Circle of Blue

AUGUST 2, 2022

At a rate of 400 feet per year, saltwater is migrating west from the ocean to once-secure inland groundwater reserves. Even though we maybe think that groundwater is somehow isolated from the ocean, it’s not,” added Dr. Allison Lassiter, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania focusing on urban water management.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 1, 2024

Let’s take a closer look at the water cycle and how it impacts the weather and our ocean. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. As ocean waters warm , more water evaporates into the air, which then results in more intense and frequent rain or snow.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 24, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded untreated greywater has similar characteristics to domestic sewage and can even have higher concentrations of certain pollutants. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Fortunately, that’s not the case in Alaska. Sign up to never miss an update! Email Address.loading.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For more than 35 years, Ocean Conservancy® has mobilized millions of volunteers through the International Coastal Cleanup® (ICC), removing more than 344 million pounds of trash from beaches and waterways around the globe. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © Ocean Conservancy. Never miss an update.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 18, 2021

The Act and its commission ensures that the public always has a right to access the state beaches, as well as placing environmental protections on any new proposed development. As a result, the state has ensured environmental protection across 1.5 Preserving the Santa Monica Mountains.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Sabin Center wrapped up Climate Week NYC last Friday with an event exploring the opportunities and challenges posed by ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). As evidenced by the 150-plus people in attendance, ocean CDR is attracting growing attention as a possible climate change mitigation option. ground rock) into the ocean?

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

But plastics present a much broader threat to our ocean, climate and marginalized coastal communities. More plastic means more pollution—for the climate, coastal communities and our ocean. Plastic pollution is a social justice issue, a climate issue and an ocean issue. Want to learn more about Ocean Justice?

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Circle of Blue

JULY 14, 2022

With increasing temperatures, “we’re seeing places that do have drought, the intensification is more rapid,” says Roger Pulwarty, a senior scientist in the physical sciences laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Colorado River basin illustrates the impacts of a hot drought. 3) Cutbacks Are Inevitable.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This quote came to mind as we at Ocean Conservancy launched our latest report, Recommendations for Recycled Content: Requirements for Plastic Goods and Packaging. After all, this was not the first time that Ocean Conservancy has looked at the issue of recycled content. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Generating renewable energy from offshore wind and decarbonizing the shipping industry can provide large ocean-based climate-mitigation opportunities in the United States and globally, and these are essential elements of a clean energy future. Climate change poses the single biggest threat to our ocean and to the future of the planet.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency links proximity to agricultural land to high levels of toxic algal blooms in Midwestern lakes. United Nations experts will assess plans to release treated radioactive water into the ocean from a closed nuclear power plant in Japan. A study from the S. 369 LAKES . A new study by the U.S.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 2, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. The warmer the gulf and ocean, the worse the weather; the worse the weather the more likely the spill. We need to clean up sites like Piney Point, and we need to protect and buffer our coastlines from rising seas. Never miss an update! Email Address.loading.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 1, 2022

Companies are rushing to make everything from sneakers to computer mouses to car parts out of recycled and “ocean-bound” plastics, and demand for recycled plastics has never been higher. We need recycling to work to help keep plastics out of our ocean, but not every path from the recycling bin leads to the same positive impact.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 10, 2023

Love ocean content? Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported plastic pellets in 13 out of 14 U.S. Today, pellets are found globally throughout the ocean and across diverse ecosystems.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In the Arctic Ocean, the summer sea ice minimum is an important milestone during this seasonal transition. The sea ice minimum occurs when the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean reaches its lowest point for the year. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Groups and individuals are cleaning up across the world as part of Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. Pennsylvanian’s can do their part to keep trash out of our oceans by participating in Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania Program. To register visit KPB’s Pick Up Pennsylvania Program webpage.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To contextualize that, the Environmental Protection Agency describes PM 2.5 According to the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in 2023 alone there have been 25 confirmed climate disaster events affecting the United States with costs exceeding $1 billion each. Fine particulate matter–or PM 2.5 micrometers.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 7, 2022

