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New Environmental Laws Focus on Public Health

Legal Planet

Assembly Bills: A major focus of environmental regulation in California has been on ways to alleviate the health disparities faced by environmentally burdened frontline communities. Let’s see which of the environmental bills I’ve been tracking for Legal Planet were touchdowns and which ones were sidelined.

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EPA’s Proposed Truck Rule Delays Justice for Freight-Impacted Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

And as EPA moves forward with its own proposal to finally strengthen truck pollution regulations, industry has been waging an all-out war on those, too. This fight by industry to delay, obstruct, and otherwise thwart stronger regulation has devastating consequences.

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DEP To Host April 1 Webinar On New Program To Reduce Methane Pollution From Oil And Gas Operations

PA Environment Daily

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. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Gov. Shapiro, CNX Resources Announce New Shale Gas Well Pad Air Monitoring Initiative

PA Environment Daily

Air monitoring is likely to be completed in 2029. DEP has made progress on regulating methane emissions from oil and gas operations when they adopted regulations in 2022, however, the regulations were never implemented for conventional oil and gas facilities that were expected to provide 80% of the potential emission reductions.

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DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 30 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? acres of abandoned mine land in Shade Township, Somerset County under Act 181. ( PA Bulletin, page 1768 ) Meetings April 9-- CANCELED. Sign Up For DEP’s eNotice: Did you know DEP can send you email notices of permit applications submitted in your community? Click Here to sign up.

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PUC OKs Implementation Of PaPUC Forward Strategic Plan Centered On Professional Development, Process Excellence, Enhanced Consumer Education

PA Environment Daily

The Commissioners granted authority to Executive Director Jennifer Berrier to begin implementation of the comprehensive operational strategy for 2025 to 2029, designed to ensure the Commission remains a leader in state utility regulation as it approaches its 90th anniversary. Chairman Stephen M.

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Statement on IESO Contracting New Polluting Gas Power

Enviromental Defense

Incoming federal clean electricity regulations may cause new plants to shut down, leaving ratepayers on the hook to pay for stranded assets in the long term. Contracts for the four existing facilities have been extended beyond their current contracts of 2029 and 2030 to 2034 or 2035.