Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

However, since major US environmental laws are enacted to protect the air, water, and land separately (i.e. the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act), as a result, EPA programs are often implemented narrowly, not holistically.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2023

The Supreme Court will decide which wetland ecosystems are included in the Clean Water Act, the law that regulates the dumping of pollutants into American waters. Amidst drought, farmers in southern Taiwan are being paid not to grow crops as the government reserves water for semiconductor production.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency has granted a petition to begin the process of promulgating new water quality standards under Section 303(c)(4)(B) of the federal Clean Water Act for the Delaware River estuary. Accordingly, EPA is determining, pursuant to [Clean Water Act (CWA)] Section 303(c)(4)(B) and 40 CFR 131.22(b),

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Listed as endangered in 1967, the humpback chub has many obstacles to survival: dams that cut off habitat and alter river flows, warming waters, and non-native predators. FWS officials think that conservation efforts have reduced immediate dangers to the humpback chub. Federal Water Tap is a weekly digest spotting trends in U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

million in Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program Projects Eligible applicants include county or municipal governments; county conservation districts; councils of government; municipal authorities; and nonprofit organizations. DEP's Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation has a total of $103.4

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

Eleven riparian conservation projects in Michigan will receive $1.7 Ohio residents, fearing their drinking water will be contaminated by increasing amounts of fracking waste, are standing up to oil companies and injection-well owners. and Canadian mayors and government officials that work to protect waterways.”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2024

An overview will be given on the water quality standards and water temperature criteria established under the federal Clean Water Act to assure the protection and propagation of a “balanced”, “indigenous” population (BIP) or community (BIC) of shellfish, fish, and wildlife in and on the receiving water body.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As we head into the holiday season, we here at The Nature Conservancy are feeling enormous gratitude for our Washington state leaders in Congress who have been working for years to advance Puget Sound recovery efforts. Last week, a major milestone was achieved in efforts to advance recovery of Puget Sound, and it’s worth celebrating.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

Through Bill 229, passed in late October, 202 0, Ontario empowered a single partisan cabinet minister to force through dangerous development applications, even where Conservation Authorities have concluded they could cause flooding or landslides. On restoring the role of Conservation Authorities in protecting watersheds and natural systems.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Here are 69 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants Starting Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Here are 94 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Million By 2045 Goal -- StateImpactPA: Oct.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 5, 2024

Subsequent posts provide a deep dive analysis of the bill’s potential impacts on local and regional food systems, farmers’ access to land and capital, beginning and other underserved producers, conservation and climate resilience, and sustainable and organic research, among other issues. NSAC supported. In response, Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Here are 99 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Here are 73 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 28 Hearing On Renewal Of Hazardous Waste Permit For Keystone Cement In Northampton County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments At Oct. Ohio- $3.20 Ohio- $3.20

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA When the federal Clean Water Act was established 50 years ago to regulate pollution to the country's rivers and streams and set quality standards for surface waters, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania already had a Clean Streams Law and an Environmental Rights Amendment (ERA) to its Constitution on the books. "We

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 6, 2023

A proposed EPA rule , which accepted public comment until March 6, “would require states to account for treaty rights, such as fishing and wild rice gathering, when adopting water quality standards under the Clean Water Act,” according to Wisconsin Watch.

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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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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Over 275 people attended, bringing together organizations and individuals spanning the four Delaware River Watershed states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and New York, to collaborate and build capacity for environmental conservation. “A The Delaware River Watershed provides drinking water to 13.3 million Philadelphians.

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Acoel

JULY 3, 2024

And as rare as it might be, from a policy point of view, I find myself siding with the conservative wing of the Court on this issue. ” Simply put, the government holds all the cards in adjudicatory proceedings. .” ” Simply put, the government holds all the cards in adjudicatory proceedings.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The Court’s embrace of the ill-defined “ major questions doctrine ” as the rationale for refusing to give any deference to EPA’s admittedly “plausible” interpretation of section 111 d of the Clean Air Act has raised the specter of the Court’s conservative majority taking a sharp axe to any number of environmental regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Raises Going Around In PA State Government Come Jan. Million -- The Allegheny Front: ‘We Do Have Questions To Answer’ About Single-Use Plastic Waste, Shell Internal Emails Reveal -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Harmed By Erie Coke (Coal) Plant?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2022

16 -- Apply Now For Institute Of Conservation Leadership Delaware River Watershed Professionals Of Color 2022 Cohort [PaEN] -- WHYY: PA Task Force 1 Assists In Search And Rescue Operations Following Hurricane Ian -- EPA Seeking Nominations For Local Govt. 15 In Pittsburgh -- Reminder: Bucknell University River Symposium Abstracts Due Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“Every Pennsylvanian has a constitutional right to clean air and pure water, and my Administration is driving out hundreds of millions of dollars to our local communities to support that goal and ensure the water is safe when families turn on the faucet,” said Gov. Josh Shapiro.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2021

Increased investments in regenerative agriculture strategies in Pennsylvania are good for farm productivity and keeping soil and nitrogen on the land instead of running into local waters. million a year to fund important conservation work. Congress just adopted a budget that boosts funding for the U.S.

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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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Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

The Clean Water Act (CWA) and grant programs contained in the Farm Bill are the primary federal mechanisms for curbing agricultural water pollution. However, these structures have not sufficiently addressed agriculture’s impact on the nation’s water resources. However, funding for these programs is limited.

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Montrose

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Additional services that may be provided by the team include regulatory support for Clean Water Act, Resources Conservation and Recovery Act, Comprehensive Environmental Restoration Compensation and Liability Act, Clean Air Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Oil Pollution Act, and other federal, state, and local environmental programs.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Trout Unlimited strongly supports activism to preserve, conserve, and restore coldwater fisheries across the country.” And so the buffers protection and land use requirements of this kind are not just appropriate, but I would suggest that they are actually an expectation of government obligation to protect the property rights of all people.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 16, 2019

For example, Texas is seeking $12 billion , mostly from the federal government, for a 60-mile “spine” of seawalls that will protect a section of the Texas Gulf Coast—including a hotbed of petrochemical facilities vulnerable to spewing a toxic mess if damaged during a future hurricane.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Federal Property Transfers (CERCLA 120(h)) – Any time the federal government transfers property with PFOS and/or PFOA contamination it must notify the transferee of the contamination. Either the contamination must be addressed prior to the transfer or the federal government must continue to remediation post transfer.

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 9, 2019

Reallocation of state funding appropriated in 2018 to extend water lines in areas with well contamination caused by GenX. In 2018, the legislature allocated $2 million to DEQ’s Division of Water Infrastructure to help local governments extend water lines to properties affected by contamination caused by per?

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 6, 2020

The EMC and water quality staff in the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) spent seven years developing a nutrient management strategy to address water quality standard violations in Jordan Lake as required by the federal Clean Water Act and by state water quality laws.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 23, 2015

States are primarily responsible for regulating fracking activities, as fracking is exempt from most federal laws targeted toward environmental protection, such as the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Local ordinances, such as the.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Just as with climate change, local, state, provincial, and national governments in Canada and the United States have collaborated with science agencies, universities, and non-profit groups to develop effective responses, especially for Lake Erie. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Supreme Court begins its October term today with a wetlands lawsuit that could redefine the Clean Water Act. Tribes tell the Bureau of Reclamation to prioritize long-term infrastructure solutions for the $4 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funds for western drought response. By the Numbers. News Briefs. Today the U.S.

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