Legal Planet

JUNE 20, 2022

Second, there are political and legal problems with equity weighting. The political problem is that equity weighting is progressive and therefore is likely to get a hostile reaction from conservatives (including conservative judges).

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Room 8E-A East Wing. Million Fine Is Latest Entry In Clairton Coke ‘Coal’ Plant’s Air Pollution History -- LancasterOnline: DEP Likely To Levy Fines Against Fulton Twp.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A: A few laws explicitly require cost-benefit analysis or at least something along those lines. Those laws are a minority. There are a few laws that actually prohibit agencies from considering costs, but agencies do cost-benefit analysis when implementing those laws for informational purposes.

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Environment, Law, and History

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A recent issue of Perspectives on Politics has a review by Richard Andrews of Kimberly K. Smith's The Conservation Constitution: The Conservation Movement and Constitutional Change, 1870–1930 (University Press of Kansas, 2020).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you call it updating, modernizing, or reforming, changes to the water rights system have long been considered a political third rail —the electric kind you don’t touch. This year, one of those water rights bills, Senate Bill 389 (SB 389) made it through the gauntlet of the legislature and will become law if Governor Newsom signs it.

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Legal Planet

JULY 11, 2022

A: The Court doesn’t address this question directly, but the major questions doctrine doesn’t seem to be a rule of constitutional law. . Q: When does an issue have “major political significance”? . A: “Political significance” seems to have a narrow meaning. . Q : Isn’t the major question doctrine awfully vague ?

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Besides the conservative tilt of today’s Supreme Court, the plaintiffs faced serious legal hurdles. law over past decades, some of the basic foundations they needed weren’t there or were very shaky. As I wrote in a previous post, several well regarded foreign courts have upheld claims that are similar in concept to the Juliana case.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN] -- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy Brings Wildlife Tracking, Tree Guardianship To Bristol Twp. Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb. Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb. School -- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center To Hold Holiday Camps Dec.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In 2014, the California legislature passed into law the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) , and for the first time, groundwater basins in the state would need to start cutting back on over-drafting our shared groundwater resource. This is definitely the case in the Cuyama Valley.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This blog post is adapted from testimony delivered at the New York City Department of Buildings hearing on proposed rule §103-14 , Procedures for Reporting on and Complying with Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Certain Buildings in connection with the City’s building performance standard, Local Law 97. Additionality.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2023

On April 12, DEP, DCNR and many guests dedicated the Law Library Conference Room in the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg to Franklin Kury, the legislative author of Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment to the state Constitution. constitutional amendment on environmental rights.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 15, 2024

Statement by Aliénor Rougeot, Program Manager, Climate and Energy It is good news for workers and communities that the Sustainable Jobs Act is one step closer to becoming law. The legislation faced significant challenges in Committee as Members from the Conservative Party proposed over 22,000 amendments.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

Those original “Hellbender Defenders” have been inspired to pursue careers in the fields of conservation, education, and the environment. She also graduated with minors in Biology and Political Science. Army and plans to apply to law school in the fall. She is now serving as a paralegal specialist in the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2023

5:15 to 6:15 p.m. -- Philly Voice: Greening Vacant Lots In Philly Raised Surrounding Property Values By 4.3% In First Year, Wharton Business School Study Finds -- TribLive: Pittsburgh Looks To Spend $2.6 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. -- Philly Voice: Greening Vacant Lots In Philly Raised Surrounding Property Values By 4.3%

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2023

Negrin is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Wagner College, where he was a consensus football all-American and served as captain of the 1987 National Championship football team. “As Click Here for her bio.

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Washington Nature

OCTOBER 2, 2023

She was born in Napa, California, to a lawyer mother and a judge father, who were thrilled when she followed their footsteps into the law. There, Martha embraced friluftsliv, the country's "right-to-roam" laws and philosophy that allow individuals to explore uncultivated and unfettered land.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

APRIL 8, 2024

In Washington, DC, the political party that governs the House, Senate, and White House is rightly portrayed as a major contributor to policy outcomes. But politics alone is far from the only determinant. Conservation and the Inflation Reduction Act There are several notable things worth examining within the conservation programs.