Read the full story at Smart Cities Dive.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. As someone who has seen entire beaches covered with what looks like EPS “snow,” I can assure you this is a big win for our environment and our ocean! Environmental Protection Agency reports that only 8-9% of plastics are recycled in the United States. Love our content?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Fall Cleanup Underway “Our fall cleanup is in progress now and we hope to see just as many people out there picking up litter to prevent it from reaching our oceans. Free bags and gloves are provided by the Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT and the Ocean Conservancy, as supplies last.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 12, 2021

Environmental groups urge government to proceed quickly with promised ban on non-essential single-use plastics. Ashley Wallis, Oceana Canada: “Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson’s decision to add plastics to CEPA’s Schedule 1 puts us one step closer to ending the fatal flow of plastic into our oceans.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In a blog post last month, I wrote about the growing interest in ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR), and the complex legal issues it raises. Much of the legal complexity surrounding ocean CDR stems from the fact that the ocean is a shared resource in which all countries, both coastal and landlocked, have an interest.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Despite this, a year later, Imperial Oil has not faced charges or penalties under the Fisheries Act or provincial environmental protection laws. “It Governments watch as oil companies break the rules, raking in record profits while leaving an environmental disaster. million litres of industrial waste into the environment.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Many are located along the San Francisco Bay, which is connected to the ocean via the Golden Gate. Environmental Protection Agency when utilities assess the cost of controlling sewage pollution. The sites are not just along the Pacific Coast. Not all communities in the state are equally in harm’s way, though.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

On November 15, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the award of $402,021 to support 10 local projects to protect and restore the Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone. A portion of this award is used to fund eligible projects that address CRMP priorities.

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

REGULATORY: EPA, FWS, FAS, FS, NOAA, USDA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Notice announcing the availability of EPA’s draft human health and ecological. The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: February 3, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

JUNE 7, 2021

REGULATORY: EPA, FWS, NOAA, USFS Environmental Protection Agency Final rule establishing tolerances for residues of difenoconazole in or on olive; olive, with. The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: June 7, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum providing States with guidance on how to address ocean acidification in their Clean Water Act 303(d) impairment listings. The EPA memo only addresses ocean acidification from a 303(d) list perspective and does not modify EPA’s Recommended Marine pH Criteria.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency , Philadelphia Water Department , and Partnership for the Delaware Estuary joined to celebrate Earth Week and highlight a new ad campaign, ‘Trash Free Waters Begin with YOU!’ Most of the trash that pollutes rivers, lakes, estuaries, and oceans comes from sources on land. Art can help.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 2, 2023

Single-use plastic items persist indefinitely in our marine environment, collecting in rivers, streams and ultimately the ocean, endangering and entangling wildlife along the way. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

Important actions on this front should focus on reducing the overuse of fertilizers and pesticides, eliminating municipal and industrial discharges to oceans and freshwater systems, and reducing overall garbage that reaches rivers. Policies to stop sources of surface and groundwater pollution need to be strengthened and enforced.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 5, 2023

The potential contribution of the BBNJ agreement to strengthen environmental protection in the development of marine renewable energy technologies in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Nearly two-thirds of the global ocean and almost half of the planet are marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania is an enjoyable way for groups and individuals to participate in clean ups that are happening across the nation and world as part of Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. Land cleanups are also necessary to prevent trash from reaching the water in the first place.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of the Interior (DOI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—to implement the IRA.

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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. United States , 547 U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency, recycling efforts for plastic increased significantly between 1980 and 2010. This suggests that estuaries, especially tidal marshes, may trap river-borne plastics before they reach the ocean,” said Najjar, who previously published in Frontiers in Marine Science on simulations of filter estuaries.

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Nanotech

JULY 28, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will co-host a webinar on August 25, 2022 , on Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding opportunities for water nanotechnologies. The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and the U.S.

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