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UN Takes Steps to Recognize Role of Local Government in Combating Climate Change
Posted in Energy & Climate 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The international community closed out 2018 by agreeing on the “rulebook” for implementing the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Katowice, Poland, known as “COP24.”
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Posted in Energy & Climate 2 months ago
Published in Michigan Environmental Law Journal, Fall 2018, Vol. 36, No. 2, Issue 105 [view full article].
Cite: 36 Mich Env Law J 2 (2018)
OBH Client Metamora Land Preservation Alliance Instrumental in Defeating Gravel Power Grab
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
Among the flurry of recent lame-duck activity in the Michigan Legislature was SB 1210, a bill sponsored by Senator Tom Casperson (R – Escanaba), which was aimed squarely at the tiny, pastoral township of Metamora, located near the center of Michigan’s thumb. Under Metamora’s glacially-formed, gently rolling hills lies a significant deposit of gravel and other aggregates, coveted by mining companies for decades. Gravel mining has long been present in the township; four separate mines are currently operating. But in 2015, aggregates giant Levy Company sought township approval for a new mine more than 500 acres in size, the approval ...
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Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Lydia Barbash-Riley was elected as a council member of the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. She will assist the Council in general supervision and control of the affairs of this Section, such as with reviewing laws and regulations that deal with the conservation and development of the natural resources of this State and its environment. The Section also promotes the fair and just administration of those laws and regulations which implement the mandate of Article IV, Section 52, of the 1963 Constitution of Michigan. Click here for additional information on the State Bar’s website about the ...
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Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
The Empirical Environmental Scholarship article was co-authored by Lydia Barbash-Riley, associate attorney at Olson, Bzdok & Howard. For a brief overview we have included the abstract from the publication below. For the full article please click here.
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