Vermont Law

APRIL 14, 2014

Recently, at Vermont Law School’s annual Solutions Conference, a panel discussion highlighted the need for a stronger indigenous voice in natural resource management. On Friday, March 28, Vermont Law School (VLS) held a panel discussion, revealing the need for a stronger indigenous voice in natural resource policy.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Tammany zoning ordinance prohibiting hydraulic fracturing was preempted under State law. [4] Welsh , 2015-1152 (La. Tammany’s attempt to ban hydraulic fracturing eight years ago, which was ultimately struck down by Louisiana courts, finding that the St. Ordinance No. Tammany Parish Government v. 3/9/16); 199 So.3d

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2023

Negrin is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law. Cindy Dunn Cindy Dunn has served in the position of Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources since the beginning of the Wolf Administration in 2015. Click Here for her bio. Click Here for his bio.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

But people across the Colorado legal community, the broader Western water community, and a far-flung network that includes Berkeley Law staff, faculty, and alumni. Long-term connections with Berkeley Law. Justice Hobbs’ connections with Berkeley Law run deep. He got his JD here in 1971. I was lucky enough to be one of them. .

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Law Columbia

MAY 23, 2022

He also previously worked as a litigation associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and as a law clerk for Senior U.S. Before law school, he served as a special assistant to the President and Executive Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. from Yale Law School in 2015 and a B.A.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

21-454 (May 25, 2023) is a landmark ruling in environmental law interpreting the scope of water bodies covered by the Clean Water Act (CWA) – an issue that has been debated by courts, presidential administrations, and federal agencies for decades. Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. United States , 547 U.S. 715, 739 (2006). [3] concurring).

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

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. Department of Justice.”

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2022

2015-011-L ). Watch Merck testify in favor of Senate Bill 619 on September 30, 2020 before the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. PACD is dedicated to preserving and protecting our natural resources and believes that current PA law requiring all spills to be reported to DEP is safer for all of our county citizens.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2021

2015-011-L ). For any existing litigation, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources would be substituted for the private entity trying to claim the public easement under this legislation. Environmental, conservation, wildlife and many other groups have opposed this legislation. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

While private-sector innovations will play very important supporting roles, our state’s legislative and executive branches must develop and pass laws and regulations to lay the groundwork for growth in employment in the clean energy sector, and for a safe and adaptable future for people and natural resources.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 18, 2021

Under the settlement agreement, the DuPont agreed to pay $50 million for environmental restoration, improvement, sampling and analysis, community environmental justice and equity grants, and other natural resource needs. That type of judicial redress may be more efficacious than new, after the fact laws and regulations (i.e.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

Riparian rights were inherited and adapted from British common law and are primarily used in rainy eastern states. By incentivizing the occupation of land, ownership by force, and exploitation of natural resources, the state and federal governments promoted the violent dispossession and genocide of Native Americans from the land.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Greenworks Law & Consulting LLC The following article first appeared on LinkedIn November 19, 2022 -- On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf quietly signed into law resurrecting the prospect of liquified natural gas ("LNG") export facilities at the Port of Philadelphia. By Lauren M. Williams, Esq., Williams, Esq.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Pennsylvania-based natural gas producer is building a water withdrawal point on the stream and laying a 20-inch pipeline across it to connect up to 80 fracked gas wells that will be developed on mountaintops on opposite sides of the stream in Loyalsock State Forest. Tom Wolf placed a moratorium on fracking leases in state forests in 2015.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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CEQA Developments

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Those exemptions apply, respectively, to regulatory agency actions to “assure the maintenance, restoration or enhancement of a natural resource” (CEQA Guidelines, §15307) or “of the environment” or for the “protection of the environment” (§15308) “where the regulatory process involves procedures for the protection of the environment.” ( Ibid. )

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

2, 2015), Docket No. 1451 et seq.). [3] 3] 15 U.S.C. 717b(a), (e). [4] 4] Shell U.S. (“Pivotal” or “Pivotal II”) , 151 FERC ¶ 61,006 (Apr. RP15-259-000. [5]

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

2015-011-L ). For any existing litigation, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources would be substituted for the private entity trying to claim the public easement. Environmental, conservation, wildlife and many other groups have opposed this legislation. Read more here.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The management of natural lakes is controlled by state agencies acting pursuant to state law. Other states grant the authority to control the use of water to a state agency like a natural resource department. FERC issues licenses to hydropower operators detailing how and when electricity production may occur.

