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SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Sewage: You Can’t Make This Sh** Up

Union of Concerned Scientists

Honestly, I was kind of nervous about water quality. Whats the point of a beach adventure if you cant even go into the ocean? Paris, like many coastal cities in the US such as San Francisco, has a combined sewer system where after heavy rain events, pipes get overwhelmed and raw sewage can flow into nearby waters.

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Regulation of Seaweed Cultivation and Sinking for Carbon Dioxide Removal in Alaska: New Sabin Center Report

Law Columbia

This follows a decade of record-breaking temperatures, with the World Meteorological Organization concluding that the past ten years 2025-2024 are the ten warmest years on record. Seaweed naturally converts dissolved carbon dioxide in ocean water into organic carbon through photosynthesis. o C above pre-industrial levels.

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New Report on Liability Considerations for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal in the U.S.

Law Columbia

2024 was the hottest year on record , and the planets 10 warmest years since 1850 have occurred in the past decade. Scientists have identified a number of land- and ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches. ocean waters. for environmental harms resulting from their activities). judge-made) law.

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Federal Court Refuses to Halt Construction of Revolution Wind Project

Law Columbia

Recently, a federal court denied two back-to-back motions by a group called Green Oceans to preliminarily enjoin construction of the 704-megawatt Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island. For background, in January 2024, Green Oceans filed a complaint in the U.S.

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Whenever this Supreme Court agrees to review a 9th Circuit interpretation of a law, the outcome is nearly certain. This NEPA case is no exception.

Acoel

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Jeff Porter Monday our nation’s highest court agreed to hear an appeal by seven Utah Counties and a railroad company of a DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision that will likely narrow the reach of the National Environmental Policy Act. The appeal, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition et al.

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ESA Policy News: March 20, 2023

ESA

Congress Senate Commerce Committee to consider ocean debris legislation. Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. This request marks the start of the appropriations process for fiscal year 2024 (FY24), which starts Oct. billion for NSF in FY 2024. lands and waters by 2030.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press. ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. eastern time on Nov.

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