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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

NEPA remains the workhorse of natural resource litigation today. Clean Air Act. Clean Water Act. This law has done a good job at cleaning up municipal and industrial water pollution. Endangered Species Act (ESA ).

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Nov. 12 Webinar On Threatened, Endangered Species Policy Updates

PA Environment Daily

Fish and Wildlife Service regulations implementing the federal Endangered Species Act, evolving protections for the tricolored bat and northern long-eared bat, and potential policy implications of the 2024 election. Samuel Boden is an associate in the environment, land, and natural resources group in the Harrisburg office.

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

The Energy Law Blog

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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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.

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Montrose Environmental Group Acquires Environmental Intelligence, LLC

Montrose

Founded in 1994 and based in Laguna Beach, California, EI’s team of biologists, wetland scientists, archeologists and GIS specialists provide comprehensive natural resource consulting and regulatory compliance services and comprehensive environmental management programs for large-scale projects.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

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).