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Climate, Environment & Natural Resources
Climate targets, resilience, conservation, permitting reform, and environmental justice.
- Policy roundtable convened by UNDP, DBM and OPHI examines how the new national MPI can inform resource allocation and build long-term resilience
Representatives from government, development partners, and UN agencies gather for the Policy Roundtable on the MPI, discussing how resource allocation can strengthen resilience and reduce poverty in the Philippines. The presentation was…
- Public Citizen Opposes Senate Permitting Bill
Next week, the U.S. Senate is set to debate and vote on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA) (S. 5653), a compromise permitting reform deal. Ahead of the planned vote, David Arkush, director of Public…
- Clinton Planning Board Grants Extension to Six Senses for Environmental Impact Statement
https://www.thedailycatch.org/ Clinton Planning Board Grants Extension to Six Senses for Environmental Impact Statement The Clinton Planning Board agreed to grant the proposed Six Senses wellness retreat an extension for filing its Draft…
- N.W.T. government releases new energy and climate change strategy
The N.W.T. government has released a new plan for addressing climate change. But while it lays out broad goals, it doesn't yet explain exactly how the government will achieve them. The 2050 Energy and Climate Change Strategy is focused on…
- Environmental Protection Law: Creating a legal foundation for green and sustainable development.
The continued improvement of the Environmental Protection Law is of particular importance, contributing to the creation of a comprehensive and modern legal framework that both protects the living environment and unlocks resources for the…
- Environmental Justice, Racism and Legal Scholarship (Searchable Database)
This searchable database includes 1800+ law review articles on Environmental Justice. In 2026, 174 articles from 2025 were added. The documents were not reviewed and may only be tangentially related to the topic. Furthermore, it is…
- Congress tried permitting reform nearly 80 years ago. It worked.
Research that Informs Business and Public Policy Transmission projects could become much easier to build. Originally published in the Washington Post by Zachary Liscow, a professor at Yale Law School and former chief economist at the…
- Corporate accountability: A must-have with climate change | Opinion
On October 5, 2026, the Supreme Court heard Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, a case that will set a precedent for whether local governments can impost tort liability on energy companies for their role in climate…
- State Government releases first coal sector skills audit, with Hunter the focus
The State Government has released its first statewide audit of the coal sector’s skills, saying it will form the basis of the first work of the new Future Jobs and Investment Authority. Ms Houssos said the audit showed coal workers were…
- Armstrong works to the end for permitting reform
Before he leaves office, Oklahoma U.S. Senator Alan Armstrong says he has one goal in mind. “Getting the permitting bill voted for and on the floor in the Senate and get it voted for before they target for this,” Armstrong told KTUL TV…
- Ulan Coal Mines Pty Ltd v Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia: FWC tasks
The Full Court treated compulsory multi-employer bargaining as a break from bargaining by joint will and asked whether the Commission attended to each statutory precondition as the Act requires. The Fair Work Commission now applies it in…
- Yirrkala Water Upgrades Pave Way For Future Growth
Phase 1 of the National Water Grid Gove Peninsula Water Supply Upgrade is now complete. The $12 million project includes work in Yirrkala: It also includes planning and assessment work to support long-term water security in Gunyangara…
- Electricity Liability in Multi-Occupied Buildings | Court of Appeal
In SmartestEnergy Business Limited v Odeon Arcade Limited [2026] EWCA Civ 1412, the Court of Appeal considered the meaning of paragraph 3(1) of the Electricity Code in Schedule 6 to the Electricity Act 1989. SmartestEnergy Business…
- EU Commission Scraps Green Claims Directive
Mark Segal November 4, 2026 The European Commission revealed on Wednesday that it has officially withdrawn the Green Claims Directive, its proposed regulation aimed at protecting consumers from greenwashing claims about the environmental…
- Is Permit Certainty Worth It?
I’ve written a bunch about the issues with the permit certainty provisions of the permitting reform bill. Apparently that provision was a demand of Democratic negotiators, seeking to protect renewable energy from the Trump Administration…
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