The Paris Agreement on climate change will have varying impacts to its nearly 200 signatory countries. This article explores perspectives from regions around the world, including Latin America, Asia, Russia, the Middle East, the European Union, and North America.Read more
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The recent Paris Agreement on climate change represents a historic multi-national agreement to reduce greenhouse emissions, establish accountability, and support developing nations. This article explores the Paris Agreement’s potential implications for the energy sector.Read more
A recent compendium of findings on the alleged harms of fracking and radon gas provides another opportunity for practitioners to emphasize the importance of using actual measurements rather than estimates to inform statements about risk. Past estimates were often unsupported or contrary to data, and generated artificial and inflated risks. Read more
Introduction On 11 August 2015, Angola’s New Private Investment Law (“NPIL”) came into force on its publication in Angola’s Gazette, repealing the previous 2011 law. Like its predecessor, the NPIL... Read more
The US EPA and Corps of Engineers recently finalized their new rule expanding federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.Read more
Recently, the Bureau of Land Management and the Environmental Protection Agency have articulated different views on the utility and effectiveness of FracFocus, a website used by many operators to report the chemicals used to fracture their wells.Read more
Recent high-profile derailments of crude-carrying trains has prompted the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to address safety concerns by revisiting technical standards for rail tank cars used to transport flammable liquids on high-hazard flammable trains and requirements for shippers to properly test and classify crude oil prior to transportation.Read more
С открытием Роснефтью больших запасов легкой нефти и газа на скважине Университетская-1 в Карском море, интенсивное развитие недропользования на Арктическом шельфе становится лишь вопросом времени.Read more
After Rosneft’s recent discovery of substantial light oil and gas reserves at the Universitetskaya-1 well in the Kara Sea, regular development of subsoil on the Arctic shelf will become just a matter of time.Read more
A recent ruling in Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Company, one of three lawsuits filed in the United States related to the 2011 incident at the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant, highlights gaps in the application of methods for managing nuclear liability and the need for global expansion and strengthening of those methods.Read more