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New York Law Journal

New York Environmental Legislation in 2023

In his Environmental Law column, Michael B. Gerrard reviews both new and amended environmental and energy laws enacted by the state of New York in 2023.
12 minute read

Law.com

'So Hot You Can't Breathe.' Rare Damages Trial Begins for Oregon Wildfire Victims

A second trial over wildfires that ravaged Oregon over Labor Day 2020 began Tuesday, this time focused on economic and noneconomic damages of nine class members.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Environmental Justice Litigation Trends to Watch in 2024

King & Spalding attorneys offer a review of the 2023 environmental justice lawsuits that they believe could predict what's to come for 2024.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

New Interior Department Rule Proposes Increase in Cost to Acquire and Maintain Federal Oil and Gas Leases

BLM has been under increased pressure to update the fiscal terms of oil and gas leases for many years. Under the current regulations, minimum bids and rental rates have not increased in 30 years, bond rates have not increased in 50 years, and royalty rates have never increased since the Mineral Leasing Act was passed in 1920.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Some 2024 Resolutions for Environmental Lawyers

My observations are no more profound than anyone else's. But as I begin my fifth decade in this line of work, I feel at least moderately comfortable playing the grizzled—but I hope not yet hoary—veteran.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Here Comes the Sun: New Solar Tax Credit Rules Benefit Rental Property Owners

Ezra Dyckman and Charles Nelson discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, which has expanded the scope of green energy tax credits, and also proposed regulations by the Treasury Department that have the potential to allow even taxpayers with no income tax liability to more easily monetize some of these tax credits.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

In Rare Move, Justices Will Hold Hearing on Emergency Challenge to Air Quality Plan

The justices schedule February arguments on EPA's "Good Neighbor" initiative opposed by industry and Republican-led states.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

DeSantis, Cabinet OK $19 Million Worth of Conservation Deals

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Cabinet approved a new ranking list of 258 farms, ranches and forests that could be preserved through the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Rural and Family Lands Protection Program.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Circuit Consensus: Climate Claim Suits Against Big Oil Belong in State Courts

U.S. appeals court have uniformly rejected the companies' reference to a federal common law of interstate air pollution.
3 minute read

International Edition

What COP28 Achieved—And Was It Enough?

COP28 introduced a number of key milestones, including the first 'Global Stocktake', but some will view the outcomes achieved as a compromise.
4 minute read

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