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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—February 11, 2025
Webinar Next Week—Feb. 18, 2025, Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar: HPAI in Dairy Cattle: Regulatory Measures Thus Far Local Agricultural Policy: Pennsylvania Governor’s Proposed 2025–26 Budget Appropriates $255 Million for Agriculture 🌾 On February 4, 2025, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro presented his proposed 2025–26 state budget and enabling legislation, which includes $255 million for agriculture, down 2.3% from $261 million in 2024–25 (full PDF; budget in brief; line-item summary). However, the proposed budget appropriates $25 million for the Agriculture Innovation and Development Grant Program—which also includes “$2,000,000 for a county-based ‘digester’ pilot program”—a total increase of 150% from the $10 million [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—February 4, 2025
National Agricultural Policy: Temporary Restraining Order Issued Against Federal Funding Pause After Memo Rescission 🌾 On January 27, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued memorandum M-25-13 directing “Federal agencies [to] . . . temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance . . . including, but not limited to, financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal.” The next day, on January 28, two separate complaints were filed seeking an injunction against the memorandum: one filed by several interest groups in the U.S. [...]
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Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of January 27, 2025
Climate Change: New York Court Dismisses Climate Change Suit Against ExxonMobil, Shell, and BP ⚡ On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of the State of New York in the County of New York dismissed a suit brought by the City of New York (“the City”) against ExxonMobil, Shell, and BP. The City of New York v. ExxonMobil Corp., et al, Doc. No. 232 (Supreme Court of New York, County of New York, Commercial Division Part 45, 2025). The City brought two causes of action against the three defendant companies: “(1) violation of the [City’s Consumer Protection Law (CPL)] by [...]
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of January 20, 2025
Public Lands: Alaska Files a Claim Against the Department of the Interior Over the Recent Oil and Gas Lease Sales in the Arctic Refuge ⚡ On January 6, 2025, the State of Alaska (Alaska) filed a suit against the Department of the Interior (DOI) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. State of Alaska et al. v. U.S. Dep’t of the Interior et al., No. 3:25-cv-00003. Alaska alleges that the DOI’s alternations to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Arctic Refuge) oil and gas lease sales made the plots offered for lease “undevelopable.” This claim comes as the [...]
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