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Post-Sackett Wetland Delineation Process Raises Questions

Ohio Environmental Law

Back on August 29, 2023, U.S. EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) with regarding delineating all wetlands in Ohio, both federally regulated and isolated wetlands. Supreme Court in Sackett v. Schedule an onsite site visit with the ACOE.

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Wetlands Protection Update

Smith Enviorment

October 30, 2023. Farm Act (Senate Bill 582/ Session Law 2023-63). The reference to ‘‘interstate wetlands’’ as a stand-alone category of jurisdictional wetlands has been removed. An earlier post described the interaction of new state limits on wetlands protection and a U.S. Federal Implementation of the decision in Sackett v.

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Grey is the New Black: Navigating Ambiguity in the Carbon Claims Landscape

Ivy Protocol

2023) , over 8,296 entities had joined the United Nations-backed ‘Race to Zero’ campaign by February 1st, 2023, and the Science Based Targets initiative has approved science-based targets for 2,217 companies. Regulations Rising: A Global Response In response, stricter regulations are taking shape across the globe.

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HEI Energy, Penn State Study Uses 28,500 Water Sample Results To Help Identify Oil & Gas Industry Groundwater Pollution

PA Environment Daily

So what they do is they pay professional geology consultants to go out and sample waters, groundwater, water wells, springs, within a certain distance [of proposed shale gas wells]. When [shale] oil and gas companies drill, they are going to be liable if they contaminate somebody's drinking water.

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ESG will be the Environmental Issue of 2022

Greenbuilding Law

This is more than a Magic 8 Ball prediction, although we do regularly consult one of the 1960s era plastic spheres I keep on my desk. But even with the oversized flow of dollars into this category, this is not the key driver of ESG (. may see more pandemic and germ theory related issues into 2023. ESG is everywhere.

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Analysis: Green jobs take off in China

A Greener Life

In 2022, tech firms’ payrolls fell by 164,000 employees, with a further 166,000 jobs cut in the first quarter of 2023, according to tracking platform Layoffs.fyi. The biggest employer among these is emissions management consulting, followed by emissions auditing. Around the world, tech and finance companies have been laying staff off.

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Having the Fox Guard the Henhouse?

Legal Planet

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). Coverage of agency regulations. Content of the agency regulations.