e., including for a real estate purchaser to avoid liability under CERCLA [the Superfund law]).

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2024

Under the Federal Power Act (FPA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has authority to regulate “ the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce.” District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued a decision on December 6, 2023 in Transource Pa. FERC Order No. Transource Pa. Defrank The U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger Andrew Jacobs | The New York Times | February 7, 2018 New regulations, which corporate interests delayed for almost a decade, require explicit labeling and limit the marketing of sugary foods to children.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

In addition, the US Energy Information Administration reported increasing electricity generation from renewable sources contributed to lower power prices so far in 2023. As [Winter Storm] Elliott and the [ 2013-14] Polar Vortex demonstrated, RPM has not kept pace with the risks introduced by the transition to natural gas as a dominant fuel.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Guest Post by Michelan Wilson , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Aggregate Trends of Climate Finance Provided and Mobilised by Developed Countries in 2013-2020 Shah, K. This implies that no group should be disproportionately impacted by the negative environmental consequences of policies. OECD (2022).

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

student, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, India August 17, 2023 I. India has been one of the biggest benefactors of this trend, and the 2023 Union Budget , coupled with the “Visit India” regime , reflects the government’s continued commitment to empowering this industry. By Tejaswini Kaushal , B.A.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Thanks largely to federal tax incentives, lower sticker prices, and more available models, EV sales have continued to surge in 2023. DR: California hit a new milestone for EV sales midway through 2023: One in four new passenger vehicles sold in in the state from April through June was a plug-in car, truck, or SUV. percent in 2021.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Even before the justices granted review in the Sheetz case last Friday, the Court’s 2023-24 Term was shaping up as one featuring sweeping constitutional challenges to government regulation generally and to environmental regulation in particular. Finally, in the 2013 case of Koontz v.

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CEQA Developments

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

County of Monterey (California-American Water Company, Real Party in Interest) (2023) Cal.App.5th. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority (2013) 57 Cal.4th Marina Coast Water District v. Resources Code, § 21005(a), (b); Neighbors for Smart Rail v. 4th 439, 463; Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach (2017) 57 Cal.5th

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003). Enterprise in Oil: A History of Shell in the United States by Kendall Beaton (1957). billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003). Enterprise in Oil: A History of Shell in the United States by Kendall Beaton (1957). billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003). Enterprise in Oil: A History of Shell in the United States by Kendall Beaton (1957). billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Uber and Lyft agree to pay $328m to New York drivers BBC PaulaR Mon, 11/06/2023 - 13:50 Friday, November 3, 2023 Read more Sam Gruet Ride-sharing firms Uber and Lyft will pay $328m (£269m) to settle claims they "systematically cheated" New York drivers out of pay and benefits. billion.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 11, 2024

Brazil: Uber Driver Accused of Anti-Candomblé Religious Intolerance Bitter Winter PaulaR Thu, 01/11/2024 - 14:09 Saturday, May 13, 2023 Read more Massimo Introvigne He refused to take to a terreiro a family dressed according to their religion, and is now under police investigation. billion.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

People and organizations from across the state attended PEC’s 2023 Western Pennsylvania Dinner May 3 to celebrate the three-term Allegheny County Executive, who accepted his award from Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). It’s something Fitzgerald understands deeply.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In a published opinion filed February 6, 2023, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. City of Irvine (Gemdale 2400 Barranca Holdings, LLC, Real Party in Interest ) (2023) Cal.App.5th. Conclusions and Implications The Opinion is a mixed bag for CEQA practitioners and the regulated community.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Over the last several years, many investors, regulators and other stakeholders have increasingly sought environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures from public companies. N:Ceres, SEC Climate Guidance & S&P 500 Reporting —2010 to 2013 (February 2014).]]. iii) the physical impacts of climate change.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

His parents, Gary and Shari Peters, documented six more kids in Aurora diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. This map shows nitrate concentrations in drinking water between 2016 and 2018 for federally regulated water systems. Health officials warned household well owners, whose water is not regulated, about the dangers.

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CEQA Developments

APRIL 11, 2023

In a 72-page published opinion filed March 30, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. City of Oakland, et al (Athletics Investment Group, et al, Real Parties in Interest) (2023) Cal.App.5th. City of Oakland, et al (Athletics Investment Group, et al, Real Parties in Interest) (2023) Cal.App.5th.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2023

Congress should build on that investment with more conservation funding for farmers in the Bay region in the 2023 Farm Bill.  These regulations should allow the striped bass population to rebuild by 2029, which is why the score increased despite population declines.    Oysters are seeing a renaissance of sorts.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger Andrew Jacobs | The New York Times | February 7, 2018 New regulations, which corporate interests delayed for almost a decade, require explicit labeling and limit the marketing of sugary foods to children.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. ESA invites you to apply for the 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). 1, 2023, 12PM EDT. The two concurrent calls for art will be open through January 27, 2023, to align with an upcoming public comment period on the draft report.

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 9, 2023

4, 2023), available here.]] A trial on the issue is currently set to begin April 2023. Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips delivers “How (Not) to Regulate Technology.” ” On October 6, 2022, Commissioner Phillips addressed The Hudson Institute to discuss regulation of the tech industry. Read the Complaint.

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Arnold Porter

APRIL 6, 2023

Davila rejected the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction in January 2023.[[N: 3, 2023), FTC, available here. ]] FTC Chair Lina Khan also commented that “[i]f you’re not really pushing the courts to engage with how these statutes apply in the new economy, you get doctrine that is stale[.]”[[N:

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Final VOC/Methane Limits The meeting packet includes a three-page list of questions for DEP on the final regulation setting VOC/methane emission limits on conventional oil and gas operations for discussion. Made From Natural Gas [PaEN] [Posted: February 8, 2023] PA Environment Digest Read more here. Read more here.] Read more here.]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Most of these pieces were about the company’s support for a seemingly independent network of anti-regulation, “free-market” nonprofits that spread falsehoods about the reality and seriousness of climate change. The company has yet to publish a report for its grantmaking in 2022, let alone 2023.

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