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Brandywine Conservancy Names Stephanie Armpriester, Grant DeCosta To Leadership Positions

PA Environment Daily

On April 14, The Brandywine Conservancy announced new leadership changes with the promotions of Stephanie Armpriester and Grant DeCosta , both previously Acting Co-Directors of the organization. Armpriester will now serve as the Conservancy’s Director of Conservation and Stewardship, and DeCosta will act as the Director of Community Services.

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What’s New About Income-Graduated Fixed Charges?

Legal Planet

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. Environmentalists have successfully advocated for low fixed charges on the basis of conservation.

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Environmental Groups File Suit to Compel EPA to Review and Revise Oil and Gas Waste Regulations

The Energy Law Blog

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. See Appalachian Voices v. McCarthy , 989 F. 2d 30, 53-56 (D.

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The Fad of Ecotourism in India: Discovering Paradise to Creating Purgatory?

Vermont Law

And as all so-claimed “eco”-friendly things do, it gained significant popularity as a way to experience nature’s wonders while supporting conservation efforts. However, the Indian judiciary displays a proactive commitment to environmental conservation. In Nagarahole Budakattu Hakku Sthapana Samithi v. In Union of India v.

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From ‘Red and Dead’ To Class A Fishery, West Branch Susquehanna River Rebounds - But We're Not Done Yet

PA Environment Daily

In 2013, there were 289 abandoned mine lands in Cambria County and 629 in adjacent Clearfield County, both of which include parts of the West Branch headwaters. SMCRA established regulations for mining companies to follow, as well provided funding to clean up sites that were opened prior to 1977. October Is Buffer Month!

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The Dusky Gopher Frog Causes Big Problems for Industrial and Commercial Development in Parts of St. Tammany Parish

The Energy Law Blog

A group of private landowners (“the Landowners”), who owned all of Unit 1, brought a lawsuit in 2013 for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against the FWS, its director, the United States Department of the Interior, and the Secretary of the Interior. Tammany Parish (“Unit 1”).

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A(nother) California “Regulatory Takings” Case Heads to the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

Even before the justices granted review in the Sheetz case last Friday, the Court’s 2023-24 Term was shaping up as one featuring sweeping constitutional challenges to government regulation generally and to environmental regulation in particular. Finally, in the 2013 case of Koontz v.