National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In early 2024, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture. A Mixed But Positive Picture The 2022 Agricultural Census paints a mixed but generally positive picture of conservation. For instance, in fiscal year (FY) 2022 there were more than 3.13

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National Law Center

MARCH 29, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: March 29, 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

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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

historic investment of $90 million for more than 330 projects across Pennsylvania that will create new recreational opportunities, conserve natural resources, and help revitalize local communities. Photo: Clark Nature Preserve , Lancaster County.) Posted: September 6, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 28, 2023

billion in 2022, with about $445 million distributed through the competitive AFRI program. While the USDA REE vision mentions natural resources once, I can assure you that there is no mention of the environment or climate, or equity in farming and nutrition. The total funding for its mission was approximately $3.7 New paradigm?

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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

JANUARY 19, 2024

The January 24 meeting of DCNR’s Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council will feature a discussion of the newly released Growing Outdoor Recreation for Pennsylvania Report conclusions and recommendations. Join The Meeting The meeting will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The end of the 2021-2022 Legislative Session saw notable legislation on climate, heat, clean energy, water, and land use become law. The post 2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted? Climate Change Mitigation. Ecological Conservation. Download as PDF.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

347.563.6408 Release: 2022 Census of Agriculture Underscores Need for Policy Shift Washington, DC, February 13, 2024 – Today, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the highly-anticipated results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Or is there a better way?”

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

September 20, 2022 . While previous efforts to give legal personhood to natural resources have sprung up around the world, from Bangladesh to Bolivia, so-called “rights of nature” laws are few and far between in the U.S., By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J. Carl Ganter, Circle of Blue. Keith Schneider.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2022

“That’s where it becomes important to structure the rates, so that low-income people are not getting slammed,” said Erik Olson, senior strategic director with the Natural Resources Defense Council. Brett Walton 2022-05-02 07:18:48 2022-05-11 11:32:01 After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure.

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National Law Center

MAY 17, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: May 17, 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

JUNE 30, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: June 30, 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

JULY 7, 2022

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: July 7, 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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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For a state that prides itself on innovative leadership when it comes to so many other areas of environmental and natural resource policy, California’s water rights law is sorely in need of modernization. The working group issued a report in February 2022 identifying 11 specific proposals to revise and improve state water law.

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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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Washington Nature

MARCH 7, 2022

However, this even year, 2022, in response to a push by tribal governments, groups like TNC, and leaders in Olympia, proposed budgets include some of the largest supplemental funding proposals for salmon recovery on record. The bill has passed unanimously in both Chambers, and we look forward to a final vote next week.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In the MISO region, how much energy resources get paid for their commitment to produce electricity has seen big swings. From June 2021 through May 2022 the price was five dollars per megawatt (MW) of electricity capacity provided per day ($/MW-day) for MISO’s midwestern states, but from June 2022 through May 2023 it jumped to $236/MW-day.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 2, 2023

I had a small glimpse into this work in early 2022 when his office reached out to me after reading a report I co-authored on the risk of chemical spills from storage tanks in Virginia. McEachin, who passed away last November, was a lifelong advocate for social and environmental justice in my home state of Virginia.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In California, from 1990 to 2022, an astounding 2.7 In 2022 alone, estimates of the amount of plastic waste leaked to land and into the ocean in California ranged from 121,324 to 179,656 tonnes—the equivalent of dumping 20 to 30 garbage trucks of plastic waste per day into California’s landscapes and waterways.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

To tackle this topic head-on, UCS, together with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club, commissioned a study of the impacts of truck regulations on employment from Environmental Resources Management (ERM), an independent consultant. Source: ERM 2022 ). Source: ERM 2022 ).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2023

On January 27, the Department of Environmental Protection released the final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan and an interactive online atlas of statewide water resources and use trends to inform leaders’ decision making and educate Pennsylvanians on sustainable use of our lakes, rivers, streams, and groundwater.

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Legal Planet

JULY 1, 2022

Environmental groups then joined with Recology, a waste management company based in San Francisco, to certify a ballot initiative for inclusion on the November 2022 ballot. And environmental groups held fast through the negotiations, refusing to compromise on a law that wouldn’t meet their core objectives.

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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. Read more here. 27 Released 1.1

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 20, 2022

But today we are pursuing a path of partnership.” — Camille Touton, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on drought in the American West. And we will protect the system. Expect an announcement in mid-August. Billion : Loans that the U.S. News Briefs.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 2, 2021

Arizona officials, meanwhile, plan to use 69,100 acre-feet of ICS credits to reduce mandatory cutbacks that will be required in 2022 if Mead declines as projected. By April 2022, the Bureau of Reclamation projects that Mead will drop to 1,063 feet, or 33 percent of its capacity. million acres.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2022

By Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary The year 2021 is in the books and while we faced global challenges, it was a successful year for DCNR laying the foundation for a better Commonwealth through health, wellness, education, stewardship of our natural resources, a stronger recreation economy and so much more.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

On October 29, the PA Organization for Watersheds and Rivers released its 2022 Watershed Organization Cumulative Impacts Report during its Statewide Watershed Conference in Altoona. They are active in a variety of activities that enhance and protect our natural resources, which is strengthened through partnerships.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

On August 31, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Pennsylvania Trails Advisory Committee , and WeConservePA released the 2022 Pennsylvania Trails Annual Report.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

Click Here to see photos of the 2022 winning teams ! The Station testing was held in-person at Camp Mount Luther on May 25th, 2022. The 2022 current environmental issue focused on “Waste to Resources.” Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2021] [Posted: May 27, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 13, 2024

The air quality for this report was calculated using data reviewed by EPA from 2020, 2021, and 2022. That means it includes the extreme wildfires exacerbated by the fossil fuel industry that burned more than 4% of California in 2021 and 2022. Source: California Natural Resources Agency.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2022

On October 10, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn invited Pennsylvanians to nominate their favorite trail for the 2023 Trail of the Year. DCNR recently celebrated the Delaware Canal State Park Towpath as Pennsylvania’s 2022 Trail of the Year. The deadline for nominations is November 11.

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Energy & the Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The effective date is January 1, 2022. SB1259 hoses (can’t think of a dignified term) royalty owners by amending Natural Resources Code §91.402 to deny a common-law cause of action for breach of contract against a payor who withholds payments for a title dispute. It amends the Property Code, Water Code and Occupations Code.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources looking for ideas on how it can improve information about its trails for trail users. As part of this initiative, DCNR has launched an online survey to gather feedback about the kind of information trail users want before using a trail and while on a trail.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2023

The Chester County-based Stroud Water Research Center just released its 2022 Annual Report which not only looks back on the Center's many accomplishments with its partners, but includes a collection of Profiles in Stewardship fostered by the Center. The Stroud Center began working with the Allegany community in 2022.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 25, 2024

Monterey County was good—or applied the law in a manner consistent with preemption doctrine in California (although, as one author of a 2022 amicus brief on behalf of local governments, I’m admittedly biased). This is not to say that the Court’s decision in Chevron v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 29, 2022

A review of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control enforcement orders shows that these types of events are far too frequent. The EPA is currently working on updating the RMP rule, slated to be released for public comment in September 2022 with a final rule issued by August 2023.

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