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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

Circle of Blue

The evening of January 14, 2011, Jacob, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Aurora High School, entered a basketball game against Central City. At a January 31, 2011, appointment the doctor ordered blood tests and chest X-rays, to check for infection. In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor.

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China’s Waste Ban Exposes Missing Links in Recycling

Vermont Law

In 2018, the world entered a municipal waste management crisis. recyclable materials, most notably plastic waste and unsorted paper. China also required stricter pre-shipment inspections to enforce existing laws, such as the import ban on electronic waste (e-waste). China’s waste ban has created backlogs worldwide.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

Now, SB 1137 protects communities by establishing a setback distance of 3,200 feet for homes, schools, parks, or businesses open to the public from new wells, and requires comprehensive pollution controls for existing oil wells within the setback zone. Climate Change Mitigation. Land Use and Building Decarbonization.

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Third District Addresses Significant CEQA Issues In Mixed Decision On Placer County’s EIR For Specific Plan/Rezoning Allowing Development of Martis Valley Timberlands

CEQA Developments

City of Rocklin (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th CEQA requires an EIR to analyze a project’s energy consumption, and to mitigate any significant impacts “due to wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary use of energy, or wasteful use of energy resources[.]” (CEQA Guidelines, § 15126.2(b); Citing Clover Valley Foundation v.

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Celebrating a Win-Win: 30 Years of Progress Under the Pollution Prevention Act

EPA

The act gave the agency new tools to join with states, tribes, and communities to prevent pollution before it happens. It also marked a shift in the paradigm of environmental protection which had been mostly focused on end-of-pipe pollution control and clean-up strategies.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

As Compliance Date for Methane Waste Rule Nears, California Federal Court Ruled That BLM Could Not Postpone Compliance, Oil and Gas Trade Groups Again Asked Wyoming Federal Court for Preliminary Injunction. In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board. 3:17 -cv-02824 (N.D.

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

Circle of Blue

to issue new rules that limit discharges of CAFO wastes into waters. The petition asserts that because every CAFO discharges polluting wastes EPA has the authority and duty to require them to operate under wastewater permits. CAFOs, though, are the only industrial polluting facilities not required to treat their wastes.