Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Last week, the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne hosted an official COP21 side event: Social Dynamics and Climate Change. The conference was commissioned by the French government to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the social and institutional changes that will be needed to mitigate and adapt to global climate change. Several representatives from the Sabin Center attended the program as part of our Alliance Program —a joint venture between Columbia University and three prestigio

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Annie Warner. “A challenge that remains is to motivate the many participants of conferences and meetings to reduce their own carbon footprint, especially from travel.”. So reads the UNFCCC secretariat’s sustainability efforts web page.

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Eco Lawyers

OCTOBER 1, 2015

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In yet another “retained-acreage” dispute, the Amarillo Court of Appeals recently ruled that an assignee was entitled to retain all acreage covered by the assignment of four leases, where the assignment’s retained-acreage clause invoked the maximum acreage prescribed by the applicable field rules governing proration units, and, in the absence of any such field rules, deemed proration units to be 320 acres.

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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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New Scientist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

The most insidious consequences of the festive meal are a lot more interesting than you think

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Columbia Climate Law

JULY 9, 2015

Arijit Sen, Sabin Center Summer Intern. Recently, two competing plans to reform California’s four-tier electricity rate structure of the three investor-owned utilities (IOUs) [1] have emerged from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). On April 21, 2015, CPUC administrative law judges (ALJs) McKinney and Halligan filed a proposal that suggests implementing a two-tiered system, with a 20% maximum difference in rates for customers.

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Eco Lawyers

AUGUST 23, 2015

An explanation of our ?PCB? lawsuit against Monsanto, which we are litigating with Baron & Budd | Protecting What’s Right. The post PCB Lawsuit Against Monsanto appeared first on EcoLawyers.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2015

A Texas appeals court recently ruled in ConocoPhillips Company v. Vaquillas Unproven Minerals, Ltd. that a lease’s retained acreage clause invoked the Texas Railroad Commission’s field spacing rule as well as the statewide drilling unit rule, Rule 38, which operated to reduce the acreage the lessee was permitted to retain under the lease from 640 acres per well to 40 acres per well.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 17, 2015

T oday, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is releasing a set of model protocols for assessing the impacts of climate change on the built environment under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and state equivalents. The protocols are intended for use in environmental reviews of proposed buildings and infrastructure (we plan to initiate a similar project for natural resource and land management projects in the near future).

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Law Columbia

JULY 31, 2015

By Nancy Rader, Executive Director of the California Wind Energy Association, and Michael B. Gerrard, Columbia Law Professor and Director of the Sabin Center. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ move to ban utility-scale wind turbines and to impose severe restrictions on utility-scale solar in unincorporated areas of the county is not compatible with averting the worst impacts of climate change.

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Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition

Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (DEJI) policies, programs, and initiatives are critically important as we move forward with public and private sector climate and sustainability goals and plans. Underserved and socially, economically, and racially disadvantaged communities bear the burden of pollution, higher energy costs, limited resources, and limited investments in the clean energy and transportation sectors.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2015

Summary: Nuclear energy is one of the most debated subjects in the environmental policy and legal world. Questions that often arise are: Is it safe? Is it sustainable? Can it serve as a bridge to moving away from fossil fuels? However, what is often overlooked is the impact of nuclear power on our water systems, especially in drought prone areas.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Annie Warner. At this morning’s Comité de Paris meeting, COP President Laurent Fabius channeled Nelson Mandela, saying: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” At tonight’s COP meeting, Parties adopted the.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Sara Barnowski. Delegates and negotiators have worked around the clock for days (weeks, months, and years for some) to put together an agreement with prospects of being adopted. If everything goes according to plan, today, their efforts will come to fruition.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Annie Warner. Source: Ocean for Climate. “We are at a tipping point,” warned Angus Friday, Grenada’s Ambassador to the United States, in today’s side event on “The Importance of Addressing Oceans and Coasts in an Ambitious Agreement at the UNFCCC COP 21.

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Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital

As households and communities across the nation face challenges such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, extreme heat and cold, and thawing permafrost and flooding, we are increasingly searching for ways to mitigate and prevent climate impacts. During this event, national climate and housing expert Laurie Schoeman will discuss topics including: The two paths for climate action: decarbonization and adaptation.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Professor Tracy Bach. If all politics are local, but greenhouse gases find their way into the atmosphere’s international space, how can the global community act collectively on climate change?

