Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Despite evidence it could contaminate drinking water, the New South Wales government is reversing a decision to block a mine expansion project. The New South Wales government has overturned a decision to block a mine expansion despite evidence the project could irreversibly damage drinking water supplies. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

SB 1145 requires CARB to create and maintain an online dashboard providing the public with information about the state’s progress on meeting its climate change goals, increasing government accountability. The end of the 2021-2022 Legislative Session saw notable legislation on climate, heat, clean energy, water, and land use become law.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

By conserving and stewarding our Commonwealth's natural resources, DCNR is vital to Pennsylvania's booming outdoor recreation industry. million in 2021 but is still higher than the average of the three pre-COVID years. According to the U.S. million acres of state forests. In 2022, an estimated 37.9

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The deadly clashes reflect heightened competition over natural resources in an area experiencing rapid environmental change. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — December 20, 2021. At present, the western reaches of the country are torn apart by an ongoing armed conflict between government forces and separatist groups.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 12, 2021

A report from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources found that nearby drinking water wells were not affected by a 2019 leak of hydraulic fracturing waste in Washington County. The post The Stream, August 12, 2021: Major Rivers in India Are Rising To Dangerous Levels appeared first on Circle of Blue. ON THE RADAR.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

OTTAWA | Unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People — With Canada’s 2021 federal election just five weeks away, a coalition of 34 Canada’s leading environmental organizations are calling on everyone in Canada to vote on September 20 — and when they do, vote for a green and just recovery from COVID-19.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 19, 2023

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the last natural resources cases on its docket this Term: Arizona v. Remarkably, however, and despite the fact that the federal government negotiated two important 19th century treaties with the Navajo Nation, the U.S. Navajo Nation Reservation (credit: KNAU) Today the U.S. Navajo Nation.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 11, 2024

The Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP) in the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) administers several grant programs, including – the Regional Resilience Planning and Implementation Grant Program (RRGP) and the Adaptation Planning Grant Program (APGP), both established in the 2021-2022 State Budget.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

On November 10, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced outdoor recreation contributed $13.64 Among core outdoor activities, recreational vehicle (RV) camping makes up the greatest single contribution to Pennsylvania’s outdoor economy, exceeding $700 million in value added in 2021, up 17% over the previous year.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Wolf: Announces 1-Month Extension To Apply For Individual Federal Assistance For Hurricane Ida Recovery In 8 Counties -- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting Applications For Stream Restoration Disaster Assistance In 15 PA Counties [Posted: November 8, 2021] PA Environment Digest On November 8, Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

On September 21, the Northeast PA Environmental Partners announced their 2021 award recipients. Young Emerging Leader Award The 2021 Young Emerging Leader Award will be presented to Haylee Czyzyk of Lackawanna County for demonstrating leadership, initiative, and dedication to protecting and promoting a healthy and clean environment.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 11, 2024

Previous editions of the report were published in September 2021 , March 2022 , and May 2023. This edition also includes maps and data visualizations that were prepared by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Blue Raster LLC. There has been significant litigation against offshore wind projects.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

A more thorough history would include the settling and colonization of California by the Spanish (1500s) and Mexican (early 1800s) governments, but for brevity, I focus here on the intentional and duplicitous actions of the California state government (established in 1850) and its co-conspirator: the United States federal government.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2022

Tom Wolf released the Pennsylvania GreenGov Council 2021 Annual Report , marking further progress in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s work to promote sustainability and environmentally-friendly policies. Pennsylvania’s economy, health and safety, and quality of life are dependent on the careful stewardship of our natural resources.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 20, 2022

Leaders of tribes who depend on the Colorado River say the century-old agreement on managing a resource vital to 40 million people across the West is a major factor fueling these and other water inequalities. . government marginalizing native voices. . So far, the tribes only have promises that they’ll be included.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In other words, who has standing to bring challenges to government action under the ERA. The ERA states: The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. By Paul Bruder, Jr., I, Section 27 is self-executing (i.e.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. The Texas Legislature convened for its 2021 session earlier this month with several issues on the agenda. Mary Ann Perez and Sen. Pre-filed and introduced by State Sen. Senate Bill 119 ( S.

