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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

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Japan , their case challenging the legality of a governmental approval that allows for the construction and operation of new coal-fired power plants. Through May 2022, all existing climate litigation cases in Japan concern the construction or operation of coal-fired power plants and refer to citizens’ attempts to stop the use of coal.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 13 to March 17, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

As we’ve reported in previous weekly updates, the FCC’s Media Bureau has issued a hearing designation order referring questions about Standard General Broadcasting’s proposed acquisition of the TEGNA broadcast stations to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for an evidentiary hearing.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 3 to April 7, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

The Bureau found that the petitioner’s request for tolling had not been filed in accordance with the special procedures that applied when the FCC’s headquarters were closed during the pandemic, so the request never was officially on file.

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Federal Court Limits State Authority to Deny Interstate Transmission Projects

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States, however, retain primary authority over “ siting, permitting, and construction ” of most transmission lines. Under the Federal Power Act (FPA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has authority to regulate “ the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce.” FERC Order No.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  March 19, 2022 to March 25, 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

See our post on the Broadcast Law Blog for more information, and read the audit letter setting out all the requirements for the audit response and the list of audited stations, here. Read the auction procedures and see the list of available construction permits, here.

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Challenges to administrative action and retroactive relief for prisoners

SCOTUSBlog

Both cases arise in the context of administrative proceedings brought by independent enforcement agencies against regulated parties — Axon by the Federal Trade Commission, and Cochran by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Federal prisoners raise that issue in pending petitions in Ham v. Breckon and Jones v. Returning Relists.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 24 to April 28, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

The Media Bureau rejected one of two mutually exclusive applications for a construction permit for a new NCE FM station at Ketchum, Idaho, and granted the surviving application. In addition, the Order would direct fixed and mobile Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS) licensees in the 12.7