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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

One of the people peddling this idea is the man behind Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) – Murray Edwards, the Fossil Fuel Fanatic. Environmental Defence has been calling on the federal government to stand up to Big Oil and hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its pollution. Will you join the call?

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Senate Confirms Cindy Adams Dunn As Secretary of the Department Of Conservation & Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

On June 7, the overwhelmingly confirmed Cindy Adams Dunn to serve as the Secretary of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Tom Wolf, and will continue to advocate for and protect Pennsylvania’s natural resources.

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2024 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Honors Schuylkill County’s Bill Reichert With Mayfly Award

PA Environment Daily

There were many dedicated folks from government agencies and private citizens that moved the effort forward as funding became available. . -- The Schuylkill River Acts and Impacts Youth Expedition. The effort to clean up acid mine drainage in the Anthracite Region came into focus in the mid-1990’s.

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Los Angeles County Passes Motions to Protect Environmental Justice Communities from Urban Oil Drilling

Legal Planet

since 2013 have been integral to creating the conditions that led to the County’s actions, is also a member of the County coalition. The second letter , submitted on behalf of Clinic client Natural Resources Defense Council, provided suggestions related to phasing out oil and gas production on the County’s portion of the Inglewood Oil Field.

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[Act] of all trades, litigable to none: A Critical Examination of Malaysia’s Proposed Climate Change Bill

Law Columbia

Between 1970 and 2013, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak experienced surface mean temperature increases of 0.14C0.25C per decade. While no provision prohibits litigation related to the Act, it does create obstacles to using litigation as a means of government accountability.

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Republican House Bill Contains Natural Gas Industry Wish List Of Measures To Expand Natural Gas Drilling, Subsidize Pipeline Expansion, Automatically Approve Well Permits, Preempt Local Governments

PA Environment Daily

Seth Grove (R-York) introduced House Bill 2444 that contains a natural gas industry wish list of measures they want to expand natural gas drilling, subsidize pipeline expansion using DCNR Oil and Gas Fund revenue, automatically approve of well permits and preempting local government regulation of all facilities regulated by DEP.

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Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts

Circle of Blue

With the federal government now projecting that Lake Mead will drop precipitously in the next two years — perhaps to levels not seen since the Great Depression, when the country’s largest reservoir was first filled — that emergency has arrived. million acres. million acre-feet of ICS in Mead today. About half belongs to Met.

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