2005 Clean Water Act Natural Resources 
Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
NEPA remains the workhorse of natural resource litigation today. Clean Air Act. Clean Water Act. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. This marked the beginning of a decade of legislative environmental legislation.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The Michigan Constitution, ratified in 1963, states that “ the natural resources of the state are hereby declared to be of paramount public concern in the interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the people. The statute outlaws conduct that is “likely to pollute, impair, or destroy” natural resources and the environment.
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The Energy Law
JULY 25, 2013
To understand the stormwater permit requirements for oil and gas activities, you need to review not only the regulations that remain in force, but also the Clean Water Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. See Natural Resources Defense Council v. CWA §402(l)(2). 3d 591 (9th Cir.
The Energy Law
APRIL 6, 2017
Natural gas pipelines have historically been governed by federal law since the passing of the Natural Gas Act of 1938. However, such a line still requires state Water Quality Certification under the Clean Water Act § 401. The Constitution Pipeline was granted federal permits.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
His parents, Gary and Shari Peters, documented six more kids in Aurora diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. In the United States, excess nutrients build up in waterways from Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, precipitating algae outbreaks that kill fish, close public drinking water utilities, and pollute water.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Embedded in the new statute are more than $140 billion in direct payments and tax incentives for renewable fuels and cleaner electrical generation to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent below 2005 levels by the end of the decade. farmland as “the single greatest challenge to our nation’s water quality.”
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Paul Stowe is its natural resources manager. Wetlands that filter water draining from creeks into the lake are removing 90 percent of the phosphorus, she said. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.
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