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Scientific American

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Justices heard arguments Wednesday in a case over a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2023

Once again, we’re teaming up with the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and headed to court this week to protect this important environmental law from the Government of Alberta’s efforts to strike it down. That’s why we’re in court defending this law. They even compared the law to the climate crisis.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 18, 2024

The article helped popularize the issue and the Bureau of Land Management today announced a final rule that, as the BLM press release describes, “recognizes conservation as an essential component of public lands management, on equal footing with other multiple uses of these lands.” We will find out soon enough. Download as PDF

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Curt Gervich, an associate professor in the Center for Earth and Environmental Science at SUNY Plattsburgh where he teaches courses in environmental leadership, law and policy, and sustainability will present the keynote address on April 14 at 6:30 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

22 -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? 4; Festival Of Wood Sept. 23-24; Much More! -- TribLive: Kiski Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2023

Steel Appeals Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Title V Air Quality Permit Issued By Allegheny County -- DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use [PaEN] -- EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 4 States Participating In Accelerated Lead Water Service Pipe Replacement Project In Underserved Communities -- Registration (..)

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

But a genetic study published in Frontiers in Conservation Science showed that the lynx population in France is in desperate need of help to survive. As there is a lack of genetic monitoring of the lynx in France and we consider that crucial for species conservation , we took the lead and did this work,” said Huvier.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

An entity classified as an “arm of the state” would be entitled to sovereign immunity provided by the Eleventh Amendment; in contrast, a “political subdivision” is not afforded the same protection. The burden of proof falls on the entity seeking immunity and SRA-L failed to meet its burden.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

It seems likely that the conservative majority of the justices will erode or, perhaps, dramatically jettison longstanding principles of environmental law and policy in the coming months. An environmental law dispute to be sure, but relatively mundane stuff. Supreme Court has agreed to decide this year. Jarkesy, No.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

By David Jennings, 1L Student, Vermont Law School. A DPS can be used to prioritize conservation for a declining population in a specific area, but can also be used to remove protections for populations that may have recovered. Gray Wolf conservation in the Northern Rockies: Can we protect wolves and ranchers? appeared first on.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

There can be no political freedom without there also being economic freedom. These criticisms arose over a concern for conserving the Amazon’s carbon sequestration potential and its abundant biodiversity. The deal, notably, strives to create a forum to manage sustainable approaches to agriculture, development, and conservation.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A native of Philadelphia, he received his Master's degree in Political Science from Lehigh University and his Bachelor's Degree in Politics from DeSales University. It has provided millions of dollars in pro bono legal services while setting critical precedents and enforcing environmental laws across the Commonwealth.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Supreme Court will hear arguments in an animal welfare case from California that could have profound, negative impacts on a host of the Golden State’s environmental laws and policies. Specifically, the trade groups claim that the California law violates so-called “dormant” Commerce Clause principles. Constitution.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Unless you’re deeply immersed in administrative law, you may not have heard of the major questions doctrine. It’s a legal theory that conservative judges have used with increasing rigor to block important regulatory initiatives. When does an issue have “major political significance”?

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

What is Conservation? We define conservation as a broad approach to preserving what is already there and the due care and attention to protecting it for the future (1). Resource conservation is the active ways in which we seek to limit the use of resources to reduce the strain put on supply. Conservation, Ethics, Philosophy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

This political rollercoaster ride was also unfolding across last year’s Danger Season , stressing the urgency of the need to act big, and act now. And just as suddenly, on August 16, 2022, the bill became law: the largest-ever one-time federal investment in climate action that humanity has ever seen. It was simply awesome.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 18, 2024

Many of us remember watching “Schoolhouse Rock” as a kid and learning how a bill becomes law. Since the USDA implements a broad variety of agricultural programming, from climate and conservation to research and nutrition, this bill is very important to the Union of Concerned Scientists’ agriculture and food security work.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 9, 2023

once a leading environmental lawyer who even taught and led a law clinic, is now a danger to climate progress. s long history in the environmental law scene, I’d argue that it’s particularly relevant to those of us at environmental law programs. That viewpoint—though fringe—is a problem that we should confront. Given RFK Jr.’s

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