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Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Seaweed Cultivation: Legal Challenges and Opportunities

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center today released the second in a series of white papers discussing legal issues associated with different ocean-based carbon dioxide removal techniques. the growing of kelp and other macroalgae which may be harvested for food, bioenergy, or other uses or sunk in the ocean to sequester the carbon it contains.

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This never-ending NIMBY challenge to the Vineyard Wind project illustrates that we may be winning renewable energy battles but still losing the war.

Acoel

His appeal is focused on the effect of the Vineyard Wind project on right whales, ignoring the effect of our warming oceans on these critically endangered species. Either we believe what the scientists are telling us about the effect Greenhouse Gases are having on our planet or we don’t. Here’s the thing.

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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. Army Corps of Engineers permitting requirements under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. 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. Army Corps of Engineers permitting requirements under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Part 585.

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What’s a Major Question? Opinions differ.

Legal Planet

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. Biden , 67 F.4 4 th 921 (9 th Cir. 2023), vacated as moot, 70 F. 4 th 1167 (9 th Cir. 3d 59 (D.C. NRC , 2023 WL 5498874 (5 th Cir.

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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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