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Gas Industry, Sen. Bartolotta Seek Legislation To Eliminate Environmental Hearing Board Appeals Of DEP Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities

PA Environment Daily

She contends the federal Natural Gas Act mandates the federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has “exclusive jurisdiction over an appeal which challenges any state agency’s action in either approving or denying a permit when the state agency acts on the basis of federal law.” 2018)) Sen. of Bordentown v. of Bordentown v.

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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

In 2018, the company announced plans to build a $10 billion complex named ‘The Sunshine Project,’ with 10 chemical manufacturing plants, in St. On October 31, 2023 at 2:00 pm (CT) Diane will lead a global hunger strike against Formosa Plastics, her fourth hunger strike. billion complex in St. But activists from the U.S.

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Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

The bill would amend Section 4 of TSCA to require EPA to issue a testing rule for all PFAS that would require manufacturers and processors of PFAS to develop information “likely to be useful in evaluating the hazard and risk posed by such substances in land, air, and water (including drinking water), as well as in products.

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Eight Important Updates About Recent PFAS Regulatory Developments

Arnold Porter

In the final days of the Trump Administration, EPA issued final determinations to regulate PFOA and PFOS in drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), a process the Agency started in 2018. In addition, EPA requested nominations for the next CCL in 2018 but has not published the final.

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Policy News: December 6, 2021

ESA

Frey is a former chair of the EPAs Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and he was a member of the CASAC Particulate Matter Review Panel that former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler dismissed in 2018. ESC – Recommendation to the White House Office of Management and Budget for FY 2023 Budget (Nov. 17, 2021.

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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

ESA

The $425 million amount would represent a $57 million increase over FY 2023 levels. The United Arab Emirates is set to host the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Conference of Parties 28 (COP 28) in November 2023. Nominations are due March 2, 2023. climate talks. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rep.

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