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Pa. Envt'l Def. Found. v. Commonwealth, PICS Case No. 17-1119 (Pa. June 20, 2017) Donohue, J.; Baer, J., concurring and dissenting; Saylor, C.J., dissenting. (63 pages).

Fiscal enactments diverting proceeds from sale and lease of public natural resources away from environmental conservation into the general fund violated commonwealth's obligation as trustee, since proceeds from trust assets were required to be returned to corpus of trust or dedicated to trust purposes. Order of the commonwealth court reversed.
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National Law Journal

Delay. Delay. Delay. How Trump's Agencies Want to Kill Rules

Chopping down Washington's "dense thicket of rules, regulations and red tape," as President Donald Trump described it in June, doesn't always come so easily—or quickly. For a number of other regulations, the Trump administration has been playing the delay game.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Lawyer, Environmental Activist Dies While Hiking in New Hampshire

A New Jersey attorney and prominent environmental activist has been found dead in New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest, where he had gone hiking last month.
2 minute read

The Recorder

New Tactic in Climate Change Litigation Could Cost Energy Companies Billions. Or Not.

There's a lovely neighborhood in Marin County, California where we recently thought about buying a house. The lots in Bel Marin Keys aren't big, but they back to lagoons connected to the San Pablo Bay. Just about everyone has a dock in their backyard.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Climate Agreement Withdrawal Sends a Message to South Florida

President Donald Trump declared that the Paris Climate Agreement is a bad deal for the United States and that the economic disadvantages of the agreement outweigh the uncertain environmental benefits. But the withdrawal also sends a clear message to South Florida, a region at particular risk to the effects of climate change. The message for South Florida is: you are on your own, writes Stephen Tilbrook.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

New Tactic in Climate Change Litigation Could Cost Energy Companies Billions. Or Not.

“This type of state common law climate litigation has been a long time coming, and these cases may well represent the first of a slew of similar cases nationwide."
5 minute read

International Edition

Slaughters and Linklaters lead on Centrica oil and gas joint venture

Magic circle duo take top roles on combination of exploration and production businesses
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

EPA to Hold Second Meeting on Cleanup of Hudson River

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a second public meeting this week about a $1.7 billion cleanup of the Hudson River.
2 minute read

International Edition

United Utilities calls on law firms to tender for £500m investment work

FTSE 100 water company invites firms to pitch for work valued at up to £500m
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

With Dissents and Appeals, Landowners Fight to Keep Pipeline Challenge Alive

Pennsylvania landowners who have been fighting with Sunoco over the Mariner East 2 pipeline project have so far been unsuccessful in their attempts to bar the energy giant from using their land for the natural gas pipeline. Over the past year, they have seen a handful of unfavorable decisions from the Commonwealth Court, but with cases potentially on their way to the state Supreme Court and a recent pronouncement on environmental law by the justices, plaintiffs are hoping the litigation won't be over so quickly.
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