Energy & the Law

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Wild Willy’s Welding LLC , a Texas case governed by Oklahoma law, Tite Water was Devon’s contractor under a Master Service and Supply Agreement. Their agreement stated that Willy’s was not considered Bedrock’s employee, agent, servant, or representative. The legalists prevailed. The facts In Tite Water Energy LLC v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Although it is impossible to conclude causation in her case, I was nevertheless struck by the potential relationship between tailpipe emissions and respiratory health. In January 2024, Representative Hank Johnson introduced H.R. In the exam room, all I can do is ensure she is receiving her proper medications.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

We are not rich people in this area and how would we be able to fix an expense like that?” -- “I’m concerned because the well they chose already has a problem with a natural gas leak and needs to be re-cased before it even gets started.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2024

The plan is already being challenged in court by the expected mix of outer-borough and neighboring state representatives who call the plan an unfair tax on commuters and right-wing groups that oppose regulation and transit in equal measure. It is a monumental step, regardless of the outcome of these cases.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

it represents a new and growing movement to assert and enforce future generations’ right to a habitable planet; and it allowed me to observe firsthand — and assist on — cutting-edge climate litigation. This summer I interned at Our Children’s Trust (OCT), the nonprofit representing those 16 youth plaintiffs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Since my blog, there have been at least two distinct court cases that the aftermarket parts industry has fought against EPA. In both cases, the courts found that the parties lacked standing. This case was dismissed because Gear Box Z was unable to prove that ANY of its products were sold to vehicles used in racing.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

Each stripe represents the global average temperature in that year compared to 1850. ‘We The one on the bottom represents strong climate action and the one at the top represents no action and shows intense warming by 2100. Join the Science Hub for Climate Litigation to learn how your work can help to inform climate cases.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 28, 2022

On March 30, 2022, the Brazilian Supreme Court, the most important judicial body in the country, will hear seven cases, and all of them are environmental cases. Two climate litigation cases are included on the docket on March 30th: PSB et al. The seven cases are expected to be decided on the same day.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 19, 2023

Roberts summarizes the reasoning of prior cases by saying that common sense indicate that it was very unlikely that Congress had meant to delegate such broad power in those cases. Perhaps the most important difference is in the justifications given for the doctrine.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 23, 2022

Lead Pollution, Demographics, and Environmental Health Risks: The Case of Philadelphia, USA. link] Abstract: Lead (Pb) soil contamination in urban environments represents a considerable health risk for exposed … Continue reading Lead Pollution, Demographics, and Environmental Health Risks: The Case of Philadelphia, USA.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

This requirement represents a big step for research transparency because the public will now be able to easily identify who was involved in the research-–including authors and funders. That kind of barrier represents a big, missed opportunity for society. Why is this such a big deal?

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2024

After graduating law school, Braymer was also an associate for the Quinn Law Firm, in Erie, PA, where he represented individuals and companies in a wide range of environmental and oil and gas matters. He returned to the Commonwealth as an Assistant Counsel with the Department of Environmental Protection in February 2004.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The package represents progress on a number of fronts. That criteria should be applied to other significant utility filings, including rate cases, but they were scaled back in the final legislation. The bill also increases funding for consumer, environmental, and other public interest groups to participate in MPSC cases.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 21, 2024

The federal withdrawal takes place within Ontario’s ongoing case against the designation. Environmental Defence, as represented by counsel from Ecojustice, is an intervenor in this legal case. The federal government must not abandon its responsibility to protect this wildlife in the interim period before a new Act is in place.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 7, 2023

It is essential that they partner with community representatives deeply and often, in order to best realize their missions of service.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Representatives from many affected communities have called for new approaches to offshore wind stakeholder engagement in numerous comments posted to federal and state agency dockets and in oral public workshop testimony. Advocates and community representatives have also expressed their ideas and needs in CLEE’s 2022 OSW stakeholder forums.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In her book, A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind , science writer Harriet Washington makes the case that environmental assaults on the developing brain—that are disproportionately inflicted on communities of color—can have lifelong implications.

