PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. million mid-year budget freeze cuts additional resources for environmental programs: Agriculture: $2.6 Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

Over the past several years – and especially in the past few months – Premier Doug Ford’s government has made sweeping changes to environmental protection and land use planning rules across Ontario. . This would significantly reduce the number of PSWs afforded greater environmental protections.

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Arnold Porter

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This anticipated spending provides significant opportunities for government contractors. But companies seeking government contracts should be aware that there is a new cop walking this beat. For example, concrete is an essential component of many construction projects, including road and bridge projects managed by government agencies.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program Gets $30 Million Boost The Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program will receive $30 million to “help advance environmental protection and restoration projects in communities that have been disproportionately affected by pollution in the Great Lakes region,” Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. Prior to her involvement in environmental advocacy, Ms.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

On May 10, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund announced PA General Energy, LLC notified the Department of Environmental Protection that it intends to plug its proposed toxic frack-waste injection well in Grant Township after this Memorial Day. The community’s concerns have been vindicated.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The region will need to change its industrial structure and energy mix to meet national carbon targets, requiring policy and financial support from central government. The National Development and Reform Commission’s Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection said in a statement that energy intensity increased 9.5%

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2024

in partnership with the federal government, committed to a 2025 deadline to have the practices in place to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution to the Bay. The 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement included this commitment and additional Bay restoration goals.

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JULY 25, 2023

an esteemed community leader and environmental advocate, brings his lifelong dedication to protecting and improving Neah Bay's forests and waterways, promoting sustainable practices, and amplifying Native American perspectives to The Nature Conservancy's Board of Trustees. By Anya Blaney Glenn Ellis Jr., © Glenn Ellis Jr.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

They are elected to nine-year terms by the General Assembly and the Security Council upon the nomination of their home governments. Over the last more than 20 years the court has issued several decisions that affirm the importance of environmental protection. It sits in the Hague. It has 15 judges.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Despite being one of the strongest environmental protection statutes, the ESA is under attack. First, it allows the government to prioritize certain listing petitions over others, regardless of when the government received them, but it bars the government from prioritizing petitions to add species over petitions to remove species.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency. The climate crisis requires all institutions – from governments to corporations to NGOs and beyond – to work together to apply their expertise and resources in ways that can truly move the needle,” said Lora Phillips, SVP and director of PNC's Environmental, Social and Governance practice. “As

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2021

DEP Hasn’t Ordered Dust Control In their long experience with the Center, neither Steve Bloser nor Eric Chase were aware of instances where the Department of Environmental Protection has “ordered” a township to control dust from dirt and gravel roads. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

laws governing the cross-border transport of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for sequestration, and how such transportation fits into broader climate and environmental protection regimes, including the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, carbon markets and emissions trading. Louis in 2014.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

By Jillian Marullo House Bill 788, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (“GHG”) “[t]o the extent that greenhouse gas emissions require authorization under federal law.”

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2021

CBF sees exciting opportunities for the federal government to invest significantly more in Pennsylvania on regenerative farming practices that are most effective at improving water quality. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it would impose consequences if plans or implementation were insufficient.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

To make meaningful progress in lowering water pollution, the federal government should begin incentivizing agroecological practices that both allow farmers to keep their land in production and actively work to reduce excess nutrients, pesticide waste, and erosion. In 2014, the USDA received a budget of $157.5

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The Environmental Protection Agency has yet to set a definitive standard allowable for the chemical, C8, in drinking water even though it is hazardous to human health, making it difficult to hold companies responsible for their actions. As of 2014, EPA found C8 in. Summary: An Ohio jury awards $1.6 94 public water systems.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

Prior to that she was executive director of Pennsylvania’s 21st Century Environment Commission and regional director of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Southeast Region. Prior to PADEP, Collier served 19 years with BCM Environmental Engineers, Inc., In 2014, the U.S.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 6, 2015

