Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

by Eleanor Putnam-Farr, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University Boulder, Colorado, passed stricter regulations against plastic bags at the beginning of 2024, banning them from all retail stores.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The CES, first enacted in 2017, requires retail sellers of electricity in Massachusetts to provide increasing quantities of clean electricity over time. The regulations were amended in 2020 to include a program for existing generation units, CES-E, which has several distinct requirements.

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Arnold & Porter partner Raqiyyah Pippins , who co-leads the firm’s Consumer Products & Retail industry team, was named to The National Law Journal' s 2021 "DC Rising Stars" list.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 29, 2023

The series will dive into the material, financial, and equity concerns prompting the law, the practical design challenges for its implementation, and the ideological divisions between its supporters and critics. The Legislature’s stated intent in shifting a portion of rates from volumetric charges (i.e., So, who will pay how much?

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If passed into law, the bill would be a valuable step toward limiting misinformation about fossil fuels and countering greenwashing. But federal regulations and consumer protections in Canada are lacking when it comes to fossil fuel companies’ faulty environmental claims.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 31, 2022

There is a lack of regulations for internal lead in products, despite the tendency for these products to fall apart and expose their dangerous hidden components. In addition to retailer accountability, the government must also protect consumers from these toxic exposures,” added Barker. There is no safe limit on lead.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

According to the National Retail Federation , around 20 percent of shopping occurs during November and December. The share of online transactions among total US sales grew from just under six percent in 2013 to around 15 percent in 2021, according to the Census Bureau’s Annual Retail Trade Survey.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Campbell Ranch proposed more than a decade ago to build 4,000 residences for 12,000 people, a commercial and retail center and two golf courses on 8,000 acres in the mountains east of the city, according to planning documents. The law also requires developers to replenish aquifers with the same amount of water that they withdraw. .

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

Regulators at the California Public Utilities Commission say they have opened an investigation. Why is the CPUC investigating when it doesn’t regulate natural gas producers? So, their retail prices, which are regulated by the CPUC, might be inflated if they are based on inflated wholesale prices of natural gas.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2022

Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address, in which she endorsed a suite of progressive environmental policies including product stewardship laws governing the paper and packaging industry, the New York Legislature has introduced a bill targeting environmental sustainability disclosures in the fashion and apparel industry.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 6, 2022

Restructuring generally addresses one of two parts of the electricity industry: generation and retail. Retail restructuring focuses on giving end-user consumers choices as to whom they purchase electricity from. Generation restructuring focuses on creating competition in the generation of electricity.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point. Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Climate Change Mitigation.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The PUC’s Office of Administrative Law Judge presided over a mix of telephonic and in-person hearings – a total of 620 evidentiary hearings and 32 public input hearings. In 2023, the PUC Law Bureau regularly represented the Commission in an average of 45 open state and federal court appeals each quarter.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Because batteries can be hazardous if improperly handled, transporting them involves additional regulations and can constitute 40 to 60% of battery recycling costs.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

These upsetting incidents highlight the disproportionate impact of toxic exposures on vulnerable and marginalized communities and the dire need for increased disclosure and transparency in our toxics laws. . Retailers don’t ensure product safety. Only two PFAS substances (PFOS, PFOA) have been regulated thus far.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 15, 2022

EPA is hosting virtual feedback sessions to provide input on new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law initiatives about end-of-life battery collection and labeling. This includes: battery manufacturers; battery retailers; battery recyclers; … Continue reading Webinar: Development of Battery Collection Best Practices and Labeling Feedback?.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 16, 2023

Transitioning to new cooling systems that comply with federal and state laws can cost retailers $1 million or more per store. Read the full story at Grocery Dive. But delaying action could also be expensive, experts say.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design. In some states, the elevation of economic efficiency spurred a growing interest in setting retail rates at as close to marginal cost as possible, which had implications for fixed charges. Regulators are acting on these redistributive concerns.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Here I’ll ask whether expanding environmental review analyses to consider socioeconomic impacts will really advance more equitable application of environmental law. But it’s not clear at all that changing the law to incorporate socioeconomic impacts analysis in CEQA would actually benefit disempowered communities in California.

