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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Dawes was instrumental in the reauthorization of the federal Abandoned Mine Lands Fund in 2006 and served as Chair of the campaign that led to Pennsylvania receiving $1 billion to address Pennsylvania’s mining legacy of more than 185,000 acres of unsafe, mine-scarred lands. from Villanova University School of Law.

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20 Years of Severe Drought Impede Huge Developments in Southwest

Circle of Blue

In 2021 the Arizona Department of Water Resources halted new residential home construction in Pinal County, south of Phoenix, because groundwater pumping exceeded the supply. . In 2006, the Arizona Department of Water Resources issued two certificates for 4,228 acre-feet of water – 1.35 Keith Schneider. Keith Schneider.

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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

Corp Watch

Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill BNN Bloomberg PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:45 Monday, January 15, 2024 Read more Marcelo Rochabrun (Bloomberg) -- Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.

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Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Exxon: a unique class action against fossil fuel companies presses for climate accountability in the United States

Law Columbia

Noting the vulnerability of the municipality as a coastal community, the Council of State ordered the French government in 2021 to “take all the measures necessary” to bend the curve of GHG emissions to meet climate goals, including a 40% reduction by 2030. Building on corporate accountability cases worldwide.

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The President and Congress Deliver $11 Billion for Abandoned Mine Cleanups

Circle of Blue

In 2021, the Biden administration and Congress responded to the deficit. The infrastructure act’s use of taxpayer dollars to finance the AML fund marks an abandonment of the intention of the mine cleanup law. The original law made coal companies pay for the industry’s past environmental harms. A regular tug-of-war ensued.

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A Trip Down Memory “Train”: A Brief History of Public Transit

Union of Concerned Scientists

This led to an unfair distribution of funds until the FTA’s tribal transit program was implemented in 2006 with a direct funding and application route to the federal government. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021 and was the most recent time Congress made significant changes to transit funding and policy.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

3] California has long led the nation in adoption of environmental rules, including the first motor vehicle emission standards in 1966, energy efficiency standards for appliances in the 1970s, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and many others. [4] 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.