Energy & the Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

SB1259 hoses (can’t think of a dignified term) royalty owners by amending Natural Resources Code §91.402 to deny a common-law cause of action for breach of contract against a payor who withholds payments for a title dispute. This change applies only to QC’s recorded after the effective date of Septmber 1, 2021.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When efforts by county officials to resolve the dispute informally with LADWP failed, the County sued, arguing that LADWP’s unilateral action violates California’s most iconic environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Earlier this year, a trial court agreed, ruling in the County’s favor. But it’s not.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 , the notorious law the Legislature passed in 2019 that slapped Ohio ratepayers with a monthly surcharge to bail out two struggling nuclear plants. 6 was signed into law by Ohio Gov. She is now the Midwest campaign manager at the Natural Resources Defense Council. But thanks to H.B. Mike DeWine.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians. 27 Released 1.1

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Law Columbia

JUNE 4, 2024

Can the new advisory opinion interpreting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) move us beyond the lethargy of unmet climate change policy needs ? By accepting the COSIS request, ITLOS boldly advanced the international law of climate change to take full account of its harmful impacts on the marine environment.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

(NJ-7), Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-8) , and Congressman Marc Molinaro (NY-19), highlighting the importance of investing in our critical natural resource, the Delaware River Watershed. Since 2018, the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program has provided $55.1 million in funding to 195 projects, which generated $79.2

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

In 1993, the State of Louisiana enacted the Oilfield Site Restoration Law (“OSRL”) with the goal of cleaning up and closing orphaned oilfield sites through the use of the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund (the “Fund”). The Litel case began as a legacy lawsuit, in which Pioneer Natural Resources, Inc. 30:80 et seq. Lyon Well #1.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

PGE’s failure is a violation of the state’s Clean Streams Law,” said Barb Jarmoska, spokesperson for the Friends of the ‘Sock. The Loyalsock is classified by DEP as an Exceptional Value stream whose water quality must be protected by law, with no degradation. For more information on this project, visit the Keep It Wild PA website.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 25, 2023

Zumbach’s son-in-law is co-owner of a large cattle feeding operation near Bloody Run Creek, a cold water trout stream in northeast Iowa. The state Department of Natural Resources was directed to write a new plan that plaintiffs assert should dramatically reduce the number of animals, and the manure running off into Bloody Run Creek.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

Kelly moved for partial summary judgment against Aethon, citing a December 15, 2017 letter and April 17, 2018 letter as satisfying the requirements of La. In addition, the April 17, 2018 letter also closely tracked La. and sought to enforce the forfeiture penalty contained in La. respectively. because it did not expressly cite La.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

DEP issued conventional oil and gas operators a record total of 6,860 violations for all infractions of law and regulations in 2023, nearly 52% more than in 2021. In 2023, DEP reported plugging 169 conventional wells primarily with the additional taxpayer funding provided by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Read more here.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 29, 2021

Wells Environmental Clinic at UCLA School of Law is representing Los Angeles Waterkeeper on matters related to the subject of this post. The Superior Court sided with the boards and upheld the 2012 permit, and NRDC and LAW appealed. See Natural Resources Defense Council v. State Water Resources Control Board , No.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Beirne Green Hills Farms Unit A1H (2018) -- Chief Oil & Gas LLC (now Chesapeake Appalachia LLC) - Asylum Twp. Beirne Green Hills Farms Unit A2H (2018) -- Chief Oil & Gas LLC (now Chesapeake Appalachia LLC) - Asylum Twp. Beirne Green Hills Farms Unit A4H (2018) -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Albany Twp. Ridgebury Twp.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Peter Lehner On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), historic legislation that for the first time directly addresses climate change mitigation across multiple sectors, including agriculture. Thus, thanks to IRA funding, fewer farmer applicants will be turned away.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 15, 2023

The money comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and applies to three areas of improvement: grid resilience, dam safety, and environment. Comments on the proposal are being accepted through June 12 via www.regulations.gov using docket number NOAA–NMFS–2018–0052. The payments cover up to 30 percent of project costs.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Shapiro To Make Major Announcement Wed., March 13 At 10:15 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Loyalsock EV Stream The Loyalsock is classified by DEP as an Exceptional Value stream whose water quality must be protected by law, with no degradation. The Creek was also named by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as the 2018 Pennsylvania River of the Year and called a “timeless treasure.”

