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NEPA as an environmental back-stop

Legal Planet

Why might we have an environmental review statute such as NEPA when we already have a range of other environmental protection statutes such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and more? Climate change is a classic example of cumulative effects. The first post is here.

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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

My own priorities are public health, climate change, and preservation of biodiversity/ecosystems. Clean Water Act. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. Endangered Species Act (ESA ). I included all laws passed in the U.S.,

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Court Dismisses Permitting Challenges to the U.S.’s First Major Offshore Wind Project

The Energy Law

The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale. BOEM approved the Construction and Operations Plan for the Vineyard Wind Project in July 2021, approximately 12 years after BOEM began evaluating the site for wind energy development.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

7 Outreach Session In Luzerne County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives -- DEP Hosts Dec. To Present Final Plan For Youghiogheny River Watershed Dec. 7 -- DEP Hosts Dec. 18 Hearing On Panther Creek Power Application To Burn Waste Tires In Carbon County -- DEP Invites Comments At Jan.

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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

Law Columbia

However, because these stumbling blocks arose out of water quality issues that are specific to fossil fuel pipelines, they are unlikely to affect electricity transmission. Nationwide Permit 12 (“NWP 12”) is a major piece of the regulatory puzzle for oil and gas pipelines as well as transmission.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Climate change : The process by which the climate changes due to “forcings”. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) : Set up by the EPA to determine standards for clean water (part of the Clean Water Act).

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Federal Court Refuses to Halt Construction of Revolution Wind Project

Law Columbia

In those two briefs, CARI argued that the motions for preliminary relief should be denied because impeding construction of the renewable energy facilities necessary to stop climate change, such as the Revolution Wind project, would not serve the public interest.