Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

October 4, 2022. Environmental Protection Agency. October 11-13, 2022: Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting – register. October 18, 2022: EPA’s Debra Shore at the Great Lakes Conference — register. October 28, 2022: Great Lakes Water Conference — register. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. billion annually.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 13, 2022

A Florida judge strikes down a local charter amendment to protect waterways from polluters. We’re back to fighting this the way we’ve fought for decades here in Florida, using our existing environmental protection laws.”. We’ve got to keep fighting. Florida environmentalist Chuck O’Neal.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2025

On January 28, the Department of Environmental Protection said compliance with a 2022 state Air Quality regulation to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas facilities was put on hold for the conventional oil and gas industry as a result of an agreement to stay a legal challenge to the regulations in Commonwealth Court.

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Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 29, 2023

were down slightly in 2022, but thousands of industrial facilities with substantial emissions remain, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently released Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data. By Phil McKenna Emissions from the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Voters will decide on a constitutional amendment for environmental rights. On November 2, New Yorkers will vote on amending their state constitution to include environmental protections, including clean water. ” Her group plans to introduce its version in the Maryland legislative session that begins in January 2022.

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National Law Center

MARCH 2, 2023

In late December 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its long-anticipated final rule to redefine the term “waters of the. The post WOTUS Update: 2022 WOTUS Rule Faces Legal Challenges appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over the past year, the environmental law arena has seen various issues and developments that have had impacts on agriculture. The post Top Environmental Law Topics from 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Nanotech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a report entitled Independent Audit of the EPAs Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 (Restated) Toxic Substances Control Act Service Fee Fund Financial Statements. On February 26, 2027, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection will host an April 1 webinar to provide an opportunity for the public to learn more about the Departments approach to implementing a federal program to reduce methane and other pollution from existing oil and gas operation s-- both conventional oil and gas and shale gas wells and infrastructure.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

2022 Election Recap: Landslide Victory for Florida City’s ‘Right to Clean Water’ Amendment — Voters approved most water-related initiatives on the November 8 ballot. Increase in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in the 2019-2022 period compared to the three previous years. . — Brett Walton, Interim Stream Editor.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 25, 2022

October 25, 2022. By a 15 to 3 margin, the Environmental Quality Board agreed to restrict the concentration of PFOA to 14 parts per trillion and PFOS to 18 parts per trillion. Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of setting federal standards. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. This Week’s Watersheds.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Earlier this year, environmental health advocates scored a big win when the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) updated the ethylene oxide sterilizer rule requiring commercial sterilizers to significantly lower their emissions. Overburdened communities are not being protected fast enough by these incremental approaches.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 19, 2023

But where does he stand, and in particular, where does he stand on environmental issues? As usual, I’ll begin with his League of Conservation Voters (LCV) scores — 5% in 2022, 6% lifetime. I’ve noticed that many Republicans had very low scores in 2022 — zeroes in a number of cases. Both scores need interpretation.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

2022 was no different, with courts further delineating the procedural dimensions of climate cases and expanding on the responsibilities of stakeholders for climate mitigation and adaption. In June 2022, the Prague Municipal Court ruled in Klimatická žaloba ČR v. See a detailed analysis of the decision here.).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

In 2022, ninety of Texas beaches tested positive for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria (poop!), the Environmental Protection Agency In the recent Supreme Court case , San Francisco was disputing permit language for its Oceanside wastewater treatment facility, which has an outfall pipe that discharges 4.5

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2023

The departments of Environmental Protection, Agriculture and Conservation and Natural Resources have released Pennsylvania's Healthy Waters Health Communities 2022 Chesapeake Bay Progress Report. In 2022, our farmers implemented conservation practices including no-till farming and cover crops on more than 1.5

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2024

During a routine inspection on November 27, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a violation to Stonehaven Energy MGT Co. The Latshaw 9 conventional well was first issued a permit as a waste injection well by DEP on June 10, 2014 and by the US Environmental Protection Agency on June 28, 2016.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Nearly $5 billion in federal grants from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s 2024 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program is also a source of the influx of clean energy funding. A $400,000 Endowments grant to Landforce in 2022 supported staff expansion, helping the organization prepare for submission of the grant.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 20, 2022

