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What’s Up With Water – December 6, 2021

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In Uganda, national regulators are cracking down on the illegal destruction of wetlands in an attempt to reduce flood risk in the east African country. Regulators are keen to act because wetlands reduce flood risk by absorbing heavy rains. Environmental Protection Agency when utilities assess the cost of controlling sewage pollution.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 2)

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The AB 398 changes to Cap-and-Trade Program started to phase-in on January 1, 2021. Today, the Program regulates roughly 450 entities responsible for roughly 85% of the state’s GHG emissions. Half of all ARBOCs must provide direct environmental benefits to the state of California. Participants are subject to holding limits.

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Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Pay Only $46,100 Of The $10,600,000 It Costs DEP To Regulate That Industry; Taxpayers May Be Asked To Pay The Difference

PA Environment Daily

On February 15, the Department of Environmental Protection told the Environmental Quality Board conventional oil and gas drilling companies only paid $46,100 of the $10,600,000 it cost for DEP to regulate that industry in FY 2020-21. The fees were last updated before that in 2014. Read more here.] Read more here.]

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Fresh, May 30, 2023: $30 Million EPA Grant Program Targets Pollution in Disadvantaged Communities

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But instances of noncompliance have cropped up over the past few years, as have accidents that strained the state’s groundwater reserves — including Enbridge Line 3’s puncturing of aquifers in 2021, or farmers overdrawing water during drought that same year. According to NOAA data, average ice coverage this year was 6.2

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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County

PA Environment Daily

In July 2021, Physicians for Social Responsibility reported PFAS chemicals were used by Chevron in fracking unconventional shale gas wells between 2012 and 2020. Note: The Department of Environmental Protection does not comment on matters in litigation.] ( Photo: The Latkanich property and Chevron/EQT well pad. Read more here.

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Rising Cost of Water in Michigan Leads to Affordability Problems

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The community action group Detroit Water Brigade delivered water in August 2014 to city residents whose water had been shut off because of late payments. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 2, 2021. Environmental Protection Agency when utilities assess the cost of controlling sewage pollution. percent in 2018.

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EPA Adds Thousands of Additional TSCA Risk, New Chemical Submissions to ChemView, Commits to “Near Real-Time Publication” Going Forward

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According to EPA, in 2022 it made available in ChemView more than 25,000 new chemical notice records received under TSCA Section 5, including notices received between 2014 and 2019 that had not been published previously. Bergeson and Carla N. On November 21, 2022, the U.S. Health and Safety Data Reporting.