Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

AB 32 authorized CARB to adopt a market-based compliance mechanism with “declining annual aggregate emission limits for sources or categories of sources that emit greenhouse gas emissions” through 2020. Today, the Program regulates roughly 450 entities responsible for roughly 85% of the state’s GHG emissions. To date, $10.5

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On November 16, 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a proposed rule to expedite the environmental review process for certain renewable energy infrastructure projects through the use of categorical exclusions. Major federal actions include those that are undertaken, funded, or authorized by a federal agency.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 29, 2023

b) The project identification number, if applicable. (c) c) The project name as listed in the registry or program, if applicable. (d) d) The offset project type, including whether the offsets purchased were derived from a carbon removal, an avoided emission, or a combination of both, and site location.

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Ivy Protocol

JULY 25, 2023

A shared ambition to secure funding for high-integrity carbon projects while adhering to a mitigation hierarchy. 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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Power companies will therefore have to pay more for the fuel, but utilities are generally allowed by state regulators to pass those cost increases onto their customers in the form of higher electricity rates. Likewise, pipeline giant Williams Companies now refers to its gas projects as “clean energy” projects.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2023

And then those data are given to the regulator, the DEP, before the drilling so that if there is someone later that says, ‘My well was contaminated,’ they can take a sample in the same way and compare it, and then they can either be presumed liable or presumed not liable for whatever happened.”

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This is the first in a series of articles in which Liskow’s offshore team will discuss the regulatory framework for wind energy projects in federal waters and highlight legal issues pertinent to this dynamic area. The regulatory process leading to the Vineyard Wind Project offshore Massachusetts began in 2010. federal waters.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 26, 2023

One of the most important provisions, of the new NEPA law, § 107(f), allows the lead agency to delegate preparation of environmental reviews to project applicants. There are clear conflicts of interest in assigning this role to the project applicant. The 2023 amendments retained this provision but renumbered is as subsection (G).

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Guest Post by Michelan Wilson , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Climate justice is a category of environmental justice and recognizes that climate change impacts are not distributed or experienced equally, and as such, can exacerbate inequitable social conditions within and between countries.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 2, 2022

But even with the oversized flow of dollars into this category, this is not the key driver of ESG (. Still with almost no regulation, funds that elect to focus on companies’ ESG practices may have broad discretion in how they apply ESG factors to their investments. may see more pandemic and germ theory related issues into 2023.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

The relative windfall will assist with capital improvements even as utilities and state agencies must contend with rising project costs and staffing limitations due to inflation and labor shortages. . million low-interest loan from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to finance the project. The city received a $9.8

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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.  CBF scientists compile and examine the best available data and information for 13 indicators in three categories: pollution, habitat, and fisheries.

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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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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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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

This map shows nitrate concentrations in drinking water between 2016 and 2018 for federally regulated water systems. The map was produced by Corona Environmental Consulting based on a data-collection project funded by the Water Quality Research Foundation. Even with that record of risk nitrate pollution is in a category to itself.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

Prior law authorized this kind of regulation but also required the agency to consider whether a particular fire involved exceptional circumstances, such as being next to a wilderness area. After the 2023 NEPA amendments, does the agency have to do some kind of environmental review before setting a fire next to a wilderness area?

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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. Approval of the Willow Project runs directly counter to President Biden’s campaign promise to stop oil and gas drilling on federal lands.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In August 2023, studies released by the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health found children living within 10 miles of producing natural gas wells have a link to adverse health impacts. Read more here. ] Read more here. “We They noted approximately 1.5 million Pennsylvanians live within a half mile of oil and gas wells.

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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. And of course, regulations cannot stop air pollution. It also offers a review of trends in research findings.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We also report on recent updates in relation to sanctions and the growth of cryptoasset-related regulation. Regulators concluding the HBOS investigation with no further action against senior managers. million for misleading its regulator, the FRC. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022. KPMG fined £18.4

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

A discussion of ESG disclosures, and what the industry may expect from these other financial regulators on ESG matters under the Biden-Harris Administration, will be the subject of an upcoming Advisory. * * * * *. Financial Regulators."[[N: N: Addressing Climate as a Systemic Risk: A call to action for U.S. emphasis added).]].

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Federal Register ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill The 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) Cohort of 15 students flew in from around the country to learn about science policy and meet with lawmakers. Nominations must be received by June 15, 2023.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Ohio and some other states argue that the waiver unconstitutionally gives California more power to regulate than it gives them. EPA to overturn Obama’s Clean Power Plan.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 5, 2023

In June of 2023, the stable statutory foundation for NEPA abruptly shifted. debt, the Builder Act (Title III of Division C of the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act) amended and dramatically expanded the provisions in NEPA dealing with environmental impact statements. This statement deals with issues that all the projects have in common.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

While the financial world is still waiting for key climate-related rules from several financial regulators, including the Security Exchange Commission (SEC), there has been some forward progress in recent weeks. The Act’s regulations were last updated in 2005.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

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. In Louisiana, long-regulated wetlands may now be beyond the reach of federal jurisdiction.

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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 ! 15 -- PA Utility Law Project, Public Citizen Host Feb. WHYY, Drexel To Host Discussion On Endangered Species Feb. 27 to Feb.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 25, 2022

The OMB releases guidelines for using American-made materials in federal infrastructure bill projects. The Food and Drug Administration, which regulates packaged drinks, lowered the current standard that ranges between 0.8 The White House restores a more expansive definition of environmental impacts for federal reviews. By the Numbers.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA Denied Petitions Seeking TSCA Regulation of Chemicals in Cigarettes and Cosmetics.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. PFAS Action Act of 2021 Would Amend Major Environmental Statutes to Regulate PFAS.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Jared Huffman (D-CA), authorizes a $50 million grant program to fund conservation, restoration and management projects focused on kelp forest ecosystems. More News: Cassidy places hold on EPA nominees over carbon capture project approval delay – The Hill. The Keeping Ecosystems Living and Productive Act (Kelp Act, H.R. 3664 , H.R.

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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. Before those amendments, the regulations had remained largely unchanged since 1978.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

billion for national service programs to carry out projects related to climate resilience and mitigation. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework includes some funding for environmental initiatives: The Army Corps of Engineers receives $7 billion for flood mitigation projects. Wealthy countries and global charities also pledged $1.6

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

1303 ), which would limit federal financial assistance to infrastructure projects (broadly defined to include broadband, electrical transmission and water projects, among others) that only use iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials. Roads, Bridges, & Major Projects. The bill provides $2.5

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The Biden administration laid out its timeline for rolling back major Trump environmental rules, but acknowledged that the process of enacting more protective regulations on climate and air pollution and drinking water will take years — if they can estimate the timeline at all.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

More News: Tightened federal water protections won’t slow some projects – Associated Press. The Supreme Court may not issue its ruling until 2023. K-12 STEM education and student performance across demographic and socioeconomic categories and geographic regions. Public comments on the proposed rule close March 28, 2022.

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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.” He’s one of the main contributors to Project 2025 , the battle plan for a Trump transition (read more on the architects of this plan here ). Trump did it once before.

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