Vital Role Seen for Natural Gas as Biden Doubles U.S. Climate Commitments
Energy stakeholders endorsed President Biden’s strengthening of U.S. climate change commitments on Thursday, but they also stressed the importance of natural gas in achieving deep decarbonization of the economy.
Biden said Thursday the United States will target a 50-52% reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by 2030 versus 2005 levels.
The announcement, made during the virtually held Leaders Summit on Climate, doubles a previous U.S. commitment of a 26-28% reduction under the 2015 United Nations (UN) Climate Agreement, aka the Paris Agreement.
Each country’s commitment, submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, is known formally as the country’s nationally determined contribution or NDC.
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Judge Rips Gotcha Litigation Tactics In US Steel Stock Row
Law360 (April 22, 2021, 2:44 PM EDT) A Pennsylvania federal judge has criticized Jones Day and Levi & Korsinsky LLP for engaging in gotcha litigation tactics in a class action over declining U.S. Steel stock prices, denying a bid to sanction the company over a discovery delay.
U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon on Wednesday rejected a bid by investors to sanction United States Steel Corp. and several current and former executives because they allegedly took too long to complete privilege logs in the discovery portion of the case.
Judge Bissoon appeared to use sarcasm when she called out the investors for asking her to sanction Jones Day-represented U.S..
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In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a retaliation suit under the ADA, where the claim was not included in, and did not relate to, the plaintiff’s original administrative charge filed with the EEOC, and a subsequent attempt to amend the charge to include the retaliation claim was untimely. The case is
Simko v. U.S. Steel Corp.
Underlying the majority’s decision is a unique set of facts. Specifically, in August 2012, during his employment as a larryman in the blast furnace at the United States Steel Corp. (U.S. Steel) mill in Braddock, Pa., plaintiff Michael Simko successfully bid on an open spellman position in the transportation department. While training for the position, Simko requested a two-way radio to accommodate his hearing impairment, which U.S. Steel failed to provide. Although he completed the training for the spellman position, Simko’s trainer did not
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