PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2024

Following is a reaction from Tom Rutigliano , senior advocate with the Sustainable FERC Project at the Natural Resources Defense Council -- “The bill is suddenly due for an overreliance on fossil fuels and inadequate planning for a more affordable, diverse power grid in PJM. The total capacity bill for the region will increase from $2.4

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It also wants to destroy environmental regulation, especially climate law. Petrostates tend to suffer from corruption and are prone to authoritarianism – something economists call the “resource curse” because of the way that being rich in natural resources can actually hinder a country’s progress.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

On November 22, the Delaware River Basin Commission announced it will meet on December 7 to consider special regulations covering the import and export of water from the basin and discharges of wastewater from high volume hydrofracking [shale gas drilling] activities. Click Here to sign up for regulator updates. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I’ve written previously about how the truck industry is fighting regulations at the state and federal level with everything they’ve got. One of the scare tactics truck manufacturers have been pushing is the old industry canard of job-killing regulations. Why would truck regulations impact jobs?

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2025

Read more here. -- The Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Board published notice in the January 18 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed changes to regulations establishing eligibility requirements for paying claims under the underground tank cleanup program. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Will there be enough water for Michigan’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation? Will there be enough water for the state’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

On October 7, the Ohio River Valley Institute released the results of a new poll which found 90% of Pennsylvania voters support stricter regulations on the fracking industry, according to the poll conducted by Upswing Research for the Ohio River Valley Institute. Click Here for poll results narrative. Click Here for presentation slides.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Three hearings have been scheduled. . -- SRBC also published notice in the January 25 PA Bulletin announcing the registration of five grandfathered water withdrawals in December. acre project located in Cumru Twp., Berks County. ( All through its eNotice system.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 28, 2022

Both categories are regulated by the Office of Conservation within the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The pertinent regulations are in Statewide Order No. The State regulations that will govern Class VI wells once primacy is achieved are in Statewide Order No.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2025

DEP inspections include both scheduled and unscheduled on-site visits to permitted facilities, as well as document reviews to verify compliance with environmental laws and regulations. When there is an accident or an emergency that threatens the environment and safety of our residents, DEP staff are there to guide the response.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM.

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Legal Planet

JULY 1, 2022

That initiative would have authorized CalRecycle to adopt and enforce regulations requiring that 80 percent of single-use plastic packaging and food service ware, as compared to 2020 levels, be recyclable, compostable, or source reduced by 2030, with an additional requirement that 25 percent of the waste be source reduced.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This proposal would support both zero- emission vehicle incentive programs and charging infrastructure investments while complementing existing regulations on clean vehicles. This November, California voters have a chance to speed the transition from gasoline to electricity by approving Proposition 30. What does Proposition 30 do?

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For a state that prides itself on innovative leadership when it comes to so many other areas of environmental and natural resource policy, California’s water rights law is sorely in need of modernization. Compared to most other states, California has a fragmented and inefficient water rights system.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Wolf directed the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an evaluation of how it regulates conventional oil and gas wells to prevent new abandoned wells, tighten review of permit transfers, review compliance with environmental safeguards and make recommendations for changes and actions, including criminal sanctions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This new regulation would apply to delivery vans, big rigs, box trucks, and buses. Regulate more tractor trucks, including the smaller fleets. and NOx emissions reductions from tractor trucks while still only regulating around 13 percent of California tractor fleets. This has two positives.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

HotSpots H2O: ‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ Calls for Water, Land, and Resource Governance at 2021 IUCN World Conference — Indigenous activists and organizations from around the world met virtually this week for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Zoom-based World Conservation Congress.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Every year MISO identifies its reliability needs for the next year—the megawatts of energy resources needed to meet its reliability target of no more than one outage event every 10 years—and determines the price for different levels of reliability. MISO is now designing this solution and most state regulators are on board.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

By incentivizing the occupation of land, ownership by force, and exploitation of natural resources, the state and federal governments promoted the violent dispossession and genocide of Native Americans from the land. They can, however, once they have enacted an emergency regulation that sets a minimum flow in the river.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Iowa Department of Natural Resources considered over half of Iowas lakes, reservoirs, rivers and streams impaired. The lax state regulations allow CAFOs to dump phosphorus into waterways, resulting in water quality issues such as cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Champlain.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2023

21 [PaEN] -- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice in the January 21 PA Bulletin a new application period for the Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? The deadline for applications is April 5. All through its eNotice system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 29, 2022

A review of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control enforcement orders shows that these types of events are far too frequent. It is the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) responsibility to regulate chemical facilities appropriately. Outdated protections put communities at risk.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians. Of Health Awards $2.5 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

The mission of ClearWater Conservancy is to conserve and restore natural resources through land conservation, water resource stewardship, and environmental outreach across Central Pennsylvania. Click Here to register and for more information. Registration is open until April 4.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 26 to Nov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Ohio regulators need to act. She is now the Midwest campaign manager at the Natural Resources Defense Council. An analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity and BailoutWatch found that Ohio was one of the top 10 states with the most electric utility disconnections in 2020 and 2021.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design. Despite California regulators’ stated interest in pricing based on marginal costs, however, fixed costs have often been bundled into volumetric rates. Regulators are acting on these redistributive concerns.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

On top of water quality, trees store water, which, when released as vapor, regulates precipitation. Their roots help regulate groundwater flows. The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has an easement program to restore and protect forests on private land.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2023

Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? . -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 20 PA Bulletin on changes to the list of companies certified to perform radon-related Activities. ( All through its eNotice system. Click Here to sign up.

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Environment, Law, and History

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

By transplants across subject areas, this article refers to instances when a jurisdiction looks for doctrines in other legal areas, often within its own legal system, when regulating a new resource or addressing a new challenge. Third, the Article brings the legal transplants literature to bear, specifically, on natural resource law.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Deadline March 31. -- The Fish and Boat Commission published notice in the February 4 PA Bulletin on Classification of Wild Trout Streams - Additions and Revisions. All through its eNotice system. Click Here to sign up.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 29, 2022

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. ” But, Holmes continued, the question is one of degree: “if regulation goes too far, it will be recognized as a taking.”

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

The standards will allow Wisconsin to regulate the harmful chemicals while the state’s other attempts at rulemaking are challenged in court. . On average, previously flooded homes have an annual expected loss of $3,000, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council. In context: Who Pays?

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 26 to Nov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 5, 2023

California’s trucks cleaned up and defended Speaking of vehicles, over the past two years, UCS advocated for the California Air Resources Board to strengthen and eventually adopt the Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which it did earlier this year. They are still alive and can be advanced next session; We will not stop working to pass them.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2022

As the collaborative explored last week , regulators are now encouraging some water utilities to consolidate, a catch-all term that could mean small steps like sharing staff, or big changes like closing decrepit, oversized water plants in favor of buying water from a neighbor. All that excess infrastructure is expensive to maintain.

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