Circle of Blue

APRIL 5, 2022

Minnesota state regulators are penalizing the oil and gas company Enbridge for harming groundwater during the construction of the Line 3 pipeline. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced a new statewide monitoring system for PFAS, the family of toxic chemicals sweeping across water systems in the Midwest and beyond.

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2022 Renewable Energy Pollution Control 2008 240

PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2024

Yaw: State’s Efforts Are ‘Positively Transforming’ Chesapeake Bay Watershed -- Discover NEPA: Keep NE PA’s Rivers & Streams Clean With PA Environmental Council -- TribLive: Franklin Regional Science Teacher Joins Research On Lake Erie -- Patch.com: New Hope-Solebury Students Awarded Aquetong Watershed Scholarships In Bucks County -- PA Assn.

Conservation 78

Conservation Nuclear Power 2024 Electricity 78

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

Note: In Pennsylvania, DEP receives at least $60 million a year in federal funding just to pay staff and other costs of implementing federal environmental protection programs like Air Quality, Water Quality, Mining, Storage Tanks, Waste, Safe Drinking Water and others.]

Air Pollution 70

Air Pollution Environmental Protection Waste Climate Change 70

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

million In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: $35 Million In Delaware River Watershed Conservation Projects Funded -- WHYY: Philly’s FDR Park Gets Federal Grant For Stream And Wetland Restoration -- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: What’s Next For The Chesapeake Bay? 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp.

Conservation 84

Conservation Natural Gas Electricity Climate Change 84

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

How To Simplify Garden Work - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association , Monroe County [PaEN] -- PaHomePage.com: Nanticoke Creek Watershed Restoration Underway By Earth Conservancy -- Forests For Chesapeake Bay Update: Eastern Hemlocks; Extrafloral Nectaries; Phenological Fun!

Natural Gas 68

Natural Gas 2025 2013 Conservation 68

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

formal notice ) May 22-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Click Here for options to attend this meeting remotely. Contact: Jake Newton at (717) 783-3349 or janewton@pa.gov. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.

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Environmental Protection Regulations 2024 Pollution Control 106

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The York County Conservation District (YCCD) has adopted a new initiative to improve water quality in local streams, reduce flooding of properties located downslope of new construction activities, and provide for faster plan approvals at the local level. Visit the York County Conservation District website for more information.

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Conservation Pollution Control Natural Resources Regulations 52

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Now, SB 1137 protects communities by establishing a setback distance of 3,200 feet for homes, schools, parks, or businesses open to the public from new wells, and requires comprehensive pollution controls for existing oil wells within the setback zone. Ecological Conservation.

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2021 2022 Sea Level Clean Energy 130

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

GT Thompson, Chair of the US House Agriculture Committee; Members Of The PA In The Balance Farm Conservation Initiative Team; Student Jessica Herr [PaEN] -- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Jane Cook Leads By Example In Lehigh Valley [PaEN] -- PA Assn. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- Western PA Conservancy: Dec. 12 [PaEN] -- PA Assn.

Air Pollution 48

Air Pollution Natural Gas Electricity Clean Air Act 48

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2022

-- AG Shapiro: Coterra Energy, Formerly Cabot Oil & Gas, Pleads No Contest To 15 Criminal Charges Related To Polluting Water Supplies In Dimock, Susquehanna County [PaEN] -- DEP Has Ordered A ‘Top To Bottom Review’ Of How It Regulates Underground Natural Gas Storage Areas As A Result Of The Equitrans Gas Leak In Cambria County In Nov.

Conservation 48

Conservation Regulations Natural Gas 2023 48

Law Columbia

MAY 28, 2021

This week’s advancements offer two new models for local governments looking to require or promote building electrification: air pollution and land use regulation. The New York City bill also offers a useful model for using air pollution control authority to regulate building emissions.

