Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Strengthen environmental regulations like the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Toxic Substances Control Act protections to reduce pollution and climate impacts in fenceline communities. The post Protecting the Ocean Means Protecting Communities appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Permit conditions – Several statutes require permit holders to have and implement plans to prepare for extreme events – e.g., Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Oil Pollution Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Toxic Substances Control Act section 7 imminently hazardous chemical. Supreme Court regarding the Clean Air Act and other environmental statutes as to whether EPA is required to consider costs when promulgating a rule. There have been multiple cases that have gone up to the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

Bedrock federal environmental, health, and safety laws have gaping loopholes and exemptions that allow radioactive oil and gas materials to go virtually unregulated, including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act that governs waste management, the Atomic Energy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Clean Air Act.

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Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

What’s Next? EPA will take public comment on the proposed decision for 60 days after the notice is published in the Federal Register.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

For example, EPA under the Clean Water Act established 129 “ Priority Pollutants ” in 1976, a list of which is a typical analytical suite that you can order as a package. Clean Water Act. Through this law, water pollution is managed by controlling wastewater discharges.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

What is Conservation? We define conservation as a broad approach to preserving what is already there and the due care and attention to protecting it for the future (1). Resource conservation is the active ways in which we seek to limit the use of resources to reduce the strain put on supply. Conservation, Ethics, Philosophy.

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Environment, Law, and History

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Farber writes: Well over a century ago, the Supreme Court ruled that it had that power to remedy interstate water pollution. Six years later, the Court decided its first air pollution case. Notably, these cases came during the conservative Lochner era when the Court was hardly known for its liberalism. That was in 1901.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Conservation : The preservation or restoration of a natural environment for the social, ecological, or even economical benefit. For example, a program of river conservation will increase biodiversity while making the surrounding environment and people who live there healthier. Learn more about environmental law degrees.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Conservation: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( S. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

million to resolve violations under the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

This includes conducting a comprehensive review of stormwater discharges and groundwater contamination and implementing initiatives to ensure compliance with environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and parallel Pennsylvania laws.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Elaboration may be on the way through the efforts of New York’s environmental regulator, the Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). After all, New York’s air permitting regime is based on health-based emissions standards derived from the federal Clean Air Act.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S. California Federal Court Ordered Publication of Obama-Era Energy Conservation Standards in Federal Register. ExxonMobil Corp.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In addition, the court rejected the contention that the Clean Air Act or foreign affairs doctrine completely preempted the plaintiffs’ claims and also indicated that federal common law would not provide a basis for complete preemption. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Town of Saugus had appealed the MassDEP’s decision.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The court said that having remanded to the Corps for consultation under the Endangered Species Act, it was not necessary to determine whether the Corps “made a fully informed and well-considered decision” under NEPA and the Clean Water Act. filed May 1, 2020); Conservation Law Foundation v. F078460 (Cal.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Trump is out of office, but he left behind a 6-3 conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

New Mexico governor signs executive order creating a “30 by 30” conservation committee. The judge sided with conservation groups and ruled that the U.S. “Chuck” Sams to lead the National Park Service. Federal judge cancels permits for “Willow” drilling project in Alaska. International. Scientific Community.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The court held that the City’s claims were not completely preempted by the Clean Air Act and also was not persuaded by the companies’ argument that the claims necessarily arose under federal common law. The court also found that judicial economy and conservation of resources weighed in favor of a stay. Missouri v.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? In this opinion dealing with a fairly technical issue under the Clean Air Act, Justice Stevens strengthened judicial deference to administrative agencies.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

The bill also would establish a grant program under the Safe Drinking Water Act for assistance to community water systems affected by PFAS to pay for capital costs associated with treatment technologies. The House bill ( H.R. 31225 (June 11, 2021).]] The comment period on the ANPRM closed on July 26, 2021. 20, 2021).]]

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. League of Conservation Voters v. Seven weeks after the U.S. San Francisco Baykeeper v. 20-17367 (9th Cir. Biden , No. 19-35460 (9th Cir.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The Clean Air Act provision at issue authorizes small refineries to petition EPA “for an extension of the exemption … for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship.” The conservation groups’ appeal of the district court decision is still pending, with the opening brief due on July 12. Rocky Mountain Wild v.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Wisconsin Federal Court Dismissed Pro Se Lawsuit Claiming That Republican and Conservative Policies—Including Failure to Address Climate Change—Violated Plaintiff’s Rights. Murray Energy Sought Supreme Court Review of Fourth Circuit’s Dismissal of Clean Air Act Jobs Study Case. Department of Interior , No. Foster , No.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington Clean Air Act did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D. Bernhardt , No. 1:16-cv-01724 (D.D.C.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Department of Energy (DOE) rule adopted in December 2020 that created new product classes for short-cycle washers and dryers in the energy conservation program. The court also rejected claims under the National Forest Management Act, the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, and the Endangered Species Act. May 17, 2021).

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The First Circuit found that it had appellate jurisdiction even though the stay order was not a final decision because the stay order rendered Conservation Law Foundation “effectively out of court” due to the length of the stay and its indefinite nature. Conservation Law Foundation v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 20-1456 (1st Cir.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The risk evaluation’s conclusions that consumer uses do not present an unreasonable risk could preempt state-level restrictions on 1,4-dioxane in personal care, cosmetic, and cleaning products such as restrictions enacted by New York in 2019.[[N:N.Y. Law §§ 35-0105, 37-0115.]]. 14560 (Mar. 17, 2021).]]

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. Executive Branch.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

as a pollutant at all to the Clean Power Plan, which has no chance of clemency before its swift execution at some point in 2017. [14]. that it should “Amend the Clean Air Act to clarify that it never delegated to the EPA the authority to enact climate policies through the Act.”. [18].

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) from funding conservation projects that violate human rights. The bill requires USFWS and the State Department to vet security forces involved in conservation efforts and requires foundations receiving USFWS funding to agree to not commit or fund human rights violations.

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

3277 ) to codify a Trump administration regulation that limited states’ ability to block fossil fuel projects under the Clean Water Act. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Dec. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. Lands and Waters By 2030.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Notably, the Court acknowledged that the HEROES Act does authorize the Secretary of Education to “waive” or “modify” student debt obligations during a national emergency. In response, the EPA has argued that it is merely tightening existing standards and exercising the same authority under the Clean Air Act that it always has.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

Executive Branch Top environmental official at the State Department to depart to lead the Wildlife Conservation Society. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Courts Climate lawsuit filed by Hawai’i teens advances in state courts. Forests: Reps.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

Top Priorities : Conservation; drought and forest management to reduce carbon emissions and prevent wildfires. This division s responsible for criminal and civil cases to enforce environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. Agriculture. Allocation : $135 billion.

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