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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

Circle of Blue

Harmful algal blooms are the biological consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. After five months of investigation, and in interviews with more than 40 farmers, state regulators, advocates, and scientists in five states and Washington, D.C.,

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California Supreme Court Finds County Ordinance Limiting Oil & Gas Development Preempted by State Law

Legal Planet

But the good news is that this goal can still be achieved through other legal and political strategies. Specifically, the justices concluded that Measure Z “contradicts–and thus is preempted by” a nearly century-old system of oil and gas regulation of California’s oil and gas industry administered by state regulators.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 7.11.23

PA Environment Daily

Contact: Max Schultz maxschultz@pa.gov or Glenda Davidson at gldavidson@pa.gov or 717-783-4759. formal notice) Read more here about the agenda [Chapter 105 environmental assessment alternatives analysis] -- PA Eligible To Apply For $76.4 23 [PaEN] -- NextPittsburgh: How Duquesne Light Trains Workers To Fix Power Lines In Pittsburgh -- Gov.

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Elk River Spill Aftermath: Do We Need New Regulations and From Whom?

Vermont Law

The Freedom Industries chemical spill in Charleston, West Virginia exposed holes in state and federal regulations for chemical storage tanks. Almost immediately, politicians and community groups cried for new regulations to prevent something like the Elk River spill from happening again. Summary: . A new Senate bill – S.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. Mr. Minott holds two degrees in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.8.22

PA Environment Daily

Advisory Committee And Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee, Deadline Oct. 31 -- DEP, Partners Join In Luzerne County Litter Cleanup, Call On Pennsylvanians To Help Pick Up Pennsylvania This Fall [PaEN] -- Wilkes-Barre Times: Pick Up Pennsylvania Targets Local Litter -- DEP Posts 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct.

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Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 -- Three Mile Island

PA Environment Daily

A very polite man – whose name I never did knew -- explained that he needed to inform us that there was an incident at the plant at about 4:00 a.m, The State Department of Environmental Resources did regulate radiation, but only from X-rays in doctors’ and dentists’ offices. What's GPU?" "The The utility, you know, the electric people."