Legal Planet
AUGUST 15, 2023
State of Montana, a Montana trial court ruled that the state Constitution’s guarantee of a healthy and clean environment prevails over Montana’s longstanding fossil-fuel-based state energy system. Critically, the Juliana case relied on federal law. The court’s 103-page decision in Held v. The August 14th Held v.
Law and Environment
DECEMBER 19, 2022
And the Department of Energy, which makes National Corridor designations, has said that it intends to provide a process to designate such corridors on a route-specific, applicant-driven basis to address roadblocks as they arise. Background. Comments on the notice will be due 90 days after publication in the Federal Register.
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The Energy Law Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2021
The Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (the “Act”), which was passed into law on November 15, 2021, included key amendments to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”) that pave the way for carbon sequestration in offshore federal waters.
Legal Planet
MARCH 28, 2023
This power originated in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which gave DOE authority to designate “National Interest Electric Corridors” (NIETCs), if, based on a “ Congestion Study ” released once every three years, it found that a region’s lack of transmission capacity was already constraining economic growth.
Acoel
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
In actuality, the Standard Time Act of 1918 was enacted during the first World War as an initiative to conserve fuel. Repealed and reinstated during World War II, it wasn’t until 1966 that DST was again enshrined in federal legislation, the Uniform Time Act.
The Energy Law Blog
OCTOBER 12, 2022
This is the first in a series of articles in which Liskow’s offshore team will discuss the regulatory framework for wind energy projects in federal waters and highlight legal issues pertinent to this dynamic area. Status of Wind Energy in the Gulf of Mexico. 585.107(f).
The Energy Law Blog
JULY 25, 2013
To understand the stormwater permit requirements for oil and gas activities, you need to review not only the regulations that remain in force, but also the Clean Water Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. CWA §402(l)(2). See Natural Resources Defense Council v. 3d 591 (9th Cir.
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