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Tercer debate para el proyecto de ley sobre desplazamiento por causas climáticas en Colombia

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El Proyecto de Ley 287 de 2024, por medio del cual se define legalmente por primera vez el concepto de desplazamiento forzado interno por causas asociadas al cambio climático, está muy cerca de convertirse en ley de Colombia....more

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Franklin Park White Stadium Dispute– Epilogue

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Last month, I posted about a lawsuit brought by a Boston citizens group, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. The group was seeking to enjoin the City of Boston and other parties from moving forward with a Project to upgrade and...more

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Federal Regulatory Recap: A Summary of Recent Rulemaking Actions Taken or Proposed Affecting the Energy Industry

It is clear that these have been busy months for federal environmental regulators, especially those working at EPA, the federal departments and the Council on Environmental Quality. Even the Department of Agriculture has...more

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UK “Green Day” - Key Policy Measures Announced to Fuel Investment in Green Energy and Achieve Net Zero

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The UK government has unveiled a number of measures with the overall purpose of reaching net zero by 2050 and meeting the UK’s climate targets. On 30 March 2023, on what has been called the UK’s “green day”, the UK...more

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Bay Area Impact: Accelerating New California Water Storage Projects, Presented by the Bay Area Council and Venable LLP

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In January, record-breaking storms dropped enough water on California to cover the entire state in about eight inches of water. But not enough of it was captured or stored, a missed opportunity for a state that has struggled...more

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Environmental Deconfliction 2021: the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021

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As in prior years, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 contains a variety of provisions setting U.S. Department of Defense priorities for energy, environmental, and natural resource issues. These...more

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UK Welcomes Formation of International Sustainability Standards Board

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The government also introduced transition plan requirements for companies to meet the UK’s 2050 net zero target. On 3 November 2021, the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation Trustees Chair, Erkki...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: May 2021

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ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - A Subsidiary can be Held Liable for the Harm Caused by the Anticompetitive Conduct of its Parent Company - On 19 July 2016, the European Commission (the Commission) imposed fines on several car...more

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Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain: The Dissolution of Cooperative Federalism in the Trump Era

The Trump Administration’s recent lawsuit against California’s climate change policies has cast a spotlight on a stark and troubling reality.  U.S. v. California is just the latest salvo in a sustained, direct assault by EPA...more

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