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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

However, following high gas prices in the winter of 2022-23, the CPUC permitted Southern California Gas Co. Notably, SCG has actually reversed course on its projections for gas demand between the 2022 and 2024 California Gas Reports, projecting in 2022 that gas demand in SoCal would decrease at an annual rate of 1.5

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Farther west, in southeastern Arizona, groundwater regulation appeared headed to a split decision. In Willcox basin, over 61 percent of voters rejected a proposal to regulate groundwater. The post What’s Up With Water – November 15, 2022 appeared first on Circle of Blue. Voters in Douglas basin felt differently.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Supreme Court soon picked up on this language, and the concept was written into the law when Congress amended NEPA in 2022. But what makes the case important is the courts use of hard look judicial review, which environmentalists have often used to attack bad regulations. Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. v.EPA (1975).

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

October 4, 2022. Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Navigator responds that it has complied with state regulations, which require the company to notify landowners in the pipeline’s path and consider citizen safety when routing the project. October 28, 2022: Great Lakes Water Conference — register.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Another is to regulate 25 new contaminants. The European Commission’s regulation list also includes the class of chemicals known as PFAS, or ‘forever’ chemicals. The post What’s Up With Water – November 1, 2022 appeared first on Circle of Blue. One is to tighten existing rules for 16 pollutants.

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JULY 26, 2022

July 26, 2022. We as the consumer have the burden of paying for a lack of regulation, mandates, and policies on water contamination.”. While federal regulation is on the way, the state of Illinois currently does not regulate PFAS in drinking water. October 11-13, 2022: Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting – register.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

State regulators had already fined the Port of Morrow for repeated environmental violations over the mishandling of its wastewater. The post What’s Up With Water – December 20, 2022 appeared first on Circle of Blue. It’s this month only – so find out more – and make a difference at circleofblue.org.

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APRIL 1, 2025

DEP has told a series of agency advisory committees they do not plan to adopt new regulations incorporating the EPA rule because state regulations automatically adopt federal requirements. In addition to the model rule requirements, the GP requirements will also contain standard conditions regarding state specific regulations.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

There is similar lack of regulation on the nitrogen-rich manure produced by contemporary animal agriculture. The EPA is again in the middle of a six-year review of drinking water regulations. The post What’s Up With Water – February 8, 2022 appeared first on Circle of Blue. The nitrate standard was not one of them.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

September 6, 2022. The city’s moratorium on water shutoffs, enacted more than two years ago, is set to expire at the end of 2022, though officials say that households enrolled in the affordability program will not be affected. September 15-16, 2022: Fall 2022 Smart Ships Coalition Workshop — register. Upcoming Events.

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MAY 23, 2023

A key finding is that regulation, which is critical for protecting public and environmental health, can encourage or impede innovation. As a result, innovative projects may require utilities and regulators to engage in new ways as they navigate unfamiliar technical, legal, and institutional territory. municipal wastewater sector.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

August 9, 2022. The standards will allow Wisconsin to regulate the harmful chemicals while the state’s other attempts at rulemaking are challenged in court. . August 12, 2022: Webinar: Climate Change in the Great Lakes Basin — register. August 30, 2022: Webinar: Lake Erie Algae in the Depth of Winter — register.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The argument is that the Board shouldn’t have to consider that because EPA has authority to regulate air pollution, not the Board. Moreover, in amending NEPA in 2022, Congress didn’t impose any requirement of geographical or temporal proximity; instead, it only required that effects be “reasonably foreseeable.”

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 5, 2022

Minnesota state regulators are penalizing the oil and gas company Enbridge for harming groundwater during the construction of the Line 3 pipeline. The post FRESH, April 5, 2022: U.S. Sign up today for Fresh: A Great Lakes Policy Briefing , straight to your inbox, every other Tuesday. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I’ve written previously about how the truck industry is fighting regulations at the state and federal level with everything they’ve got. One of the scare tactics truck manufacturers have been pushing is the old industry canard of job-killing regulations. Why would truck regulations impact jobs? Source: ERM 2022 ).

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MARCH 19, 2025

DEP has told a series of agency advisory committees they do not plan to adopt new regulations incorporating the EPA rule because state regulations automatically adopt federal requirements. Click Here for DEPs presentation slides on the federal regulation. Click Here to register to attend via Microsoft Teams. Read more here.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

The SWRCB is currently using watershed-based emergency regulations under Water Code section 1058.5 For example, in August 2022, a group of water users diverted more than half of the Shasta River’s flow, in direct violation of a curtailment order, for more than a week. as its primary tool for implementing curtailments.

