Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Not to be outdone, 19 Republican state attorneys general also joined the fray in August, falsely claiming that “woke” asset managers are politicizing their investments by adopting ESG criteria instead of focusing solely on financial returns, as required by law, at the expense of their state pension funds. (No

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) intervened in the case with the Ecology Center, Environmental Law & Policy Center, and Vote Solar, focusing our testimony on energy justice, community solar and energy storage, and equitable grid transition issues. Reform utility political contribution and lobbying regulations.

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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. Nevertheless, and with the possible exception of the Clean Air Act, no law enacted as part of the outpouring of federal environmental legislation in the 1970’s has proven more successful and transformational than the CWA.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2023

Treasurer Ball has wasted no time in implementing SB205 to push forward this fossil-funded agenda and has named 11 financial institutions that could be subject to divestment for engaging in so-called “energy boycotts.” I know we can agree that we don’t want political grabs for power to fall on us taxpayers.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 6, 2021

All the things that go down the drain and end up at the waste water treatment plant are not removed there. All the things that go down the drain and end up at the waste water treatment plant are not removed there. That’s something political leaders have not been willing to do. Photo Lester Graham. It’s a soup of chemicals.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

And special measures to dispose of the toxic waste product costs $220 million, though not all of those costs are strictly related to algae. And political power with it. Just lack of political capital. It was our way of confronting those laws and those systems. Mitigating those blooms costs another $21 million.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 20, 2022

In order to head off this looming disaster it is vital that Ontario’s elected representatives force an immediate u-turn in laws and policies around land use planning, highways and transportation, and watershed planning and flood protection. In particular, Environmental Defence has asked all of the major political parties to commit to: .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Outdated zoning laws often block the development of dense, mixed-use neighborhoods that make walkable, transit-friendly communities possible. Modernizing these laws is essential to building cities that work for people and the planet. Imagine cutting waste and energy consumption all in one go! of energy in summer.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

We at the UCS Center for Science and Democracy work to make sure that government decisions are informed by the best possible science and evidence, free from political interference, and responsive to diverse community voices. Sometimes agencies publish tables including the commenter, the comment, and a response.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Mine Cleanup Law Weakened by Coal’s Decline — Reclamation is a flashpoint for the partisan divide over fossil fuels. Social and political circumstances in Syria may have aided the outbreak. It is expensive, though, and generates a waste brine that requires disposal. Brett Walton, Interim Stream Editor.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

To help voters determine which candidates would deliver the needed course correction, Environmental Defence and its allies in the Ontario Priorities Working Group asked each of the province’s major political parties whether – and how – they would deliver the rapid emissions reductions Ontario will need to head off climate catastrophe. .

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

The same is true in environmental law. Was it a fundamental paradigm shift, re-centering the law on new values? With all this in mind, here are the cases that I see as making up the canon and anti-canons of environmental law. Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANC) v. The issue goes beyond which side wins.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2025

Approves Solar Energy Facility In Blair County -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: New Federal Clean Energy Rebates In Limbo For Residents Of PA, DE, NJ -- Reminder: Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sara Innamorato (D-Allegheny) co-chaired a hearing by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on the environmental and health dangers associated with oil and gas drilling waste in Pennsylvania. We are concerned because radium-226 and radium-228, both present in oil and gas waste, can cause bone and connective tissue cancer.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A new Sabin Center report, Cities Climate Law: A Legal Framework for Local Action in the U.S. , by Amy Turner and Michael Burger, offers a comprehensive guide for local law- and policy-makers in developing climate programs that consider and comport with federal and state law.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

. -- 75 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Winter Storm Elliot’s Natural Gas Infrastructure Failures Not (..)

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Environment, Law, and History

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

H-Environment recently posted a review by Jay David Miller of Erin Drew's The Usufructuary Ethos: Power, Politics, and Environment in the Long Eighteenth Century (U. Virginia Press, 2021).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

On May 10, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund announced PA General Energy, LLC notified the Department of Environmental Protection that it intends to plug its proposed toxic frack-waste injection well in Grant Township after this Memorial Day. Grant Township has been fighting to keep out this frack-waste injection well since 2013.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

What we manufacture helps reduce waste, offsets the need to extract virgin resources and helps manufacturers achieve carbon reduction goals.” In order to divert political will from passing laws to reduce plastic use, they say chemical recycling is the solution. She also called the Encina project “greenwashing.” “The

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Of PA Announces Retirement Of CEO Terry Fitzpatrick -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 23 to 29 - Plugging Abandoned Shale Gas Wells, Waste Injection Wells; (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb. 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN] -- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy Brings Wildlife Tracking, Tree Guardianship To Bristol Twp. School -- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center To Hold Holiday Camps Dec.

