The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

On February 1, 2016, a federal district court issued a ruling in Moore v. The court interpreted the 2014 amendments to Act 312 (La. In interpreting a prior version of Act 312, the Louisiana Supreme Court explained in State v. Denbury , — F.3d 2016) , with important implications for “legacy” lawsuits in Louisiana.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

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. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it. and non-U.S.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

The CEQA Guidelines have been revised to clarify the appropriate methodology for measuring and assessing the significance of GHG emissions, consistent with recent case law. These new requirements are consistent with the California Supreme Court’s decision in Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth v. 4th 412 (2007).

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Below we take a closer look at each category of lawsuits and provide an update on where they stand today. The twelve-day bench trial was the first time a fossil fuel company addressed in court its understanding of climate change and the risks it poses to its business. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 3d 1233(A), 1 (N.Y. 9-10 (emphasis in original).

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Law Columbia

MAY 10, 2023

If a lease is producing or “known to contain valuable deposits of oil or gas,” it can only be cancelled “by court order.” The land covered by ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A leases falls into the second category. For example, BLM has previously said that ConocoPhillips’ leases entitle it to extract oil and gas resources, “subject to regulation.”

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Tioga County; -- Frontier Natural Resources: Winner Well Pad, Keating Twp., Potter County; -- Seneca Resources Co. Winter Storm Elliot Causes Natural Gas Infrastructure Failure Natural gas infrastructure failures during Winter Storm Elliot resulted in the proposed imposition of an unprecedented $1.8

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Winter Storm Elliot Causes Natural Gas Infrastructure Failure Natural gas infrastructure failures during Winter Storm Elliot resulted in the proposed imposition of an unprecedented $1.8 billion in nonperformance penalties on natural gas-fired and other electric generators in the PJM Interconnection electric grid region.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Unless this new section 19 is read by the New York courts in a way different from the way they have read the other 18 sections of the Bill of Rights, section 19 will not give the person whose air is dirty a right to sue the polluter directly. That is, if soot from a natural fire contaminates the air, is the air not “clean”? Envt’l Def.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To get a better sense of where the court may be heading, I spoke with Sean Donahue , an environmental lawyer who argued one of the cases and was there for the other two oral arguments. This doctrine limits the power of agencies to issue regulations of “extraordinary” importance and was used by the Supreme Court in West Virginia v.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. 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. United States , 547 U.S.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

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. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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Ohio Environmental Law

MAY 8, 2020

Supreme Court in Rapanos v. The NWPR covers four categories of waters: The territorial seas and traditional navigable waters (i.e., Supreme Court in County of Maui v. Does Ohio law protect wetlands and waters that are not federally protected? Following the 2006 decision by the U.S. federally protected).

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

ESA & ESAL Webinar “Protecting Waterways for Healthy Communities and Ecosystems” – Monday, May 8 at 2:00 pm Join ESAL and ESA to learn how science and policy intersect to protect waterways, hear from local advocates for ecologically sound practices, and discuss the potential impact of an ongoing Supreme Court Case. Register here.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

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. Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee leaders introduce legislation to reauthorize the Department of Energy Office of Science. Supreme Court to hear climate case. Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approves new PFAS standards. These resources are detailed in the newly released spend plan from the U.S.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

EPA unveiled a proposed rule that would take the Navigable Waters Protection Rule off the books and reinstate long-standing regulations defining which streams and wetlands are subject to federal protection, a category known as “Waters of the U.S.,” Court of Appeals that found wetlands on their property to be jurisdictional.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Appeals court rules that US Fish and Wildlife Service improperly denied protections for Pacific walruses. The agenda notes DOE is preparing a major rulemaking to reduce the use of fossil fuels in federal buildings — an implementation of a 2007 law. Executive Branch. US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. Lawmakers voted down amendments from Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) that would have designated funding sources for the bill.

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