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Inside Climate News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Their findings suggest that efforts to reduce emissions require even more urgency to avoid worst-case climate outcomes, the team reported.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 20, 2022

Canada makes its case for storing nuclear waste beneath the Great Lakes. In Case You Missed It: HotSpots H2O: In Chile’s Lithium Mines, Climate and Environment Are Dueling Priorities – A battle is brewing over the future of lithium, an essential component of the world’s transition to renewable energy. In Recent Water News.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

We look forward to the opportunity to defend PA’s RGGI Rule and our members’ rights under the Pennsylvania Constitution’s Environmental Rights Amendment in this case,” said Jessica O’Neill, Senior Attorney at PennFuture, on behalf of the parties.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

From the pro-environmental side of things, some Supreme Court rulings form guideposts to rely on, whereas others represent dangerous pitfalls to avoid. In reading over this list, it seems to me that there are two factors that determine how these cases get classified. The environmental side won most of these cases. Sierra Club v.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

Approximately 223 tons of carbon dioxide and 27,040 tons of methane were released, which represents approximately 10 percent of the total recorded methane emissions in Pennsylvania in 2022, based on DEP’s inventory of self-reported emissions data. Related Articles - Rager Mountain: -- Equitrans Determined Leak Of Over 1.1

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 17, 2024

Due to its location, demographics, and ambitious policy goals, Watsonville represents a potential model and case study for other cities around the state grappling with how to boost zero-emission vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 15, 2024

The youth are being represented by lawyers from EcoJustice and Stockwoods. Environmental Defence and West Coast Environmental Law, represented by West Coast lawyers Anna Johnson and Andrew Gage, are one of 11 groups of intervenors. What’s the case about? They’re right.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Sabin Center is asking contributors to: analyze the current cases in the Sabin Center’s global climate litigation database to assess whether there are any missing cases in their jurisdiction; update the Sabin Center regularly on new cases arising in their jurisdiction, as well as any developments in ongoing cases already in our database; and.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 19, 2023

While this represents a huge opportunity to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission trucks, as my colleague Dave Cooke pointed out , the proposed standards would fail to even keep pace with electric truck adoption projections—never mind accelerate it. This will help to accelerate the availability and deployment of electric trucks and buses.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 20, 2023

Here are the four flaws: First, the dispute about Maine lobstering is clearly a matter of public concern – for instance, Maine’s representatives in Congress have spoken out about it. The industry’s lawyers might have avoided filing such a defective case if they had only taken my class as beginning law students.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Last year, EPA estimated that EtO emissions from the South Memphis facility could contribute to as many as 2,000 additional cancer cases per one million people exposed—a risk level 200 times greater than what EPA deems “acceptable.” Finally, in late August, representatives for Sterilization Services of Tennessee announced in a letter to Rep.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 10, 2024

The Court declared the two other cases, Carême v. Klimaseniorinnen : Major Substantive Take-Aways With Klimaseniorinnen, the Court follows in the footsteps of various national courts , most notably the Dutch Urgenda ruling (see also the extensive overview of the domestic case-law in paras. France and Duarte Agostinho and Others v.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2024

Our new case study report , informed by interviews with city leaders and EV charging project directors, gathers insights from city programs that are leading efforts to expand charging infrastructure in the PROW. The case study programs covered in the report span 9 different cities, including Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York City.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2024

Steve has consulted with and represented numerous conservation organizations through the years and is proud to currently be affiliated with Western Pennsylvania Conservancy , Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy , and Manada Conservancy. PA Audubon Society of Western PA, decided in 2015 by the Orphans Court of Allegheny County.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Supreme Court responded to public concerns about its ethics by producing a Code of Conduct that lacks an enforcement mechanism, and it prepared to rule on cases that will determine whether agency experts or judges have more power over regulations and drug approvals. Gina Raimondo and Relentless, Inc v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These opinions are separate from any particular case, and instead, provide broad guidance for governments in their specific legal context. Within the broader climate community, these various advisory opinions represent an exciting opportunity to move climate action forward and elevate the voices of those most impacted by climate change.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 7, 2024

The US again argued (again supported by Saudi Arabia and Japan) that assessment should happen elsewhere than UNEP: in this case through the recently announced scientific ‘lighthouse’ process of the World Climate Research Programme of the World Meteorological Organisation. This is rare.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The companies that lease farmland to the two growers are going forward with the case. Even though Bolthouse Farms asked to be dismissed from the case, Bolthouse Land Company aka Bolthouse Properties is still a plaintiff. So it’s all good now, right? The adjudication is very much still happening, so the boycott is still on. “The

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

Indeed, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just warned us of the decisive fate that this decade represents to act on climate for us and all the species that we depend on. As I said before, renewable energy represents an exciting opportunity to bring multiple benefits to our economy, our health, and our planet.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

By Dr Romain Mauger, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability (GCELS) On 19 November 2020, the Conseil d’Etat (the French supreme administrative court) issued a historic ruling in the Commune de Grande Synthe case , potentially the first step towards a landmark climate litigation outcome in France.

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