Natural Gas 108

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Recycling Politics 108

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Toxic chemicals leaking from old industrial sites and waste dumps across almost all of Michigan had contaminated hundreds of shallow aquifers and made them unfit for any use. The law and the program require applicants to provide data and make the case they are not causing harm. .

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2024

Read the real story here ] -- Grist - Jake Bolster: Road Dumping Returns: How Pennsylvania’s Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Quietly Dumped Waste Across The State July 26-- Virtual. Click Here to watch online. State Museum Of PA Webinar: Pennsylvania Caves - Time Capsules Of The Past Featuring Rose-Anna Behr, PA Geological Survey.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2023

Steel Appeals Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Title V Air Quality Permit Issued By Allegheny County -- DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use [PaEN] -- EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 4 States Participating In Accelerated Lead Water Service Pipe Replacement Project In Underserved Communities -- Registration (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 15, 2024

Robinson, Neighbor Help Save Collapsed FedEx Delivery Man -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State Law Plays Catch-Up To Keep Gambling Addicts Away From Direct Advertising -- Post-Gazette: Democratic Cong. National- $3.46 National- $3.46

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Presumably Dagsvik and Moen are used to this kind of model, but they seem to be inexperienced with the models used for weather and climate, which on the other hand are based on the laws of physics. This cost is something we have to reckon with, but it is a waste of time if it is really obvious that the analysis was wrong in the first place.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

17 Hearing On Orchard BJK Company Warehouse Chapter 105 Permit In Monroe County -- Penn Today: New Program Brings Penn And William L. Davis Will Lead Democratic Lt.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

In Pittsburgh and Philadelphia last week, the PA Resources Council , PennEnvironment , other partners and local officials issued a call for updates to the Commonwealth's recycling law. Act 101, the landmark recycling law that made Pennsylvania a leader in 1988 needs multiple updates to meet the demands of today’s economy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2023

To Draft Reliability Standards For Wind, Solar And Storage PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- PA Capital-Star: Here’s What’s Still Outstanding In Pennsylvania’s State Budget -- Spotlight PA: Gov.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

Tim Ryan Talks Natural Gas Policy, Need For ‘Radical Pragmatism’ -- Schmidt & Clark: Pennsylvania Oil/Natural Gas Field Accidents, Injuries -- EPA Announces Proposed Rule Requiring Cleanup Of Inactive Coal Waste Impoundments, Disposal Areas For Comment [PaEN] -- WHYY: Montgomery County Voters Support New Local Law To Prohibit Public Sewer System (..)

Natural Gas 106

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In Best Case PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- TribLive/PennLive: Lawmakers Get Holiday Gift-- 3.5% 9 Coal Mine In Carbon County -- PA Wilds Center: Miles Welby Candle Co. As Greenhouse Gases Keep Rising, UN Says -- Bloomberg: World Has 14% Chance Of Keeping Warming Below 1.5C

Natural Gas 104

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

By Bruce Ledewitz, Duquesne School Of Law -- AP: Municipalities Say An Adverse Ruling On A Case Now Before PA Supreme Court On Stormwater Fees Could Drain Them Financially -- Reading Eagle: $260,000 In Grants Awarded To 4 Schuylkill River Watershed Improvement Projects In Berks County -- Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts Sept.

Natural Gas 107

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 24, 2023

However, because the Ontario government now has no effective assessment or safeguards of its own that cover key environmental and social necessities, a declaration that the current language of the Impact Assessment Act is invalid could, theoretically, create a temporary gap in the law.

Environmental Protection 95

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

TODAY 10:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee holds a public hearing on House Bill 1607 (Borowski-D-Delaware) a comprehensive rewrite of the state electronics waste recycling law ( sponsor summary ). Room 205 Ryan Building. Click Here to watch live. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Million To Delaware Estuary Program, Including Support For Mussel Hatchery At Philadelphia's Bartram's Gardens [PaEN] -- Dept. Million To Delaware Estuary Program, Including Support For Mussel Hatchery At Philadelphia's Bartram's Gardens [PaEN] -- Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

TODAY 7:30: Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting.

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