Air Pollution 59

Air Pollution Regulations Fossil Fuels Natural Gas 59

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2024

FPW is a grantmaking foundation that invests in local efforts to protect healthy streams, clean up pollution, and restore degraded wildlife habitat. In November 2023, conservation and environmental protection leader Deborah Nardone was appointed as the Executive Director of the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds.

2006 91

2006 Conservation Environmental Protection Pollution Control 91

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Section 303(d) requires states to list all impaired surface waters not supporting uses even after appropriate and required water pollution control strategies have been applied. Pennsylvania's integrated water quality monitoring and assessment report satisfies the requirements of sections 305(b) and 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA).

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2024 Clean Water Act Conservation Pollution Control 79

Acoel

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In Shirley, individual Republican legislators and various entities associated with two coal-fired power plants challenged a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) greenhouse gas control regulation. The regulation would enable the state to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

Natural Resources 52

Natural Resources Greenhouse Pollution Control Air Pollution 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

Bizzarro: DEP Awards Environmental Education Grants To Asbury Woods Environmental Center And Regional Science Consortium At Presque Isle Center -- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Receives DEP Grant To Host Four BioBlitz Events For Students -- PA Assn.

Natural Gas 79

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Electricity 2024 79

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2075 (Knowles-R- Schuylkill) abrogating DEP’s air pollution control regulations covering heavy-duty trucks [Note: DEP already suspended enforcement of these regulations November 6 - Read more here.];

Nuclear Power 62

Nuclear Power Recycling Fossil Fuels Pollution Control 62

PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2021

Read more here. Million For PFAS Cancer Study WHYY: What’s In The Water? 27-28; Moraine State Park Regatta Aug. 27-28; Moraine State Park Regatta Aug.

Natural Gas 67

Natural Gas 2021 Conservation 2020 67

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Citing that shortfall, the EPA in April announced it would ramp up inspections and enforcement of clean water regulations across the state. The agency said the state failed to provide adequate details about actions and timelines that would demonstrate ramped-up implementation of pollution control practices.

Pollution Control 52

Pollution Control 2025 Environmental Protection Conservation 52

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Of Agriculture Awards Research Grants For Soil Health, Farm Conservation, Regenerative Farming, Spotted Lanternfly Mitigation September 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation Clean Air Council Now Accepting Applications For Feet First Philly Mini Grants; Sept. 30 Manada Conservancy Hosts Sept.

Conservation 52

Conservation Nuclear Power 2009 Pollution Control 52

PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2024

Farmer -- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Highlights Youth Conservation Corps 50-Mile Paddling Perki-Bay Expedition In New Video [PaEN] -- Sen. 14 Hearing [If Requested] On Title V Air Quality Permit For Gas-fired Hummel Station Power Plant In Snyder County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Aug.

Nuclear Power 83

Nuclear Power 2024 Carbon Dioxide Conservation 83

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

28 [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. 28 [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. to 3:00 p.m.

Natural Gas 83

Natural Gas Climate Change Fossil Fuels Conservation 83

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2022

“I am vetoing, disapproving, and returning the Concurrent Resolution because Final Form Regulation 7-559 is a vital step for Pennsylvania to reduce carbon emissions and achieve our climate goals. By the 1890s, our forests were all but gone until the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps replanted them.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Greenhouse Air Pollution Carbon Emissions 52

Legal Planet

APRIL 25, 2024

Is EPA’s new climate rule a sneaky effort to eliminate coal or a valid pollution standard? Some new arguments made by EPA convince me that it’s pursuing a time-tested approach to pollution control. It’s not that EPA is trying to grind down the industry.

Carbon Emissions 246

Carbon Emissions Clean Air Act Pollution Control Regulations 246

The Energy Law

AUGUST 21, 2012

To determine the amount of the emissions cap, the state agency (Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, which later became the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”)) would first determine the corresponding emissions from each emissions unit under the cap if it had pollution controls at the BACT level.