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JUNE 27, 2024

It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. Until gutted by the Supreme Court in 2022, it also provided important protection to the nation’s wetlands. If I were listing laws in order of importance, I would put the CAA on top.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

While municipalities may have some flexibility in how they zone or regulate oil and gas operations – provided they do not exceed limitations in state or federal law – doing so in an unreasonable manner which prevents future natural gas development should render the municipality ineligible for state collected and distributed impact fees.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here are the biggest stories of 2022. The Supreme Court heard the Sackler case, which will have a huge impact on federal regulation of wetlands. EPA , which reinvigorated the “Major Question Doctrine,” axed Obama’s Clean Power Plan, and increased barriers to future EPA regulation. A lot has happened on the environmental front.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

Kelly House, Bridge Michigan – May 11, 2022. Clair River Corridor is just one place where state regulators are pushing towns to consolidate water systems for greater efficiency as aging, costly plants near their expiration date. Michigan regulators also lack almost any authority to oversee water systems’ financial health. .

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MAY 16, 2022

As the collaborative explored last week , regulators are now encouraging some water utilities to consolidate, a catch-all term that could mean small steps like sharing staff, or big changes like closing decrepit, oversized water plants in favor of buying water from a neighbor. All that excess infrastructure is expensive to maintain.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Critically, AB 3233 clarifies and confirms local government authority to regulate, and even prohibit outright, oil and gas operations. He signed the package on a Los Angeles soccer field that overlooks oil wells, joined by community organizers who have led the charge for years.

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JULY 25, 2022

Some of the findings are not surprises: stricter regulations actually do result in improved air quality. Many people identify that discipline with cost-benefit analysis and assume that economists are opposed to regulation. By and large, the papers support the utility of regulation. Others are more surprising.

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APRIL 8, 2025

This proposed regulation is narrowly drafted. The [state] Oil and Gas Act, Clean Streams Law and Air Pollution Control Act give EQB the authority and mandate to promulgate regulations to protect health and the environment. The petition for rulemaking meets all the requirements under the board's regulations for moving forward.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

The IFO projects another $100 million drop in revenue in calendar year 2024 fee revenue from 2022 to $170 million. So, in calendar year 2024, DEP will again have a 75% shortfall in the revenue needed to support its Oil and Gas Regulation Program. million to ensure compliance with state environmental laws and regulations.

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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. If that option were removed due to regulation or a change in public sentiment, Shafer reckoned that the biosolids from MMSDs two treatment facilities would be incinerated. Pathogens are also regulated for Class A biosolids, like Milorganite.)

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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. Activists in Arizona are gathering signatures to put groundwater regulation on the ballot.

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MARCH 16, 2022

They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022). Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022).

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MAY 3, 2023

EV sales are high despite some manufacturers lagging Sales of new EVs in 2022 in California reached nearly 20% of new car sales despite the lackluster or non-existent ZEV offerings from some of the major automakers. With numbers like that, Alameda County is poised to be the first in state to have new EVs outnumber new gasoline cars.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 24, 2024

Without such data, state and federal water regulators can’t administer and enforce water rights systems effectively and on a timely basis. Berkeley report provides an excellent set of recommendations for state policymakers and water regulators as to how these monitoring deficiencies can and should be corrected. Unfortunately, no.

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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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 10, 2022

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – May 10, 2022. After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure 0 Comments / May 2, 2022 Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue. This story is part seven of a ten-part series. .

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JULY 17, 2023

States should be heard on transmission When regulators make policy, utilities listen. State regulators can call meetings for utilities to work on the modernization and decarbonization of the grid. Regulators can convene working groups of stakeholders to develop shared interests and goals, answer questions and work on solutions.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

September 20, 2022 . We ask for these regulations, and protections of the water, because we know that having these blooms in the lake will cause downstream harm on these already-suffering and already-disinvested communities,” said the younger Smith. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J. Carl Ganter, Circle of Blue.

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MAY 15, 2024

But instead of providing a detailed assessment of what went wrong, they primarily highlighted the absence of rolling blackouts and the incremental improvements that have been made since the dangerous grid failures of storms Elliott in 2022 and Uri in 2021. It appears to be the case , but let’s get into what regulators did—and didn’t—tell us.

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