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Upcoming Developments in International Governance of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

environmental disturbance would be minimized and the scientific benefits maximized.” But, in 2013, the parties to the London Protocol adopted an amendment that is intended to be. The 2013 amendment has not yet entered into force. Solar radiation management is distinct from CDR.

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DEP Assesses $600,000 Penalty For Illegal Disposal Of Over 1,800 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas Waste Drill Cuttings In Fayette County

PA Environment Daily

On December 15, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has executed a $600,000 consent assessment of civil penalty (CACP) with John A. The majority of the drill cuttings were dumped at sites owned or controlled by Joseph, while some ended up at sites where he had contracts to provide fill material.

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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

environmental disturbance would be minimized and the scientific benefits maximized.” But, in 2013, the parties to the LP adopted an amendment that is intended to be. The 2013 amendment has not yet entered into force. The parties might similarly agree to provisional application of the 2013 amendment.

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Public Comment Period Begins on EPA’s Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft)

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a draft document entitled Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft) for public comment. EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), in consultation with the U.S.

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EPA to Improve Oil and Gas Sector Air Emissions Data in Response to Inspector General’s Report

The Energy Law Blog

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 18, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) committed to improving air emissions data for the oil and natural gas production sector. Kadeli (Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development).

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A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making

Circle of Blue

In the 1980s, Homestake promised residents groundwater would be cleaned within a decade, locals told the Environmental Protection Agency and ProPublica. After missing that target, the company told regulators it would complete the job around 2006, then by 2013. All the houses are going to be gone. The wells are being plugged.

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Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste

PA Environment Daily

Here in Pennsylvania, a landfill applying for a permit with the state’s Department of Environmental Protection to evaporate liquid landfill runoff — called leachate — could create airborne radioactive material over people downwind. Radium is commonly referred to by radiation experts as “ a bone seeker.”

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