2012 40

2012 Clean Air Act Environmental Protection Pollution Control 40

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

If CNX has modified its operations with respect to curbing pollution, such as using better technology to identify and capture fugitive emissions, that is not discussed in this report. Shapiro’s Administration would allow any industry operator to self-regulate its activities. 27 Released 1.1

Natural Gas 85

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Regulations Air Pollution 85

Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

To make meaningful progress in lowering water pollution, the federal government should begin incentivizing agroecological practices that both allow farmers to keep their land in production and actively work to reduce excess nutrients, pesticide waste, and erosion. However, the CWA does not address agricultural pollution in a meaningful way.

Clean Water Act 40

Clean Water Act 2013 2015 Pollution Control 40

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

An interpretive rule “advise[s] the public of the agency’s construction of the statutes and rules which it administers…”An interpretive rule is a non-legislative rule that interprets or clarifies a provision previously promulgated through a statutory mandate or an agency regulation. Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014.”.

Clean Water Act 40

Clean Water Act 2014 Law Conservation 40

Vermont Law

JULY 28, 2014

Summary: The country of Haiti does not have a history of effective environmental regulation and this has continued after the devastating 2010 earthquake due to a lack of political and economic infrastructure. Deforestation, air and water pollution, and lack of sanitation systems have led to public health problems and resource scarcity.

2010 40

2010 Law Deforestation Rainforest 40

CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

acres of commercial use on a 775-acre portion of the West Parcel and withdraw those lands from the TPZ zone, while designating the entire East Parcel as Forest and TPZ; upon approval, real parties would sell or restrict the East Parcel for conservation purposes in perpetuity. acres of commercial uses. City of Newport Beach (2017) 2 Cal.5th

Renewable Energy 98

Renewable Energy Clean Energy 2013 Conservation 98

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

On March 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced sweeping plans to reconsider more than 31 major environmental regulations and programs, including pulling back regulations reducing methane emissions and regulating production wastewater from oil and gas operations. EPA promulgated the Subpart E regulations in 1979.

Regulations 99

Regulations Natural Gas Clean Air Act Technology 99

Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

Environmental regulation. EPA and agencies have dozens of guidance documents and regulations about analytical methods to be used for environmental samples. Based on regulations and scientific knowledge, commercial laboratories have an established suite of chemicals they typically look for in environmental samples. Limitations.

Clean Water Act 52

Clean Water Act Waste Clean Air Act Regulations 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

Shapiro And The Shale Gas Company CNX -- TribLive: Many West Deer Residents Calling For More Stringent Regulations On Shale Gas Drilling In Allegheny County -- TribLive: Indiana Twp.

Conservation 80

Conservation 2024 Waste Natural Gas 80

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

18 - Energy Industry And Its Impacts On Freshwater Resources [PaEN] -- North Central Grassroots Conservation Fair March 14 Wellsboro, Tioga County [PaEN] -- PA American Water Charitable Foundation Accepting Applications For 2025 Water & Environment Grants [PaEN] -- Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grant Letters Of Intent Due Feb.

Conservation 80

Conservation Natural Gas 2025 Electricity 80

Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2023

To avoid the same fate as the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which was struck down by the conservative Supreme Court in West Virginia v. That does not mean, however, that states and utilities are similarly constrained from generation shifting as they develop ways to comply with the federal regulations.

Carbon Dioxide 246

Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Clean Air Act Nitrogen Oxides 246

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The state and the county, with farmer endorsement, approved new regulations that require nutrient management plans for farms that produce more than 100,000 gallons of liquid manure, or 350 tons of solid manure annually. billion to be spent on farmland conservation programs. The total cost of the wetland project is $10 million.

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Law Waste 2022 Clean Water Act 290

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. The conventional regulations were challenged in Commonwealth Court by conventional oil and gas operators.

Regulations 110

Regulations Air Pollution Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas 110

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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Waste Natural Gas 2024 Pollution Control 107