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LNG Facilities Facing Environmental Challenges

The Energy Law Blog

The permit was issued under the Clean Water Act in March 2019 – the same year the project received FERC approval – and will allow construction crews to “clear, grade, excavate and place fill material” on site to build the plant, which is being built on a 1,000-acre site on the west bank of the Calcasieu River, south of Lake Charles. [1]

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Governor Edwards Indicates that Offshore Wind is on the Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico

The Energy Law Blog

The Task Force’s duties include recommending strategies, policies and incentives aimed to curb growth of greenhouse gas emissions in Louisiana. At the Task Force’s inaugural meeting on Monday, November 9 th , Governor Edwards spoke on the need to address the effects of climate change in Louisiana. Part 585.

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Governor Edwards Indicates that Offshore Wind is on the Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico

The Energy Law Blog

The Task Force’s duties include recommending strategies, policies and incentives aimed to curb growth of greenhouse gas emissions in Louisiana. At the Task Force’s inaugural meeting on Monday, November 9 th , Governor Edwards spoke on the need to address the effects of climate change in Louisiana. Part 585.

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What’s a Major Question? Opinions differ.

Legal Planet

EPA , the Supreme Court used the “major question doctrine” to overturn Obama’s signature climate change regulation. Labeling and reuse requirements for cylinders with HFCs, the super-powerful greenhouse gases. Applying Clean Water Act to shrimp trawlers’ dumping of bycatch back in the ocean.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Typically used in conjunction with “greenhouse gas” but some emissions are not GHGs.

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Protecting the Ocean Means Protecting Communities

Ocean Conservancy

When we think about plastic pollution, we often think about where plastic products—from water bottles to microplastics—end up. But plastics present a much broader threat to our ocean, climate and marginalized coastal communities. More plastic means more pollution—for the climate, coastal communities and our ocean.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

million for PFAS clean-up. It also directs the Department of Defense to ensure that its core processes fully consider and make adjustments to account for climate change and ensure the climate resilience of DoD assets. 6180 ) to incentivize removing invasive lionfish from the oceans. The bill includes $514.3

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