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Environment Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

planets are needed to meet the current economic demand for Earth’s natural resources. Developed in 1992 (and updated in 2015), ISO 14000 is a set of globally-recognized standards that, when adhered to, significantly reduce the environmental impact of business operations. Official revisions were released in 2004 and 2015.

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Manning Law

APRIL 4, 2021

Countries around the world committed to drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under the 2015 Paris Agreement. Specifically, the law required provinces and territories to implement carbon gas pricing systems by January 1, 2019 or adopt one imposed by the federal government. The Federal Carbon Pricing Law Is Constitutional.

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HumanNature

APRIL 28, 2022

Left to natural regeneration, tree species must be able to disperse to climatically suitable environments for present-day regeneration of seedlings and for long-term survival of adults. 2015; Rehfeldt et al., 2019; Pedlar et al., Wildfire-Driven Forest Conversion in Western North American Landscapes. BioScience , biaa061. Williams, M.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Constitution, the legislature adopts the laws under which state agencies operate, but responsibility for implementing those laws rests with executive branch agencies like DEQ. This session, the legislature amended the animal waste system permitting law, G.S. Under the N.C. See: House Bill 600, Sec. 9) STORMWATER. Amends G.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2020

Prior to 2015, BSEE routinely granted applications to decommission pipelines in place pursuant to 30 C.F.R. The origin of NTL 2009-G04 and SSRAs dates to 2008, when, in response to a request from Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (“LDNR”) and under the authority of 30 C.F.R.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 5, 2021

law, Amplify is responsible for the costs of containment, cleanup and damages to natural resources, including lost uses such as fishing, surfing and swimming. A good place to start is with efforts led by the City of Huntington Beach. . Hold the polluters responsible. According to U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 1, 2021

After the LL&E I decision, the case went to trial in 2015. The Energy Law Blog will explore the import of the prescription ruling in a separate post. The LL&E II Decision. The jury awarded $3.5 million to remediate the land in compliance with government standards pursuant to Act 312. Additionally, the jury awarded $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources bans road dumping oil and gas wastewater for any purpose on its over 6,500 miles of state forest roads. Non-Compliance A Norm Non-compliance with regulations and the law is not an isolated event with conventional well owners. more than in 2015. Read more here.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Amnesty International | November 3, 2015 Shell makes billions of dollars from selling oil and gas every year, and spends a fair bit of it on glossy marketing – including a project called #makethefuture, which asks young people for bright ideas to change the world. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 18, 2023

These young Montanans assert that, by supporting a fossil fuel driven energy system that causes and contributes to the climate crisis, Montana is violating their explicit constitutional rights to a “clean and healthful environment”; to seek safety, health, and happiness; and to individual dignity and equal protection of the law.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

186 IBLA 199 (2015). Together, these developments will undoubtedly lead to more litigation and a higher cost of doing business on the Outer Continental Shelf. The number of civil penalty cases has risen gradually since 2009, with a sharp increase over 2013-2015. In 2015, the average penalty was $87,119 over 42 cases.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot called Measure W a “ world-leading policy,” that can also help reduce pollution flowing into oceans and bays. has more resources than almost any other place in the country to harness rainfall to recharge groundwater basins for future use. As a result of Measure W, L.A.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Amnesty International | November 3, 2015 Shell makes billions of dollars from selling oil and gas every year, and spends a fair bit of it on glossy marketing – including a project called #makethefuture, which asks young people for bright ideas to change the world. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Amnesty International | November 3, 2015 Shell makes billions of dollars from selling oil and gas every year, and spends a fair bit of it on glossy marketing – including a project called #makethefuture, which asks young people for bright ideas to change the world. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Amnesty International | November 3, 2015 Shell makes billions of dollars from selling oil and gas every year, and spends a fair bit of it on glossy marketing – including a project called #makethefuture, which asks young people for bright ideas to change the world. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Act 312 sets forth a multi-step scheme that is triggered once a party is found responsible for environmental damage, culminating with Department of Natural Resources (“DNR”) approving a plan “to evaluate or remediate” the environmental damage. In May 2015, a jury found BP was responsible for the damage. 30:29(C)(2)(a).

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

2015 aerial photograph. A failure to make such a finding would grant the permit by operation of law. Next, the States allege that President Biden may not unilaterally revoke the permit because Congress expressly granted it by operation of law in the 2011 Act. A failure to do either would grant the permit by operation of law.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

2015 aerial photograph. A failure to make such a finding would grant the permit by operation of law. Next, the States allege that President Biden may not unilaterally revoke the permit because Congress expressly granted it by operation of law in the 2011 Act. A failure to do either would grant the permit by operation of law.

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