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U.S. Fifth Circuit Limits Vessels’ Obligations Under Louisiana One-Call Reporting

The Energy Law Blog

A panel of the United States Fifth Circuit consisting of Chief Judge Stewart and Judges Jolly and Graves recently issued a per curiam opinion regarding the effect of the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Protection Law (the “Louisiana One-Call Statute”). Plains Pipeline, L.P. et al. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., et al., No. 14-31046, 2015 U.S.

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Pope Francis’ 2015 Encyclical: The Environmental Reader’s Digest Version

Vermont Law

Summary: In his May encyclical, Pope Francis called for swift global action on climate change. He linked science, morality and church doctrine to do so. Now, citizens around the globe are taking action. By Ashton Roberts. On May 24, 2015 Pope Francis used his. encyclical. as a vehicle to call for a sweeping transformation of politics, economics, and lifestyles to tackle environmental degradation and climate change.

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Texas Court of Appeals Rules on Permission Needed for Off-Lease Horizontal Drilling

The Energy Law Blog

The Fourth Court of Appeals recently held that surface owners control the matrix of the underlying earth; thus, a surface owner can give permission to drill through the subsurface to an adjacent lease. In Lightning Oil Co. v. Anadarko E&P Onshore, No. 04-14-00903-CV , 2014 Tex. App. Lexis 8673 (Aug. 19, 2015), Anadarko leased the mineral estate under the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area (CWMA), and entered into a Surface Use and Subsurface Easement Agreement (Agreement) with the adjacent s

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