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently released the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Report Card. Government officials were uninterested; as a result, the. In 2010, following years of missed deadlines, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jumped into the morass by exercising its power under the Clean Water Act.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

On January 9, 2014, a chemical tank at Freedom Industries in Charleston, West Virginia, leaked into the Elk River. It turns out that West Virginia is not very hospitable to regulations, and especially not to environmental regulations. By Ashley Welsch. Additionally, a. New York Times. in Oswego, NY.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 10, 2016

Eco-labels are soft-policy examples of progressive environmental policy with a consumer-empowering component. In fact, eco-labels illustrate powerful tools of consumer-driven environmental protection and show that green-washing can be stopped through soft law approaches. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

It found a 2014 consultant study estimating average summer weekend vehicle use at 273 vehicles per survey day failed to support the project’s proposed 270 spaces because the surveys occurred in afternoon rather than peak demand morning hours. 2008) 43 Cal.4th 4th 1143, 1163, citing CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15126.6(a), a), (f).)

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Concerned about local governmental decisions that encourage corporate exploitation of the environment, residents of cities and towns have begun to insist on meaningful local environmental protection under the leadership of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) like the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. tap water ban.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. Environmental Ministry and Brazil ). o C global warming scenario.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Still, given the potential for even more serious damage in the future, government at all levels is taking action to address the issue. That the federal government is proposing to make this radical change in strategy for addressing the EAB may simply illustrate how challenging the problem is. APHIS website. , requires U.S. 2015 ruling.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. New Jersey Appellate Court Affirmed State Authority to Take Easements for Coastal Protection Projects. FEATURED CASE.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A hopeful sign of this movement is the thoughtful report released in March by a Committee of the National Academies, which recommended starting a US Federal research program and gave detailed suggestions on research priorities, funding, and governance arrangements. Scientific research is not conducted in an anarchy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Fossil fuel power plant owners are facing increased accountability for their air and water pollution, including from a new round of environmental and public health protections that are being rolled out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We’ve heard these lazily disingenuous narratives before.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency health advisory for recreational waters where people swim and boat, which is 8 micrograms per liter. In 2014, during the last severe drought, she helped start the lake water testing program that has drawn government attention to the degradation of Clear Lake.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2023

It’s likely our neighborhood was most exposed from the time the neighborhood was developed in 2007 until 2014, when the plants installed scrubbers in their smokestacks. The local government and school district now are spending $250,000 to install air monitors in Laredo to collect data on the community’s exposure.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 11, 2023

For three full days in 2014 , nearly half a million people were told their tap water was unsafe to drink, bathe in, or even touch. Last year’s bloom was more toxic than predicted , lasted longer than previous years, and covered 416 square miles of the lake at its peak.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Administered by the two-year-old Environmental Protection Agency, the statute limited how much nutrient pollution could be discharged by wastewater treatment plants, factories, and other so-called “point source” pollution. . Six months later the U.S. did just that. In October 1972, the U.S. In 2012 Canada and the U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

After the government passed new rules to crack down on greenwashing, the Pathways Alliance scrubbed its website and social media of all of its climate and carbon capture content. The following is a list of leaks and spills that occurred at Imperial facilities during his tenure as CEO there: 2014 — Sarnia, ON: 3.5-hour That’s not all.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Federal government requirements require this to be done every 10 years, but you don't have the staffing to do it more than once every 30 years. The number of state air monitors was 231 air monitors in 2014, now it's down to 172. This is not the Department of Business Development, it's the Department of Environmental Protection.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro stated, “Our government has a duty to set, and enforce, ground rules that protect public health and safety. “This legislation also follows the grand jury’s recommendation to further increase setbacks for schools and hospitals, to 5,000 feet. “As Read more here. ]

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 28, 2022

The case before the court challenges Environmental Protection Agency authority to regulate emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Why it matters: Access to fresh water is among the top environmental injustices facing Canada’s communities of color. Other News.

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