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

As a matter of law, the Court also held the County improperly relied on the existing facilities exemption for the project. or if the public agency failed to give the notice required by law.” Existing Facilities Exemption Did Not Apply As A Matter of Law. Factual/Procedural Background. Applying the holding of Tomlinson v.

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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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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A November 28 inspection report by the Department of Environmental Protection resulted in the agency issuing more Clean Streams Law violations to PA General Energy at the Shawnee water withdrawal and natural gas pipeline construction site on the Loyalsock Creek in Gamble Township, Lycoming County. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

of) our public natural resources’, which entails complying with all the legal/ fiduciary requirements of a trustee. In closing, we quote the 1971 Constitutional Amendment, “People have the right to clean air, pure water and to the preservation of the natural, scenic and esthetic values of the environment.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 30, 2022

Louisiana’s compulsory pooling scheme seeks to balance the interests of individual landowners and oil and gas operators to promote responsible development of natural resources. Author Ethan Wood. This first letter did not contain an explicit reference to 30:103.1, This letter also did not include a specific reference to 30:103.1

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2022

An October 13 inspection by the Department of Environmental Protection again found multiple violations of the state Clean Streams Law and Solid Waste Management Act at the PA General Energy Shawnee water withdrawal and natural gas pipeline construction site on the Loyalsock Creek in Gamble Township, Lycoming County. Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The EPA inspector general said in 2018 that the agency lacked risk assessments for hundreds of chemicals found in biosolids. As with other environmental laws, the Biden administration wants to undo changes wrought by the previous president. In context: EPA Watchdog Flags Unregulated Pollutants in Treated Sewage Sludge. $15

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Manning Law

APRIL 4, 2021

In 2018, Parliament enacted the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act , S.C. 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. 186 (“ GGPPA ”). Federalism.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for six projects aimed at improving public access, recreational opportunities and water quality, as well as enhancing shoreline and critical habitat. The Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund, created in 2018, is funded by the U.S. Funding includes more than $4.5

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter. A career specialist in soils and forestry health, most of it with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, a unit of the U.S. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J. September 15, 2022 .

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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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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

On May 18, the Natural Resources Defense Council released a new report illustrating how the PJM Interconnection plans to speed up the queue for new generation projects will likely be insufficient for states committed to renewable portfolio standard requirements.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2023

“There were deficiencies found on the part of the company when it came to their best management practices in controlling erosion and sedimentation,” said Captain Anthony Quarrancino, from the Fish and Boat Commission Central Law Enforcement Office in Bellefonte. “So, Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In 2018, Toyota was ordered to pay out $21.9 lawsuit over vehicle metal quality Tina Bellon, Yuka Obayashi | Reuters | March 6, 2018 U.S. T accusing the companies of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in fraud by concealing the use of substandard metal components in vehicles. Kobe Steel, Toyota hit with U.S.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Enbridge needed to get a permit from the state’s Department of Natural Resources to pump water out of the construction trench. The suit builds off of a 2018 law, passed by the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, that gave inherent legal rights to wild rice. The lead plaintiff in the case is manoomin : wild rice.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

maritime law experienced two significant changes on December 23, 2022—one pertaining to liability for oil pollution, the other concerning small passenger vessels. Those limits were last increased in 2018 to $137,659,500 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. [12] The Law of Admiralty 919 (2d ed. 438, 446 (2001). [14]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The VIDA, enacted in December 2018, will standardize incidental discharge permits and regulations, replacing the 2013 Vessel General Permit (“VGP”) that commercial vessels are currently required to follow. If you have further questions regarding this topic, contact Liskow attorneys Nicolette Kraska , Emily von Qualen , or Clare Bienvenu.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

“The Coalition commends Senator Carper, Representative Blunt Rochester, and Representative Fitzpatrick for reintroducing the Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act to continue supporting the Basin through critical funding, bolstering our ability to protect and preserve this beloved natural resource for future generations.

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