Circle of Blue

JUNE 28, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency has warned that even miniscule levels of PFAS in drinking water can pose health risks. The post What’s Up With Water — June 28, 2022 appeared first on Circle of Blue. This week Circle of Blue reports on the U.S. government’s response to forever chemicals in drinking water.

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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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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 26, 2022

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 26, 2022. Those votes reflect a burgeoning movement in the country to secure environmental protection through changes in foundational legal documents. The post 2022 Election: Water Regulation and Spending Punctuate State and Local Ballots appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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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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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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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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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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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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National Law Center

JANUARY 6, 2022

Environmental law issues were at the forefront in 2021, and 2022 is shaping up to be no different. With on-going lawsuits, The post Environmental Law Topics to Watch in 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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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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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: February 2, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. Email important additions HERE. Judicial: Labor.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

If signed, the state would have to withdraw Clean Air Act waiver requests already in process with the Environmental Protection Agency. The sale of new electric trucks, buses, and vans in California doubled in 2023 from 2022 , and one of every six medium and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state today produces zero pollution.

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National Law Center

MARCH 8, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: March 8, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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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 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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National Law Center

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: November 2, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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National Law Center

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: October 10, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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National Law Center

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: November 8, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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Circle of Blue

JULY 20, 2022

Australia’s Kakadu Flood Plains in February 2022. Also in Australia , a new report reveals severe environmental deterioration over the last five years. Environmental Protection Agency. Photo © Miles Nicholls / Flickr. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Constant flooding in Australia is taking a toll on residents’ mental health.

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National Law Center

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: October 25, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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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). For gas, the leading cause of plant outages was fuel supply issues.

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National Law Center

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: October 28, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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National Law Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: November 4, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In 2022 alone, cities in Arizona, California, Nevada , Texas , and Utah recorded temperatures of 105°F on multiple days and often over long stretches. In April 2022, a farmworker picking strawberries in Florida passed away due to heat, and according to news reports, it was just his second day on the job.

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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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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 25 PA Bulletin it received formal notice Norfolk Southern Railroad is starting the next phase of cleanup in areas impacted by the May 26, 2022 train derailment in Harmar Township, Allegheny County. ( Army Corps of Engineers and Allegheny County.

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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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Circle of Blue

JUNE 20, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency will be able to make for fiscal year 2022 through WIFIA , which provides low-interest financing for water infrastructure. Environmental Protection issued new warnings about the danger of PFAS chemicals to human health. Billion : Loans that the U.S. News Briefs. On the Radar.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

Flagged as a permit violation DEP site inspection in 2022 , the coal ash pile had surpassed the approved size, enveloping parts of the surrounding area. DEP originally gave Scrubgrass four years to remove the coal ash.

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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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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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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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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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