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Now You’re in Law School. What Should You Take?

Legal Planet

If you become an IP lawyer, there’s work to be done on clean energy technologies. One important area for work involves the energy sector. Clean energy has been growing rapidly, and Congress recently poured $379 billion more into cleaning up our energy system. Land Use Law. Social Justice Lawyering.

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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

Law Columbia

Construction and operation of an interstate natural gas pipeline requires a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (“FERC”) under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. The ruling raised a number of questions, including about the fate of power lines.

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Mountain Valley Pipeline: Science, Community Activism, and the Fight to Preserve Scientist voices

Union of Concerned Scientists

As such, we feel it is more important than ever for scientists to contribute to issues within their community and protect the voice of scientists in policy and regulation. 3 tips for scientists interested in informing policy and regulations 1. This brought the case to the U.S.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No. 5:14 -cv-39 (N.D. Sierra Club v. 16-1329 (D.C.

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ESA Policy News: November 7, 2022

ESA

USFWS: The agency granted threatened species protections for the Emperor Penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri ) under the Endangered Species Act. The Emperor Penguin is native to Antarctica and is the world’s tallest and heaviest penguin species. War in Ukraine Likely to Speed, Not Slow, Shift to Clean Energy, I.E.A.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. The states appealed the dismissal of the case. Missouri v.

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