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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

Clean Water Act. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. Inflation Reduction Act. Provides approximately $370 billion dollars for clean energy and other climate-related programs. Reader’s Choice.

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Federal Water Tap, May 31: EPA Proposes Protection for Salmon-Rich Bristol Bay

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The EPA intends to deny a Clean Water Act permit for a mine development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. Officials sign a Navajo-Utah water rights settlement. The EPA announces an interagency working group for water reuse. The Rundown. NOAA expects another above-average Atlantic hurricane season. By the Numbers.

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CRES Forum Hosts Permitting Reform Panel Discussion

Cresforum

The discussion touched on the challenges that exist for developers and the opportunities for improvement throughout various statutes, like the Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act, as well as at implementing agencies and the courts.

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Federal Water Tap, July 18: White House Considers Impacts of Breaching Snake River Dams

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The other report is an analysis of how breaching the dams would affect the electric grid and the region’s clean energy goals. Prepared by the consulting firm Energy and Environmental Economics, the report found a range of impacts depending on the pace and extent that carbon-based energy is eliminated from the grid.

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What Can We Expect From Gov. Shapiro, Lt. Gov. Davis On Environmental, Energy Issues?

PA Environment Daily

His priority is ensuring Pennsylvania has a comprehensive climate and energy policy plan that will move all of us forward.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.6.23

PA Environment Daily

11 Hearing On Bill To Expand Renewable Energy Mandates In Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Controversial Solar Energy Project In Adams County Loses In Court Again -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn.

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It’s Good to Be a Brownfield Site — As Long As It’s Not Too Brown

Law and Environment

(Maintaining CERCLA’s reputation for incoherent drafting , it is not clear whether the exclusion applies to any such orders or only orders issued pursuant to certain other federal environmental statutes, including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Clean Water Act.)