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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

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A similar measure stalled earlier this year due to opposition from conservatives on the state’s Natural Resources Board. One in 20 tests performed by the city’s water department detected the toxic metal at concentrations exceeding government limits for drinking water. Evers restarted the process after new guidance from the U.S.

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FRESH, April 5, 2022: U.S. Lawmakers Propose Great Lakes Federal Agency

Circle of Blue

As water crises beset North America, all eyes are on the Great Lakes and the leaders, systems, and rules that govern them. Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources is imposing additional penalties on Enbridge, the company that owns the Line 3 oil pipeline, for harming groundwater during its construction. Other News.

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Reflections on a Century of “Regulatory Takings” Law

Legal Planet

Supreme Court issued a radical constitutional decision that over the last century has proven enormously consequential in a host of environmental, natural resources and public health contexts. One hundred years ago this month, the U.S. In the December 1922 decision Pennsylvania Coal Company v.

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PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT HOLDS STATE’S LEGAL REPRESENTATION LEGALLY INADEQUATE FOR FAILURE TO ARGUE ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

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The Commonwealth Court then entered a preliminary injunction enjoining the RGGI regulation, holding that the regulation’s auction of emissions allowances was a tax not legislatively authorized under the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act. Thus, the RGGI auction proceeds are payments for use of public trust resources.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

18 - Energy Industry And Its Impacts On Freshwater Resources [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension To Host Feb. Of Environmental Professionals Inviting Presentation Proposals For Annual Conference Sept.

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Environmental, Health Groups Submit Petition To Environmental Quality Board For More Protective Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells For Schools, Daycares, Hospitals, Buildings, Drinking Water Wells, Surface Water

PA Environment Daily

Pennsylvania agencies have a constitutional duty to heed the overwhelming evidence and require minimum setbacks to protect the Commonwealth’s residents and natural resources from further peril.” “20 Click Here for a copy of the rulemaking petition.

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. million mid-year budget freeze cuts additional resources for environmental programs: Agriculture: $2.6 Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5

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