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Agricultural Law Weekly Review—May 10, 2024
Agricultural Labor: Department of Labor Publishes H-2A Final Rule On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) published in the Federal Register a final rule (89 FR 33898) titled “Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States.” Also announced by DOL, the final rule includes the following provisions: Requires that employers seeking H-2A workers assure that they “ha[ve] not and will not . . . in any manner discriminate against” a worker because that worker has “engaged in activities related to self-organization” or the worker has “refused to attend [...]
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—April 29, 2024
New Podcast Episodes: Farmland Energy: Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture (Apr. 29, 2024) Agricultural Law: USDA Takes New Approach in HPAI Outbreak in Dairy Cattle (Apr. 26, 2024) Avian Influenza: USDA Issues Order Requiring Testing, Reporting for Interstate Dairy Cattle Movement 🌾 On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued an order requiring mandatory testing and reporting for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in dairy cows prior to the interstate movement of dairy cattle. Also announced by USDA, the order lists the following requirements, effective April 29, 2024: [...]
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Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of May 13, 2024
Infrastructure: DOE Finalizes Rule Banning the Use of Fossil Fuels in Federal Buildings On May 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program published in the Federal Register a final rule titled “Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings” (89 FR 35384). This rule seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by phasing out the use of on-site fossil fuels for ends uses in federal buildings. The rule will require new federal construction projects starting between 2025 and 2029 to reduce the building’s on-site use of fossil fuel by 90%, with total [...]
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of May 6, 2024
International Development: European Parliament Approves the Net-Zero Industry Act ⚡ On Thursday, April 25, 2024, the members of the European Parliament voted to approve the Net-Zero Industry Act, which will create “a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem.” The proposal was adopted with “361 votes to 121, with 45 abstentions,” and it will become law after being formally adopted by the Council of the European Union (EU). According to the adopted text, the primary purpose of the act is to incentivize the production and implementation of renewable technologies that will support the EU’s industrial decarbonization [...]
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