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SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump

Here's a look at crude oil reserves and production around the world.FactsCrude oil is a form of liquid petroleum, extracted from rock formations and used

COASTAL communities in Virginia will continue to see record-breaking sunny day flooding thanks to sea level rise, according to a new NOAA report. Whether it’s at the local, state or federal level, we desperately need immediate action to protect our communities from the devastating impacts of climate change. For the last four years, state efforts to tackle transportation emissions, namely by setting tougher standards for tailpipe pollution, have been stifled by the Trump administration. Eve...

Amendments to the Oil and Gas Conservation Rules and Pipeline Rules to advance the Government of Albertas new Liability Management Framework and address Albertas inventory of abandoned wells, facilities and pipelines came into effect on December 3, 2020.  As we noted in our April 2020 blog on Albertas approach to liability management, earlier amendments to the Oil and Gas Conservation Act and Pipeline Act received Royal Assent on April 2, 2020, and were  implemented in part to address grow...

There are more than 100 sites on the maunga which have cultural significance to Māori. The mountain is an ancestor of the eight iwi in the Taranaki region, and this indivisible connection is one of the elements which is soon to be legally recognised as part of a pending Treaty of Waitangi Settlement. The park is still managed by DOC but Taranaki iwi are expected to take a significantly greater role once the settlement is finalised. Several members of Ngā Iwi o Taranaki, the group negotiat...

(AP Photo/Ben Margot) ST. PAUL, Minn. (CN) — Minnesota car dealers took to federal court Wednesday to fight proposed changes to the state’s emissions rules for new automobiles, saying that the state’s ongoing rulemaking is preempted by federal environmental laws. The regulations at issue would bring Minnesota’s emissions standards for new car sales up to par with those enforced in California. Minnesota would be the first Midwestern state to take up that elevated — and contested — s...

[This lecture was delivered on 28 December 2020 as part of the<i> KG Kannabiran Lectures on Law, Justice and Human Rights</i> – organised by the family of KG Kannabiran (1929-2010) to celebrate his life, h...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today led a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of New York in filing a lawsuit challenging

A claim the new Minister of Conservation is an "activist" who will put iwi interests ahead of the environment has been rubbished by a Māori leader. Photo: 123RF West Coast Conservation Board member Neil Silverwood made the comments this week after meeting the minister, Kiritapu Allan, saying she was set to put iwi economic development ahead of conservation. Allan, who took over the portfolio after the election, has ignored the comments, saying instead she looked forward to working with West Co...

TSCA/ FIFRA/ TRI, RCRA/ CERCLA/ CWA/ CAA/ PHMSA/ SDWA, COVID-19, FDA, NANOTECHNOLOGY and more: Recent Regulatory Developments Wednesday, December 16, 2020 TSCA/FIFRA/TRI EPA Proposes SNURs For Certain Chemical Substances: On November 16, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published proposed significant new use rules (SNUR) for certain chemical substances that are the subject of premanufacture notices (PMN). 85 Fed. Reg. 73007. The proposed SNURs would require perso...