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Manning Law

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Today, the Government of Canada announced that draft regulations prohibiting certain single-use plastics have been published for public comment. It is the Government’s intention to finalize these Regulations and bring the ban into force as quickly as possible and as early as late 2022 after reviewing and considering comments received.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Each of these spheres is regulated at the federal, state, and local levels. And while each brief focuses on the domain of the agency or group submitting it (and the law professors’ brief discusses state and local authority under the U.S Building & Appliance Energy Use. While the parties in CRA v. DOE Brief 8).

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 17, 2023

That’s a lot of face time with the people who are making decisions about how to tackle climate change and regulate the oil and gas industry. The Prime Minister himself also took one meeting with gas distribution and retail company Parkland Corporation.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 8, 2023

The 15% VMT reduction threshold for residential and retail projects from the prior version of the 2022 Guidelines (also addressed in the May 2, 2022 blog post) remains in place. Conclusion and Implications The 2022 Guidelines are ambitious and in keeping with the tenor and tone of land use regulation in California at this point in time.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program. 9601) and petroleum products.”.

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Acoel

JUNE 17, 2021

The New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020 (ERA), signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy on January 7, 2021 (Senate Bill 3295), is comprised of an array of programs that include a broadening of New Jersey’s incentives for developers to clean up Brownfields. Posted on June 17, 2021 by David B.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2022

Ontario’s Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act is designed to shift responsibility for waste management off of municipalities and taxpayers and on to goods producers, retailers, etc. And EPR regulations are weak for other types of waste as well. An Ontario blue box recycling bin overflowing with plastic packaging.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 21, 2013

On August 21, CCCL released a new white paper that evaluates the legal workability and constitutionality of regulating imports into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or “RGGI” (for background on RGGI, the Northeastern states’ cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide, see prior posts ).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

At the other end of the spectrum, a recent poll of “retail” investors—individuals with investments such as mutual funds or stocks—found that 70 percent support the SEC requiring corporate climate-risk disclosure. Stronger steering by regulators and policymakers has the potential to close this gap.”.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 27, 2023

In 2018 and 2019, the City adopted ordinances to tax and impose licensing procedures and regulations on commercial cannabis businesses, but it was also required to designate certain parcels in the City where cannabis-related land uses would be permitted before it could accept permit applications.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 10, 2022

Tackling Food Insecurity in Urban Food Deserts: A Legal Toolkit By Colleen McGrath , Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23) and Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 10, 2022 Despite their crowded streets, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Newark, Chicago, and other large urban communities are often considered food deserts.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 28, 2023

Abraham Lizama bought a turquoise knitted sweater in H&M’s “The Conscious Choice” collection from a retail store in St. According to Lizama, he believed this meant his sweater was made using “more sustainable and environmentally friendly” manufacturing practices.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 13, 2019

In total, there are four new rules and interpretations: Regulation Best Interest (“BI”); Form CRS, a new form for advisers and brokers; the Fiduciary Duty Release; and the Release on the “solely incidental” investment adviser exclusion. [2] The compliance date for Regulation BI and Form CRS is June 30, 2020. 2, or other documents.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2023

The average gas station goes through roughly 2,600 gallons of fuel every day and big-box stores average five times that amount, according to the Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing (NACS). A leak from a UST will often result in a loss of pressure, causing the flow of gas to become really, really slow.

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Renewable + Law

JULY 14, 2020

Circuit rejected the petitioners’ arguments that FERC exceeded its jurisdictional boundaries and intruded on regulatory matters left to the states in prohibiting states from barring ESRs located on their distribution and retail systems from participating in federal markets. 841 directly regulates those distribution systems.”

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Confirming initial projections when the law was passed, models now predict that IRA will significantly cut emissions by 2030. Moreover, “household and business retail investment in purchasing and installing clean technologies like heat pumps and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) rose 32% year-on-year to $113 billion.”

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 15, 2021

With ransomware attacks on the rise, potential targets in sectors including retail , food , healthcare and life sciences, critical infrastructure , financial services, and government must face the increasing likelihood that nefarious global actors will take their most critical systems hostage. Contact Law Enforcement.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

After June 30, 2020, advisers and brokers will be required to provide retail investors with a copy of Form CRS. Form CRS is only required for SEC registered advisers who provide services to retail investors – natural persons, or their legal representatives, primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. Available at [link].

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