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Acoel

MARCH 10, 2022

4th 198 (2021), the Sixth Circuit reviewed a municipal tree ordinance that prohibited tree removal without a permit and required mitigation in the form of planting new trees or paying fines. . We certainly have moved beyond a time when anyone could argue that natural resources preservation is not a “legitimate” government interest.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

We felt it was necessary because [the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources] plays an important role in ensuring our water resources or resources are protected, and that there’s a sustainable water supply available for future generations.” — Katie Smith, the department’s director of ecological and water resources.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

The 442nd session of the Maryland legislature adjourned on April 12, 2021. The bill applies prospectively to new construction for which a building permit is issued on or after October 1, 2021. Senate Bill 349 makes changes to the statute governing the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund to conform State law to federal law.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

The regulatory decisions made by the Governments of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile in the following months and years will set the course for the lithium industry, with significant consequences for the planet’s future. Bolivia has the largest lithium reserves in the world; however, it does not produce lithium carbonate at an industrial level.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While about one out of every 10 households experienced food insecurity in 2021, many more were unable to support their own health by purchasing sustainable and nutritious foods. This name highlights racism as the root cause of these issues, including historic disinvestment and exclusion by government and businesses.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 13, 2022

Current Sign-In Opportunities Keep Washington Evergreen is in the Natural Resources Committees of both chambers. The Lorraine Loomis Act for Salmon Recovery is in the House Natural Resources Committee. When the Legislature went virtual for last year’s 2021 session, lawmakers and advocates alike had to make adjustments.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. The Texas Legislature convened for its 2021 session earlier this month with several issues on the agenda. Mary Ann Perez and Sen. Pre-filed and introduced by State Sen. Senate Bill 119 ( S.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – September 27, 2021. Even though Walton sowed his 2021 crops of corn and soybean during the driest spring planting conditions state meteorologists ever recorded in Michigan, his fall harvest looks to be strong, maybe one of the best in years. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue. We’re still there.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 15, 2022

The plot was conceived during a conversation between Price and former Danish Climate and Energy Minister (and later Foreign Secretary) Martin Lidegaard , who incidentally served in Thorning-Schmidt’s government. They even put a stop to rare-earth mining when they took office in 2021. A controversial issue.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Guest Post By Anna Clare Monlezun , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. I work with government-owned conservation lands, coupled human-natural systems, that are managed to protect and conserve natural resources, provide public access to wild open spaces, and sustainably produce quality food for growing populations.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Assembly Bill 525 (AB 525, Chiu, Chapter 231, Statutes of 2021) lent momentum to the development of offshore wind in the state by identifying important next steps that the CEC should take in coordination with other agencies. Some important foundations for offshore wind, a new but growing industry in California, had already been laid.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2023

He was the author and lead advocate for the environmental amendment to the state constitution that declares a right to a clean environment by the people and makes the state government the trustee of the public natural resources. constitutional amendment on environmental rights.

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Washington Nature

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Congresswoman Kim Schrier, MD, an original sponsor of the bipartisan National Prescribed Fire Act of 2021 , visited Cascadia TREX this week to see good fire in action. The state Department of Natural Resources has a blueprint to get us to the scale needed. Learn more about this year's TREX. Banner photo: Nikolaj Lasbo / TNC.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. On August 4, 2021, the Montana First Judicial District Court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss in Held v. Not so in the United States. Most recently, in the famous Juliana v.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans requesting that the Court “hold unlawful, vacate, and set aside” the final rule which approved Louisiana’s 2021 application for primacy. The decision came after four public hearings between 2021 and 2023, and review of over 45,000 public comments.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It’s a wonderful example of the power of partnerships, and what community can do for community when nonprofits, local government, and state and federal agencies pool ideas, and resources to invest in our treasured, natural areas.” These efforts were advanced under the administration of the Delaware River Basin Commission.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We have reviewed the DCNR 2021 ATV Regional Trail Connector Pilot (2021 ATV Regional Pilot) and the associated State Forest Environmental Review (SFER) conditionally approved by the State Forester on July 15, 2021. “We The existing use of ATVs on the State Forest degrades the State Forest public natural resources. “By

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Washington Nature

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The work underway on Cle Elum Ridge is made possible with funding from House Bill 1168, which passed in 2021 to fund three areas: wildfire prevention, forest health and restoration, and community wildfire resilience. The Department of Natural Resources’ 20-Year Forest Health Strategic Plan identified the need to treat 1.25

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Grants of up to $5,000 are available to conservation-oriented non-profit organizations or local/county governments to support their local trail and greenway outreach and education efforts. More than 100,000 Pennsylvanians contribute to local land trusts.

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