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Law Columbia
DECEMBER 21, 2023
or a natural resource [e.g., Though the CFTC’s mission originally focused on futures and options for agricultural commodities, Congress expanded its authority over the years to include oversight of other types of derivatives as well. The CFTC defines a commodity as “an agricultural product [e.g., wheat, cotton, rice, etc.]
The Energy Law Blog
JUNE 2, 2020
1331 because the cities’ claims were “necessarily governed by federal common law.” Do State Nuisance Claims Related to Climate Change Arise Under Federal Law? the district court found that the Plaintiffs’ claims supported federal question jurisdiction because those state-law claims were “necessarily governed by federal common law.”
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PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Congress enacted the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) requiring post approved and permitted 1977 (coal only) mine owners to remediate any environmental damage that they caused. To address this problem, in 1977 the U.S.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
MARCH 5, 2024
Notably, USDA chose to forgo protections for “ market vulnerable individuals ,” a novel and expansive category included in the proposed rule that may have protected growers whose ability to compete fairly was impeded in a highly concentrated marketplace on those grounds.
Law Columbia
MAY 10, 2023
In 1976, in the National Petroleum Reserves Act (“Reserves Act”), Congress transferred authority over the NPR-A from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior. The land covered by ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A leases falls into the second category. The case law suggests otherwise, however.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
MAY 10, 2024
Requires an annual report describing the amount of funding obligated with respect to each category of practice by state and the amount obligated under the program in each state, categorized by the size of operation. This opens the door for ground truthing the concept at NRCS, should this provision of RPFSA become law.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Previously, I taught law school, practiced solo, worked in the Appellate Section of the Justice Department’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division – and way back, I, like you, had the great honor of clerking for Justice Stevens. I’m an appellate litigator with a focus on climate and Clean Air Act cases. In Texas v.
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