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COP26 Hires Law Firm That Defended Fossil Fuel Giants Over Environmental Disasters

DeSmogBlog

The UK government has appointed a law firm with a history of defending fossil fuel companies over environmental disasters to provide legal services for the upcoming COP26 climate summit. While DLA Piper highlights its environmental credentials in the announcement, the international law firm — whose global revenue last year was over £1.5

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Time to get real?

Envirotec Magazine

Indeed, there is a cautionary note in the latter, which states that “You may use alternative methods to those set out in the Code in order to comply with the law. NIOSH Report of Investigations (RI) 9669, Laboratory and field performance of a continuously measuring respirable dust monitor, September 2006 4.

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Tory Lord’s Firm Awarded New North Sea Oil and Gas Licences

DeSmogBlog

The billionaire financier is a former party treasurer and raised an estimated £70 million for the Tories between 2006 and 2010. The Guardian and the Good Law Project also revealed today that EnQuest Heather, a subsidiary of EnQuest, had been awarded a new oil and gas licence.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

In fact, when California passed its landmark 2006 climate law — which directed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020 — supporters claimed that it would save thousands of lives through improved air quality alone. California has done exactly that. New York may offer an interesting model.

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EDC celebrates 40th anniversary of Tongonan geothermal field, Philippines

ThinkGeoEnergy

Ramos, Republic Act 6957 or the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law paved the way for a rapid development of energy projects. 2001 – Republic Act 9136 or the EPIRA Law was passed, seeking the electric power industry by the privatization of generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of the power sector.

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Campaigners Sued an Oil Major For Climate Deception. Now the Company Is Preparing to Sue Them Back.

DeSmogBlog

Under Italian law, a request for mediation is a mandatory prerequisite for filing a defamation lawsuit. tobacco companies faced along the way to a federal court judgment in 2006 for more than half a century of deceiving the public about the health effects of smoking and secondhand smoke. While the U.S. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)

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Fracking Company Pleads No Contest in Iconic Water Contamination Case in Dimock

DeSmogBlog

In 2006, Cabot Oil & Gas — the corporate predecessor of Coterra — obtained the mineral rights from multiple residents of Dimock and began fracking operations. He cautioned that state laws leave few legal tools to hold corporate polluters accountable. That is when problems with contaminated water began.

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