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Massachusetts Launches Cumulative Impact Analysis Regulations for Air Quality Permits Near Environmental Justice Populations

Law and Environment

Massachusetts has become the first state to require analysis of cumulative impacts for certain air quality permits in or near communities with environmental justice (EJ) populations. These regulations are now in effect and apply to permit applications filed with MassDEP on or after July 1, 2024.

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What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2021

Circle of Blue

In New York state, voters have a chance to enshrine environmental protections in their state constitution, which could revive a legal movement that flourished in the United States a half-century ago. Environmental Protection Agency and passed landmark environmental laws to protect air, land, and water.

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2022 Election: Water Regulation and Spending Punctuate State and Local Ballots

Circle of Blue

Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle. Voters in parts of Cochise and Graham counties will decide whether to join the state’s more populated districts and regulate groundwater extraction. Local Regulation. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue. State Spending.

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The Stream, September 14, 2021: Could Rainwater Harvesting Solve Water Scarcity in Mexico City?

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HotSpots H2O: ‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ Calls for Water, Land, and Resource Governance at 2021 IUCN World Conference — Indigenous activists and organizations from around the world met virtually this week for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Zoom-based World Conservation Congress. 6,000 LEAD SERVICE LINES.

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What’s Up With Water – December 6, 2021

Circle of Blue

In Uganda, national regulators are cracking down on the illegal destruction of wetlands in an attempt to reduce flood risk in the east African country. Regulators are keen to act because wetlands reduce flood risk by absorbing heavy rains. Environmental Protection Agency when utilities assess the cost of controlling sewage pollution.

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New EPA Proposal to Augment Methane Regulations Would Help Achieve an 87% Reduction From the Oil and Gas Industry by 2030

Inside Climate News

Environmental Protection Agency has proposed more stringent methane regulations for the oil and gas industry that would dramatically curb emissions of the potent greenhouse gas. By Phil McKenna The U.S. Combined, the new rules would reduce methane emissions from the U.S.

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Project 2025’s Assault on EPA, Human Health and the Environment Must Never Be Put into Action

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Heritage Foundation’s blueprint—Project 2025—to dramatically alter the US Environmental Protection Agency should concern you. This, along with many other chemicals, like diesel particulates and ground-level ozone that form soot and smog, and metals like lead in paint and drinking water, are regulated by the EPA to keep us safe.

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