Stripe Puts $1 Mln Toward Carbon-removal Projects
, and yet nobody is commercially funding this,” Collison told Reuters.Some environmentalists have faulted alternative carbon-removal efforts as a distraction from emission cuts.Though he had not reviewed Stripe’s projects, Carroll Muffett of the nonprofit Center for International Environmental Law warned that direct air capture consumes too much energy to be efficient, while mineralization projects like the olivine plan would require mining on a scale rivaling the coal industry to attain global impact.“It is best understood as a public relations stunt,” Muffett said of Stripe&rsqu
Regulatory Crewing Challenges for Offshore Wind Vessels
vessel crewing to ensure conflicting interpretations do not impede the development of this promising new offshore wind industry. About the AuthorJonathan K. Waldron is a partner in the Blank Rome's Washington, D.C., office who concentrates his practice in maritime, international and environmental law, including maritime security. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard for 20 years, attaining the rank of commander, and was senior counsel to the Marine Spill Response Corporation
Atlantic Offshore Wind: Favorable Winds for Maritime
public interest, allowing (some say requiring) the State Corporation Commission to approve the two-turbine Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project owned by Dominion Virginia Energy and managed by Ørsted. This project is expected to come online in 2020.Next Steps: Compliance with Environmental LawsWe are at a critical stage for the development of these offshore wind farms. The developers have established operational dates ranging from the end of 2019 to 2023 for bringing the wind ashore. Some developers are racing to meet the 2019 deadline for compliance with the Production Tax Credit
Lukoil Scans for Treasures Ahead of Oil Exploration
that brought artifacts dating back to the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods to the surface for the first time in centuries, the Black Sea is a region of significant scientific interest globally.JFMS said it delivered the scope on Lukoil’s behalf in order to comply with new Romanian environmental law that requires an archaeological clearance survey be performed to identify any potential archaeological targets, and where none remain, sanctions the area as being clear of any archaeological interest.According to JFMS, which is part of UK marine services company James Fisher and Sons, Lukoil
US Still Processing Atlantic Seismic Permits
energy future," she said.A federal district court judge in Charleston, South Carolina, asked the Interior Department on Monday to update him on the status of BOEM's seismic survey permit process. The South Carolina Republican attorney general and conservation groups including the Southern Environmental Law Center, filed a motion in that court earlier this year seeking an injunction to block BOEM from issuing final seismic testing permits."It makes no sense to proceed with seismic testing now. It's exposing our resources to very significant harm for no reason, when no one wants drilling
OceanAlpha Launches 5G Unmanned Vehicle
water area monitoring, VR back-end demonstration, water quality monitoring, remote application control and autopilot,” said Ran Zhang, general manager of OceanAlpha.“This will completely change the traditional operation of the hydrological survey, water quality sampling and monitoring, environmental law enforcement and other water ecological environment monitoring and supervision by effectively enhances data accuracy, reduces costs and improves work efficiency,” Zhang said.At the conference, a live Broadband IoT demo showcased the unmanned boat operating over a 4G network. the OceanAlpha
US Government Sued Over Atlantic Seismic Testing
biologist said last month that no seismic tests have been known to cause whale beachings. A spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency within the Commerce Department, declined to discuss ongoing litigation.Plaintiffs in the lawsuit also included the Southern Environmental Law Center, Sierra Club, Oceana, the Center for Biological Diversity and the North Carolina Coastal Federation.Lawmakers from South Carolina and coastal mayors held a news conference on Tuesday in Charleston to address the issue.U.S. Representative-elect Joe Cunningham, a Democrat, said drilling
After Florida, more States Press US for Offshore Drilling Exemptions
drilling plan at the request of Governor Rick Scott, who argued that drilling poses a threat to Florida's tourism. In the announcement, Zinke called Scott, a fellow Republican, a "straightforward leader that can be trusted." Sierra Weaver, a lawyer for the Southern Environmental Law Center, said Zinke’s move was a breach of protocol that will put the Interior Department on shaky legal footing if the secretary doesn’t treat other coastal states in the same way. "It seems incredibly hard to justify or explain that this is anything other than arbitrary
Groups Seek US SEC Probe of Shell Arctic Drilling Risk Disclosures
whether Shell can drill test wells for crude and gas off Alaska this summer. The company abandoned exploratory drilling efforts in 2012, an accident-plagued season in a region with little infrastructure for emergency response. Oceana, an international environmental group, and the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago, said the action they filed on Monday is part of a longer effort to get Shell to disclose risks to investors of the costs of any catastrophic oil spill and other potential accidents. "There is no proven way to clean up a spill in the icy Arctic
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