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News Flash! International Cooperation on the Environment Remains Possible

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Especially when it’s good news about effective international cooperation on environmental protection issues. . That is in spite of the discovery in 2018 of “rogue” use of chlorofluorocarbons, probably from factories in China. It’s also noteworthy that the crackdown occurred without use of any enforcement mechanism.

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Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

On March 14, the Attorney General opened another investigation into Energy Transfer/Sunoco into potential environmental crimes related to the Energy Transfer/Sunoco pipeline that leaked petroleum into household wells in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County. Environmental Protection Agency. Read more here.]

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Fertilizer from Sewage, a Utility Money Maker, Faces Uncertain Future

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Environmental Protection Agency released its first draft assessment of PFAS in biosolids, finding health risks for people living on or near areas where biosolids are land applied or deposited in an unlined landfill. Pathogens are also regulated for Class A biosolids, like Milorganite.) Yesterday, the U.S.

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DEP Imposed $2.2 Million In Penalties Against Shale Gas Drilling, Pipeline Companies In 2023 For Violations Dating Back To 2018

PA Environment Daily

Information provided by the Department of Environmental Protection in response to a Right to Know request shows DEP took major enforcement actions against 26 shale gas drilling and pipeline companies in 2023, including imposing $2,290,849 in penalties for violations going back to 2018.

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Rising Cost of Water in Michigan Leads to Affordability Problems

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percent in 2018. percent in 2018. Regulators and public-interest groups were initially concerned about community-level affordability — whether a town’s residents, in aggregate, could raise enough money to operate and maintain their systems while meeting all water quality standards. percent of households in 1980 to 6.7

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Five Things to Know About Drought in the American West

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Utah regulators have identified high numbers of toxin-producing algae in the southern reaches of Utah Lake , a water body notorious for summer algae outbreaks. California regulators passed an emergency order in June that took small steps to address the supply-demand imbalance. 3) Cutbacks Are Inevitable. Clunky, perhaps.

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In Benton Harbor, Residents’ Complaints of Lead-Tainted Water Carry Echoes

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Water samples from Benton Harbor homes since 2018 consistently revealed elevated levels of lead, a potent neurotoxin that damages the brain and nervous system and is particularly dangerous to young children. That’s 47 times the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s “action level,” though no amount of lead is considered safe.

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