PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

On October 19, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the award of over $3.8 Environmental Protection Agency and authorized through Section 319(h) of the federal Water Pollution Control Act. Grant funding is provided by the U.S. Construction for Phase 5.1

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to plug small, conventionally drilled oil and gas wells with known owners. This federal funding could significantly reduce climate-changing methane pollution as well as smog-causing volatile organic compounds (VOC) and carcinogens like benzene.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2024

In Civil Penalties For 12-Month Air Quality Violations After May 2023 Consent Order [PaEN] -- Beaver County Residents Call For Accountability, Emergency Preparedness After Dozens Of Malfunctions, Pollution From Shell Petrochemical Plant [PaEN] -- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 19, 2023

’s ozone SIP counts pollution reductions associated with identifying and correcting faulty vehicle emission systems toward meeting the standard. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved N.C.’s SOLID WASTE Disposal of lithium- ion batteries. House Bill 600, Section 19, amends G.S. 130A-309.10(f)

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Brag

MAY 21, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has prepared a strategic plan for the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) for fiscal years (FY) 2021-2023. Bergeson and Carla N. ” The strategic plan includes new vision, mission, and values statements for OPPT.

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Smith Enviorment

JUNE 7, 2023

But in 1972, Congress adopted the Clean Water Act and asserted federal jurisdiction over “waters of the United States” to create a national water pollution control program. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Supreme Court — has the responsibility to protect North Carolina waters.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 74 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to 74 oil and gas facility site cleanups. The following DEP notices were published in the March 16 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. PA Bulletin, page 1412 ). Allegheny County. (

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2022

On October 7, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the award of $3 million in grant funding to local governments and organizations to restore the health of local watersheds around the state by reducing water pollution. Funding comes from the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor. Environmental Protection Agency. The process introduces salts into the waste stream, which are detrimental for downstream waters. But the fact that the facility exists, Corrigan said, is an indictment of the state’s pollution-control measures. “It’s

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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. to reduce otherwise externalized wastes.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But they were laying waste to the rivers and land. The Circuit Court reversed in part, but the whole issue was mooted by the passage in mid-October of 1972 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 0f 1972. In 1995 he became Secretary of Environmental Protection in Pennsylvania. Was the prosecution fair?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- We Remember Sept. 6 Webinar On New Model Ordinance To Mitigate The Environmental Impacts Of Warehouse Facilities [PaEN] -- Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts Sept. 16 -- Gov.

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Vermont Law

JULY 28, 2014

Environmental action plans suggested in the late 1990s and early 2000s, such as the Millennium Development Plan and the Interministerial Commission for the Environment, were defunct once the disaster occurred. Furthermore, in 2006 the provisional president, Boniface Alexandre, issued a Decree of Environmental Management.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Here are 120 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. Thank you for your leadership! -- We Remember Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

These reductions are greater than what was projected for the 2022 and 2021 proposals, thanks to changes that strengthen provisions to limit wasteful, polluting flaring of natural gas and analytical updates that better capture the impacts of this rulemaking. On December 2, the U.S. Click Here for EPA announcement.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The company first attracted global attention when it was caught dumping 3,000 tons of toxic mercury-laden waste in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, that originated at a PVC plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. A court ultimately revoked the company’s air permits in September 2022, in a major victory for environmental justice activists.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

These threats include a legacy of toxic chemical discharges, bacteria impairment, nutrient pollution, mine waste, and other serious problems. These threats are in part from a lack of sufficient and sustained federal and state investment.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Now it’s time to face the facts, and do what we can to protect the people of this commonwealth by encouraging the Department of Environmental Protection to partner with us and by passing the Grand Jurors’ common-sense reforms.” CNX committed crimes in our county. Why should we believe or trust them now?

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

That’s primarily due to two key features of the CWA: first, a nationwide permit system designed to mandate aggressive application of pollution control technology to limit pollution from “point sources” such as factories and power plants. Environmental Protection Agency.).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency to adopt controls on methane emissions from oil and gas operations by December 16 or face the potential loss of $500 million or more in federal highway funds. Environmental Protection Agency. DEP estimates it will cost the conventional natural gas industry approximately $9.8

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

China requires its large livestock operations to treat manure, in some cases with engineered wastewater treatment plants, before spreading livestock wastes on farmland. The Netherlands oversees strict requirements for storing, treating, and spreading manure to minimize polluting discharges. Environmental Protection Agency approved $1.7

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EPA

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The act gave the agency new tools to join with states, tribes, and communities to prevent pollution before it happens. It also marked a shift in the paradigm of environmental protection which had been mostly focused on end-of-pipe pollution control and clean-up strategies.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2021

Billion Meant For Conservation -- DEP: Issues Air Quality Action Day Warning For Friday, Aug. ArtsQuest Center At Steel Stacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. 19 - Biodiversity Jam [PaEN] -- Governor’s Office: Publishes Latest Catalog Of Nonregulatory Documents [PaEN] -- PA Bulletin: Dept.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2023

The law, part of a package of national environmental reforms in the early 1970s, was transformative. Environmental Protection Agency recommends water quality standards for rivers and lakes to prevent death and damage to fish, mussels, insects, and other aquatic species. Mobility, cost, and environmental protection.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. Safety & Pollution Prevention (Oct. 26, 2021).]] Pennsylvania.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental entities to allow continued enforcement of environmental laws related to ongoing mining operations. In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board. Resolute Forest Products, Inc. 3:17 -cv-02824 (N.D.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Court of Appeals issued a ruling that lends legal muscle to a five-year old petition that Food & Water Watch and 36 allies filed to compel the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update CAFO permitting regulations. to issue new rules that limit discharges of CAFO wastes into waters.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In the months since our 2020 update on federal actions affecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to take action on its PFAS Action Plan. Subscribe to our "Biden-Harris Agenda" mailing list to receive our analyses. * * * * *.

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