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Kelsey Bain. Additionally, last year the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognized for the first time the benefits of family planning for impacting climate change. The IPCC report recognized the importance of family planning in areas with a high vulnerability to climate change, including the Sahel region of Africa, as

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Professor Tracy Bach. Despite these trends, McKibben concludes that COP21 “will be a way station in this fight, not a terminus.” He concludes that while the peoples movement on climate change has touched the international negotiations – that “the proposed agreement for the talks reflects some of the political shift that’s happe

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Last week, a federal jury in Mobile, Alabama, convicted a Norwegian-based shipping company of one count of conspiracy, three counts of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (“APPS”), three counts of obstruction of justice and one count of witness tampering. Three vessel crewmembers were convicted for obstructing justice, violating APPS, witness tampering and conspiracy.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Kelsey Bain. Sea-level rise is an unavoidable threat. facing our planet in the coming century. Even avoiding increasing global temperatures above 2°C likely wont save us from a twenty-foot rise in sea-level by. 2020.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Bonnie Smith. Chronic hunger plagues. 805 million people worldwide. Although this is 100 million less than 10 years ago, the future of food security remains uncertain in the face of climate change.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP21 Observer Delegation. By Madhavi Venkatesan, PhD. Given the defined divide in country specific stakeholders concerns, along with the lens of personal circumstances and beliefs, that promotes a heterogeneity of perspective among COP21 participants, the ultimate success in Paris may rely on the establishment of an agreeable definition of consensus.

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New Scientist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

The most insidious consequences of the festive meal are a lot more interesting than you think

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2015

In what may appropriately be called a “swing and a miss”, the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio has rejected plaintiffs’ attempt to avoid the need for medical expert testimony in a toxic tort case by pleading damages for “symptoms of discomfort” instead of disease. Cerny v. Marathon Oil Corp , et al., No. 04-14-00650-CV, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 10364 (Oct. 7, 2015).

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, will give the first David Sive Memorial Lecture on Environmental Law at Columbia Law School on Thursday, October 22, 2015, 7:00 p.m. His topic will be “The Arc of Environmental Law and the U.S. Department of Justice.” Cruden was confirmed as the principal environmental lawyer for the United States government by the U.S.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Summary: Following the European Union’s update of its policy on genetically engineered crops in March, Scotland and Germany became the first member states to use the policy to ban further cultivation of genetically engineered crops within their borders. With more member states likely to join Scotland and Germany in the wake of their bans, these new policies demonstrate a shift in how countries are thinking about the environmental effects of genetically engineered crops.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Background The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion regarding criminal liability under environmental statutes. United States v. Citgo Petroleum Corp., et al., No. 14-40128, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 15865 (5th Cir. Sept. 4, 2015). In what may be considered a warning shot to overzealous federal prosecutors looking to obtain criminal convictions under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) or the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”), the Court of Appeals reversed criminal convictions again

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Summary: The Fukushima Daiichi Disaster was a public health, environmental, and economic catastrophe, and Japan will feel its effects in those sectors for years to come. While Japan once had one of the world’s most diverse energy portfolios, the loss of its nuclear program has caused a sudden shift towards a fossil-fuel heavy generation industry. Subsequently, Japanese greenhouse gas emissions and electricity costs for industrial and residential consumers have skyrocketed.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

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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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

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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Vermont Law

AUGUST 31, 2015

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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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 10, 2015

On April 29, 2015, the United States Supreme Court adopted the long anticipated amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Pending Congressional review, the amendments will become law on December 1, 2015. Together, the adopted amendments evidence the Court’s emphasis on promoting cooperative case management and reducing the delays and considerable costs often associated with the discovery process.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 3, 2015

Summary: The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in . Michigan v. EPA. is a shift for this historically Clean Air Act-friendly Court. It is the first “anti-environmental” decision in the CAA realm since their 2007. Massachusetts v. EPA. ruling. Here, the Court concluded that EPA must consider compliance costs when determining . whether to . regulate toxic emissions from power plants, rather than consider the cost when determining . how to . regulate emissions.

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Vermont Law

JULY 15, 2015

Summary: The United States Fish and Wildlife Service held its second Ivory Crush in Times Square in June. The event helped raise awareness about the illegal ivory trade, and the threat it still poses to African elephants. While interning in NYC, I was able to attend the event, and this post describes my experience, as well as why events like these are important for elephant conservation.

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