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Fracking in Michigan: How Drilling for Natural Gas Could Impact the Great Lakes

Vermont Law

The Great Lakes are a vast natural resource, therefore it is imperative that fracking’s impacts to the watersheds feeding the Great Lakes, such as the Grand Traverse Bay watershed, be considered. In 2010, the Antrim shale became the U.S.’s s thirteenth largest source of natural gas, comprising over 12,000 drilled wells.

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The Fifth Circuit Rejects the DOJ’s Attempt to Charge Black Elk Contractors with OCSLA Felonies

The Energy Law Blog

The contractors were also charged with certain misdemeanor Clean Water Act violations. In 2010, Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC (“Black Elk”) owned and operated a production facility on the West Delta 32 Lease Block located in the Gulf of Mexico. United States v. Moss, et al , No. 16-30561 (5th Cir.

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No Taxation with Conservation: State Tax Credits for Conservation Easements and the Health of the Chesapeake Bay

Vermont Law

to Gettysburg and Appomattox, the Chesapeake Bay watershed not only witnessed the birth of a new nation, but also contributed many valuable natural resources that enabled the United States to grow rapidly. And, well before the first English settled in, Native Americans survived on the Bay’s natural resources.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

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But this is a city where 20 percent of residents report “often” or “always” reducing their spending on basic needs to afford their water bill. Water rates more than doubled between 2010 and 2020, while income of the city’s poorest one-fifth of residents inched up only 12 percent.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Greenbuilding Law

To help achieve these goals, the bill alters and directs additional resources to a number of existing programs and initiatives, including by way of example, in fiscal 2023, $2.5 million in the State budget for tree plantings on public and private land. Environmental Standing and Environmental Justice. Enforcement.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Paul Stowe is its natural resources manager. The cost share could be the same as the early Clean Water Act support to curb point source pollution from municipal wastewater treatment plants.

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