Wednesday, February 17, 2021
This April, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) is expected to release a draft of its new rule titled Greenhouse Gas Assessment for Projects (GAP Rule). The GAP Rule could have major impacts on local governments and industries, such as port authorities, oil and gas refining, pulp and paper plants, manufacturing, and chemical producers. Intended to standardize the process for assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by major “industrial and fossil fuel” projects, the GAP Rule aims to create a consistent method for evaluating GHG emissions and a process for imposing mitigation measures. The GAP Rule would implement the Washington Clean Air Act and the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) during the environmental review process.
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This April, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) is expected to release a draft of its new rule titled Greenhouse Gas Assessment for Projects (GAP Rule). The GAP Rule could have major impacts on local governments and industries, such as port authorities, oil and gas refining, pulp and paper plants, manufacturing, and chemical producers. Intended to standardize the process for assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by major “industrial and fossil fuel” projects, the GAP Rule aims to create a consistent method for evaluating GHG emissions and a process for imposing mitigation measures. The GAP Rule would implement the Washington Clean Air Act and the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) during the environmental review process.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Acting within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic’s unique opportunity for permanent reform, the Administrative Board of Courts in New York, through the state’s Chief Administrative Judge Larry Marks and his Order of December 29, 2020, enacted new Uniform Rules in the Supreme and County courts that will permanently change discovery, motion practice, pre-trial procedures and other aspects of civil litigation in the state. Effective February 1, 2021, some of these changes will impact personal injury litigation in general, and products liability cases in particular.
The rule changes came about after three years of study and public comments, as well as review by working groups composed of judges and lawyers. They were adopted from New York’s specialized Commercial Division, which Judge Marks’s Order described as a “recognized leader” in court innovation with “unparalleled creativity and flexibility” in the development of court rules
MEGHAN MARKLE is celebrating a huge victory after winning a High Court privacy case against Associated Newspapers (ANL) and one royal commentator has claimed the victory will resonate with the Royal Family, especially with Prince William and could even help rebuild bridges.