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NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater, Other Waste

PA Environment Daily

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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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Union of Concerned Scientists

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? Source: ERM 2022 ).

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PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Water Trail Mini Grants

PA Environment Daily

Since 2008, PEC, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Fish and Boat Commission, and the National Parks Service have worked together to promote and maintain the Pennsylvania Water Trails Program's network of creeks and rivers. PEC will no longer be accepting applications via email or mail.

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As Drought Grips American West, Irrigation Becomes Selling Point for Michigan

Circle of Blue

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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An Opportunity to Strengthen Climate Risk Management in the Derivatives Market

Law Columbia

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulates the derivatives market and is now considering updates to its risk management regulations. or a natural resource [e.g., The regulations currently specify ten areas that these programs must address, including market, credit, and operational risks (described above).

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PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Urgent Issue Water Trail Mini-Grant Applications

PA Environment Daily

The Pennsylvania Environmental Council , in partnership with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, is announcing the availability of a new mini-grant for an “urgent issue on a designated PA Water Trail.” All applications must be submitted online. Applications and instructions are now available online.

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Jason Gray Joins the Emmett Institute as Project Director, Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force

Legal Planet

The task force was created in 2008 by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and nine other governors from Brazil, Indonesia, and the U.S. He also served as the manager of the program’s market monitoring section and as an attorney supporting the development and implementation of climate and air quality regulations at CARB.