A report from Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection found that one-third of all waterways in the state are polluted and could harm wildlife, recreation or drinking water. The post The Stream, January 20, 2022: East Africans Will Get Millions in Aid For Flood and Drought Relief appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

During an April 1 webinar, the Department of Environmental Protection said it would be using a new General Air Quality Permit to implement the new federal oil and gas facility methane reduction requirements. The regulations were adopted to comply with US Environmental Protection Agency requirements then in effect.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

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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Circle of Blue

MARCH 9, 2022

What’s Up With Water—March 8, 2022 – This week’s episode covers disrupted water supplies in Ukraine and historic flooding in Australia. Environmental Protection Agency found that water filters are reducing lead in drinking water supplies in the Michigan city of Benton Harbor. In Recent Water News. A study from the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

Sales figure from VELOZ The top selling passenger car AND top selling light truck in CA in 2023, according to California New Car Dealers Association , were both electric vehicles with the Tesla Model 3 and the Tesla Model Y taking the top spots…as they also did in 2022. By making historic investments in the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

On October 28, the Department of Environmental Protection will formally publish the draft 2024 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Report for public comment showing just over one-third (34%) of Pennsylvania’s streams-- 28,820 miles-- have impaired water quality. Click Here for a spreadsheet showing all sources of impairment.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2022

What’s Up With Water—April 26, 2022 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers paying for groundwater in California and a controversial canal project in Nebraska. The post The Stream, April 27, 2022: How a Rural Nebraskan Town Is Moving Forward a Year After Toxic Ethanol Plant Closes appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2025

On January 6, the Department of Environmental Protection reported its staff conducted over 107,000 inspections to protect Pennsylvanians constitutional right to clean air, pure water, and a healthy and safe environment. DEP also responded to 410 environmental emergencies, like spills from traffic accidents to chemical fires.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 14, 2022

The largest saline lake in the western hemisphere, the Great Salt Lake dropped to a record low in 2022 as a result of a hot drought that increased evaporation and decreased water flows. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – July 14, 2022. Photo © Brett Walton/Circle of Blue. Harsh and unrelenting. But also transformative?

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Nanotech

MARCH 6, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is reopening the comment period for the January 2025 proposed rule to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by Color Index (C.I.) On March 4, 2025, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2024

New Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Rule DEP’s presentation on the new federal methane rule will be led by Panna Chibber and Naishadh Bhatt and will begin with an overview of the federal regulation and how it compares to existing DEP regulations on reducing oil and gas methane emissions adopted as final in December 2022. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

On January 11, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection approved a permit for the Catalyst Energy, Inc. oil and gas wastewater injection well in Keating Township, McKean County over the objections of the residents of the community of nearby Cyclone. 26 to Nov.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 15, 2025

In April 2022, Maine became the first state to ban the land application of biosolids. 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. Yesterday, the U.S.

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Nanotech

JANUARY 3, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released for comment a proposed plan to track the adoption of bilingual labeling of pesticide products. On December 27, 2024, the U.S.

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Nanotech

JANUARY 27, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by Color Index (C.I.) Pigment Violet 29 (PV29) under its conditions of use (COU) as documented in EPAs January 2021 risk evaluation and September 2022 revised risk determination.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Established in 2022, the Clean Streams Fund tackles ways to improve our waters from some agricultural activities, acid mine drainage, and urban/suburban stormwater runoff while encouraging innovative clean water programs. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and all other Executive Council members must be there as well.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2024

Chevron fights bills that protect people instead of profits So what “ethical, constructive and bipartisan” activities could CEI have engaged in during 2023 that required so much money? A look through tax and lobbying documents offers some clues.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Toxicology Program, and the International Association of Research on Cancer classify EtO as a substance that can cause certain cancers. What are the health impacts associated with breathing it?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Lead author Adam Gold , a watershed researcher for the Environmental Defense Fund, said the wild uncertainty is because the court arbitrarily created a new standard for federal protection divorced from the science of how wetlands support larger streams, rivers, lakes and the ocean.

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