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“Fully Protected” No More?

Legal Planet

But the package also makes a major change to California species protection law. This year, the last day for policy committees to hear bills fell at the end of April, so some may be wondering how these newly-introduced policy changes are nonetheless on the path to becoming law. appeared first on Legal Planet.

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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

Aside from the environmental implications of eliminating water quality monitoring for nutrients released from aquaculture operations, the provision raises another legal question and policy question: Does the provision violate the N.C. This session, the legislature amended the animal waste system permitting law, G.S. Under the N.C.

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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center’s Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative provides pro bono legal counsel to community members who support renewable energy projects.) . In contrast to the natural gas permitting scheme, no federal law provides a specific approval process for siting oil pipelines. Three Recent Pipeline Setbacks.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A threatened species is one that is “likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.”

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. An ongoing Supreme Court case (Sackett vs. EPA) has the potential to shape the scope of this law. Gardner, JD – Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, Stetson University College of Law.

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