Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

health and environmental policies do too little to protect people and communities from harmful chemicals and pollution. One key reason is that the nation’s environmental laws and rules consider each chemical or facility in isolation, but no one is exposed to one chemical at a time from one source at a time.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 1 PA Bulletin announcing that Impecca is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Earlier this year, environmental health advocates scored a big win when the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) updated the ethylene oxide sterilizer rule requiring commercial sterilizers to significantly lower their emissions. Overburdened communities are not being protected fast enough by these incremental approaches.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 8, 2024

The principle states that, when the language of a law is ambiguous, experts at federal agencies can interpret it to create rules to implement and enforce the law. In SEC v Jarkesy, a 6-3 majority undermined federal agencies’ ability to enforce laws by issuing fines to individuals or organizations that break those laws.

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National Law Center

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over the past year, the environmental law arena has seen various issues and developments that have had impacts on agriculture. The post Top Environmental Law Topics from 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection is offering free industrial energy audits to the first 20 facilities that apply to the PA Industrial Energy Assessment Program. Department of Energys State Energy Program Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Visit the PA Industrial Energy Assessment Program webpage for all the details.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Lead has long been confirmed toxic under Canada’s environmental protection law (CEPA), and DEHP was recently added to the list. These substances are linked to brain damage and ADHD, liver damage, reproductive harms and other devastating diseases.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 11, 2025

In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), a law that establishes a statewide framework for advancing the long-term availability of the states groundwater resources. Environmental Protection Agency, Assistance Agreement no. 2021-69012-35916] from the U.S. RD-84046301-0. Download as PDF

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 1, 2023

After years of advocating for stronger toxics laws, we are celebrating the passage of Bill S-5 – the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act in the House of the Commons. Together, we can build a cleaner, safer, and toxic-free future for everyone living in Canada.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

This is why the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s historic investments provided a long overdue federal commitment to improving and protecting water quality (and why current threats to it and the agencies like EPA administering funds are so misguided). Upgrading infrastructure is expensive! San Francisco City and County v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 8, 2024

In effect, judges with no subject matter expertise on the substance of a case will be deciding the technical details and best approach for a huge range of issues in public health, environmental protection, public safety, conservation and more. It is not hard to see that is the real intent of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Chevron.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 9, 2023

Especially when it’s good news about effective international cooperation on environmental protection issues. . I wouldn’t say that everything is always for the best in this best of all possible worlds, but it’s important to recognize that cooperation on international environmental issues remains possible. The post News Flash!

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 23, 2025

About the poll: The survey was conducted with 1,200 adult Canadians over the age of 18 from April 14 to 16, 2025.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

At the time, I thought it was possible his mischaracterization of CEQA was a one-off, but it’s now apparent that Klein has joined the all-out crusade against the law that has existed in one form or another for decades. But painting those processes and CEQA with the same brush is misleading, and wrong.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In New York state, voters have a chance to enshrine environmental protections in their state constitution, which could revive a legal movement that flourished in the United States a half-century ago. How many words protect freedom of speech? Dernbach told Circle of Blue. It doesn’t need to be long. Senate race.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

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? One possibility is that NEPA serves as a back-stop for other environmental laws, filling in gaps they do not cover.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On October 23, the Department of Environmental Protection began plugging a conventional gas well orphaned by the well owner that contaminated a family's drinking water well in Vowinckel, Clarion County. Read more here. Visit DEP’s Orphan Well Plugging Grant Program webpage for more information. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here!

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 2 PA Bulletin that MTM Trading LLC (Tagital) is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here. Read more here.

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Law and Environment

MAY 31, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency , which significantly narrowed the Clean Water Act’s (“CWA”) test for determining whether wetlands are protected “waters of the United States” and the federal permitting requirements for development projects in covered wetlands areas. Any developer knows that reality is far more nuanced.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

Christian Thorsberg, Interim Fresh Editor This Week’s Watersheds A new law in Wisconsin will fund more sustainable, watershed friendly farming methods. million homes over the next decade in Ontario, also changes environmental protections and regulations required for development plans. Find all the work here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency et al. EPA decision is also harmful in a broader sense because it goes to the heart of federal agencies’ abilities to interpret existing laws based on the best available science, and to then set robust standards accordingly. The Supreme Court’s decision in the case known as West Virginia et al.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

On April 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has reviewed and acted on more than 9,000 permit applications and ensured those permits were enforced properly by conducting more than 28,000 inspections of regulated facilities.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A Widener University Commonwealth Law faculty member who has shaped environmental policy for decades has been honored with one of the highest recognitions in his field. There are many ways to protect and restore the environment while also advancing economic and social development,” said Dernbach. “We

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Before the amendment takes effect, the Legislature must pass laws that define what types of projects are eligible. Proponents of the amendment hope it will provide a legal tool for environmental protection. The blooms prevent sunlight from nourishing the seagrass that sustain the manatees.

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National Law Center

AUGUST 13, 2024

On July 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its highly anticipated draft Insecticide Strategy, the latest step in the. The post EPA Releases Draft Insecticide Strategy appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Clean Water Act (CWA), one of the nation’s most important environmental laws, is 50 years old today. It’s proven to be one of the most successful of America’s bedrock federal environmental statutes. Today, the private enforcement model is replicated in many of the nation’s environmental laws.

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National Law Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

On August 20, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its final Herbicide Strategy. The post EPA Publishes Highly-Anticipated Final Herbicide Strategy appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. The document, which was released in a.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 19, 2022

This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers a setback to the environmental rights of nature in Florida and a recent lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Protection Agency faces a lawsuit over its recent action in response to PFAS chemicals in drinking water.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice — Circle of Blue. POLLUTION CLEANUP: Michigan’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the California-based company FKI Hardware for violating the state’s pollution cleanup laws, MLive reports. Environmental Protection Agency. In the News.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2024

A 2015 survey by UCS and the international climate disclosure organization CDP found that few companies were willing to disclose their memberships or discuss whether their public stance on climate change aligned with the groups they funded (associations are not required by law to disclose their members or boards of directors).

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

On February 6, 2024, a federal court in Arizona issued a ruling directing the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to vacate the. The post The Deal With Dicamba: Court Vacates Over-the-Top Registration appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Lawyers with a conservation group filed a complaint with the UK’s environmental watchdog say the country is failing to stop water companies from discharging raw sewage into rivers. The law is clear and has been since 1991. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS. 6,000 LEAD SERVICE LINES.

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National Law Center

APRIL 30, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued its highly anticipated final rule to designate two per—and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) as hazardous. The post “Hazardous Substances”: EPA Takes Action on PFAS appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Vorys Law

DECEMBER 23, 2024

13, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed draft 2026 Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Stormwater Discharges (MSGP). On Friday, Dec. The MSGP is a general permit that regulates stormwater discharges from various industrial facilities.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

But in-ocean research could implicate various international and domestic laws that might affect whether, when, where, and how projects take place. Both the London Convention and London Protocol require parties to adopt domestic laws to regulate the “dumping” of “waste and other matter” at sea.

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National Law Center

DECEMBER 7, 2023

One June 22, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a draft white paper for its Vulnerable Species Pilot Project (“VSPP”), The post EPA Proposes Vulnerable Species Pilot Project appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 10, 2025

A new Sabin Center report explores the laws governing seaweed cultivation and sinking for CDR in Alaska. Seaweed cultivation and sinking are regulated by a number of different laws at the state and federal levels. These laws are administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE).

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