COP16 en Colombia: El Futuro de la Biodiversidad
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En este episodio de "A Lo Legal En Par Minutos", nuestro socio Edwin Cortés habla con José Vicente Zapata, socio del área de energía, sobre el próximo evento COP16 en Colombia, que se enfocará en la biodiversidad y el medio...more
El Congreso de la República de Colombia aprobó el pasado 8 de agosto la Ley 2415 de 2024, por medio de la cual se declaró el Río Ranchería como sujeto de derechos, reconociéndole al río los derechos de conservación,...more
State and federal officials move forward plans and policies for water conservation, conveyance, and climate resilience. The winter of 2022-23 brought historic levels of precipitation to California after years of deep...more
El Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (Min Ambiente) de Colombia expidió el Decreto 044 del 30 de enero de 2024, mediante el cual estableció los criterios bajo los cuales, la autoridad ambiental podrá declarar...more
On January 4, 2024, the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) issued its statutorily-mandated report – “Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements” – analyzing the implementation of the “Make...more
Asset sales involving the disposition of recreation-focused businesses on federal lands, including ski areas and guiding companies, require the buyer to obtain a new Special Use Permit (SUP) from the U.S. Forest Service...more
Se promulgó el 29 de agosto de 2023 la Ley No. 2320 que modifica el artículo 111 de la Ley 99 de 1993 en lo que se refiere a la adquisición, restauración, rehabilitación y recuperación ecológica de áreas de interés para...more
En el marco de la COP15, 15ª reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica de las Naciones Unidas, 196 países, entre ellos Colombia, adoptaron el Marco Global de Biodiversidad...more
Environmental law covers a range of legal areas which are often of crucial importance for investment projects in approval procedures under emissions control law and sectoral planning law or in other legal fields. The main...more
There has been a major development in the ongoing legal fight over the ability of the Mill Creek Metropolitan Park District in Mahoning County to condemn private property for its bikeway project. ...more
As in prior years, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 contains a variety of provisions setting U.S. Department of Defense priorities for energy, environmental, and natural resource issues. These...more
In September 2021, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Intrinsic Exchange Group (IEG) jointly announced the development of natural asset companies (NACs), a new class of publicly tradable securities that hold rights to,...more
The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”) issued a National Bulletin (“Bulletin”) titled: Refining Source Water Protection Local Priorities for Fiscal Year 2021 - The...more
A year ago, we blogged about the Senate-proposed Natural Resources Management Act (NRMA) which sought to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The proposed NRMA was developed largely due to the...more
Thursday, Nov 15, 2018 10:00 AM - Senate Energy and Natural Resources - Hearings to examine the nominations of Rita Baranwal, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), Bernard L. McNamee,...more
The October 1st edition of the publication Ozarks Water Watch references the development of a document denominated Missouri Conservation: Design for the Future. David Casaletto of Ozarks Water Watch (author of the article)...more
The Environment and Public Works Committee (“Committee) of the United States Senate is holding a hearing today titled: From Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bear to the Chesapeake’s Delmarva Fox Squirrel – Successful State...more
On May 24, 2018, the House passed — and now the Senate is considering — the most important piece of energy and environmental legislation it will consider all year. It isn’t a revision to the Endangered Species Act or the...more
In late May 2018, the Klamath Tribes filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to shut down the Bureau of Reclamation’s Klamath Irrigation Project, which supplies...more
On Thursday, May 17th, the California Legislature took a big step forward on the path towards making conservation a California way of life by passing two key bills – Senate Bill 606 and Assembly Bill 1668 – that, together,...more
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (“ANRC”) has published a document titled: Strategic Plan FY 2018 – FY 2019 (“Plan”) ANRC states that the Plan “is a blueprint for ANRC as we continue to work to manage and...more
House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Markup: FY 2019 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Date: May 15, 2018 @ 5:30 pm EDT - Where: 2007 Rayburn House...more
The Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) has announced a 90-day comment period on proposed amendments to six Resource Management Plans (“RMPs”) and associated draft Environmental Impact Statements (“DEISs”) designed to protect...more
In the rocket launching business, “Max Q” is point of maximum stress due to the combination of acceleration and air density. Judging from the number of items in today’s update, the session may have reached legislative Max Q....more
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) announced that it has been awarded a grant totaling $37,710.56 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (“Foundation”). BWA states that the award is being granted in response to...more