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As Drought Grips American West, Irrigation Becomes Selling Point for Michigan

Circle of Blue

Until the early years of this century, Michigan regulators and lawmakers paid scant attention to the supply of groundwater. In 2001, a group of Mecosta County residents sued to stop Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, from depleting a spring to fill its Ice Mountain water bottles. trillion gallons to 3 trillion gallons.

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Recognize Kristina Thompson & PennDOT District 5-0 With Walter Lyon Award; Former DEP Secretary David Hess With Karl Mason Award

PA Environment Daily

PAEP presents these awards to Pennsylvanians who made unique and creative contributions to the field of environmental management in Pennsylvania with preference given to the fields of administration, law, regulation and community organization. The awards were presented at the PAEP annual conference in State College.

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September 11 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire September 11 PA Environment Digest 90 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic We Remember Sept.

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Penn State Research: Public Pressure Influences Whether Companies Reduce Their Environmental Impact

PA Environment Daily

“It suggests that public pressure — such as through public scrutiny of firms’ environmental performance by the media, nongovernmental organizations and other stakeholders — can be effectively leveraged to complement traditional regulation and may be sufficient to keep firms from free riding in voluntary pollution abatement programs,” he said.

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Pennsylvania Environmental Council President Davitt Woodwell To Retire

PA Environment Daily

During his tenure with PEC, and during a two-year leave of absence from PEC in 2000-2001 to serve as the first executive director of the Riverlife Task Force (now Riverlife), Woodwell has had the opportunity to participate in and advance a wide variety of projects and efforts including former Gov.

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EPA Publishes WOTUS Update Following Sackett Decision

Ohio Environmental Law

On August 29, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S. Riverside Bayview Homes (1985)- Court affirmatively decides adjacent wetlands are protected under the CWA. potentially regulated wetlands). Following SWANCC v.

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EPA Publishes WOTUS Update Following Sackett Decision

Ohio Environmental Law

On August 29, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S. Riverside Bayview Homes (1985)- Court affirmatively decides adjacent wetlands are protected under the CWA. potentially regulated wetlands). Following SWANCC v.