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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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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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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."

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How a Federal Drought Relief Program Left Southern Oregon Parched—and Contributed to the Ongoing Groundwater Crisis in the West

Circle of Blue

Then came new conservation regulations and litigation that complicated USBR’s water obligations. Infamously, California does not currently regulate groundwater.) But farmers, an important political constituency, bristle at the idea of retiring farmland to reduce demand for water.

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Late 2018 — Bits and Pieces

Smith Enviorment

Also elephants, giraffes, rhinos (of the non-political variety), Cape buffalo, baboons, uninvited monkeys at lunch, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, warthogs and an unexpected (to me) penguin colony. Reduce energy use per square foot in state-owned buildings by 40% from 2002-2003 levels. Leopard: Thornybush Game Preserve (photo G.Whaley).

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UK 2024 General Election – Mapped: The Tory network of climate denial and fossil fuel funding

A Greener Life

A DeSmog investigation – compiled in this interactive map – reveals the scale of this network, mapping the connections between oil, gas and coal companies, wealthy political donors, right-wing think tanks, anti-climate media outlets, and senior figures in the ruling Conservative Party.