Legal Planet
JANUARY 13, 2022
The majority opinion in the OSHA vaccine case essentially characterizes the OSHA regulation more a general public health rule than a workplace safety rule, because it is not tied to the risks of particular types of workplaces or industries. EPA , which involves the scope of EPA’s authority to restrict carbon emissions from power plants.
Law and Environment
JANUARY 9, 2024
Last week, the 9 th Circuit voted against rehearing en banc its decision from last April finding the City of Berkeley’s ban on natural gas connections in new construction to be preempted by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Judge Friedland, joined by seven other judges (and three senior judges!)
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Legal Planet
DECEMBER 5, 2023
The first week of COP28, the UN climate talks taking place in Dubai, saw a handful of big announcements about how world leaders plan to tackle human-made climate change by targeting methane, a powerful short-term climate pollutant. Join us at the Climate Registry’s Pavilion on Wed, Dec 6 at 11am.
Law and Environment
APRIL 18, 2023
On Monday, the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the City of Berkeley ordinance entitled “Prohibition of Natural Gas Infrastructure in New Buildings” was preempted by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The post Berkeley’s Ban on Natural Gas in New Construction is Preempted: What Will Happen to Other Local Bans?
Law and Environment
JULY 12, 2021
Last week, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that the Berkeley ordinance essentially banning use of natural gas in new construction was not preempted by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Berkeley, with a population of barely 100,000 people, is trying move public policy towards an end of new natural uses of natural gas.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 8, 2024
It is only fitting that those counties which choose to support the safe and responsible development of our domestic energy resources [natural gas] benefit from those Impact Fee and Legacy funds,” said Sen. MDN said the Center for Climate Integrity made a similar pitch to have Allegheny County file a similar lawsuit.
Legal Planet
APRIL 16, 2024
and climate change. Others may surprise you , like his embrace of natural gas as a fuel and his reservations about regulating emissions. Others may surprise you , like his embrace of natural gas as a fuel and his reservations about regulating emissions. Emissions regulation.
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