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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

The company owned a steel mill that discharged toxic chemicals into the ocean, devastating more than a hundred miles of coastline in four central provinces of Vietnam. Department of Justice | September 29, 2009 The companies also have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $2.8 USA: Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp.,

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

Circle of Blue

Funded by the Erb Family Foundation and the Joyce Foundation, the project comes on the 50 th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a high point of environmental diplomacy, and the U.S. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. In 2009, the U.S. There are many others.

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ESA Policy News: March 20, 2023

ESA

Congress Senate Commerce Committee to consider ocean debris legislation. Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The request includes $231 million for NOAA’s climate research programs, a $7 million increase above FY 2023 levels.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery 

Union of Concerned Scientists

It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. million jobs in 2022, according to a report last year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Photo by Derrick Z.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In August 2017, NYSDEC conditionally denied the developer’s joint application for state law stream disturbance and freshwater wetlands permits, as well as for a water quality certificate pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, asserting that a recent D.C. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act.

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Federal Water Tap, March 13: EPA Proposes Stronger Wastewater Rules for Coal-Fired Power Plants

Circle of Blue

NOAA measurements of ocean surface temperatures indicate that La Niña is gone. The Bureau of Reclamation prepares $250 million to pay Colorado River water users not to use water. The House passes a resolution to reject the Biden administration’s Clean Water Act definition.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

The court said that having remanded to the Corps for consultation under the Endangered Species Act, it was not necessary to determine whether the Corps “made a fully informed and well-considered decision” under NEPA and the Clean Water Act. Federal Court Rejected NEPA Claims in Challenge to Gulf of Mexico Leases.

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