JANZEN AG

APRIL 22, 2020

The National Farmers Federation of Australia has published a Farm Data Code to assist tech providers with development of policies for collection of agricultural data. The Australian Farm Data Code arrived nearly five years after the North America’s “ Core Principles ” for ag data, the Privacy and Security Principles for Farm Data, so I thought it would be worth examining how these two documents compare, and whether Australian Farm Data Code is a refinement of North America’s Core Principles or a

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Columbia Climate Law

APRIL 24, 2020

Today, the Sabin Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of local governments in support of state and environmental petitioners in American Lung Association v. EPA , the lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s repeal of the Clean Power Plan and the dangerously weak replacement rule. The Clean Power Plan was the Obama Administration’s rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, the nation’s largest stationary source of climate pollution.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2020

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has authorized employers to test employees for the COVID-19 virus before permitting them to enter the workplace. The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that any mandatory medical testing of employees be “job related and consistent with business necessity.” Having determined that “an individual with the virus will pose a direct threat to the health of others,” the EEOC announced on April 23 that COVID-19 testing of employees does not

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Environment Next

APRIL 21, 2020

In Monday’s split decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) (i) does not preclude owners of contaminated property from pursuing state law claims for nuisance, trespass and strict liability, but (ii) requires EPA approval of any remedial action conducted on the landowners’ property.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Dario Piselli

APRIL 21, 2020

At the beginning of last year, the Global Policy journal published a research article on ‘Gridlock, Innovation and Resilience in Global Health Governance‘, that I had co-authored with Ilona Kickbusch, Michaela Told, Kyle McNally and the late David Held. One of the arguments of the study was that our era of growing health risks and Continue reading "Opinion on the Global Policy journal’s website: global health governance in the age of COVID-19".

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Eco Coach

APRIL 21, 2020

Tomorrow is Earth Day. Unlike past Earth Days, this one will be celebrated remotely as we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the large majority of us are practicing shelter in place. Even though the climate change and single use plastics (can you say plastic gloves?) discussions have been tabled to focus on this more immediate threat, it is important to remember that climate change is still here.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 22, 2020

Linda Sheehan, [link]. April 2020. The. 50. th. anniversary of Earth Day. , expected to be celebratory, arrives at a somber moment. COVID-19 human tragedies. continue to ravage communities, and UN Environment warns that “. nature is sending us a message. ” we must heed to avoid future pandemics. This Earth Day demands both deep reflection and bold action.

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Ohio Environmental Law

APRIL 23, 2020

On April 23rd, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a major ruling interpreting the breadth and scope of the Clean Water Act in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. The central issue was whether the Clean Water Act requires a permit when pollutants originate from a point source but are conveyed to navigable waters by a non-point source (in this case groundwater).

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

This week, in a split 7-2 opinion authored by Chief Justice Roberts, the Supreme Court held that Montana state law claims brought by private landowners against Atlantic Richfield Company (“ARCO”) for alleged impacts from the Anaconda Smelter Superfund site are not preempted by CERCLA and are not precluded by ARCO’s settlement of EPA’s CERCLA claims; however, any restoration damages awarded to the landowners must be spent on actual restoration of the property, as required by Montana state law, an

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