Legal Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

It’s called “Schedule F,” and it could be used to strip employment protections from as many as 50,000 federal employees. She told NPR last summer that “the Environmental Protection Agency recently has become an instrument of overregulation, where there is a lot of excess in terms of the bureaucracy and staffing and process.”

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 31, 2022

Her background is in labor and employment law. United States (2018). In a 2019 case, Judge Jackson held that environmental groups couldn’t challenge the border wall under various laws because Congress had stripped the courts of jurisdiction. Regrettably, that’s a correct statement of the law. Judge Leondra Kruger.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 5, 2023

The potential contribution of the BBNJ agreement to strengthen environmental protection in the development of marine renewable energy technologies in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The BBNJ negotiations started in April 2018 and the new instrument was agreed on 4 March 2023. 11, Issue 2 p. 202-219; 2) Soria-Rodríguez, C.,

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

Comments made at two Senate budget hearings last week again put the spotlight on how Pennsylvania’s environmental and pipeline safety laws are not strong enough to prevent environmental damage and protect public safety in new pipeline construction. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

but nothing has been done [ Read more here ] Frustration in the ability of state law to prevent damage caused by pipeline construction related to the Mariner East Pipeline can be illustrated by a 2018 quote from Republican Sen. Wolf [ Read more here.] and at various Senate and House hearings for the last 13 years [ Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2023

Federal Infrastructure Louie Krak, DEP Federal Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator, will provide the update on mine reclamation, well plugging and other projects in the agency funded by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Visit DEP’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law webpage for more background. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2023

On July 26, the Department of Environmental Protection and Sunoco Pipeline L.P. to resolve numerous violations of the Clean Streams Law, and the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, that arose during Sunoco's construction of the Pennsylvania Pipeline Project – Mariner East II. Sunoco agreed to pay $660,000.00 Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2024

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the January 27 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 27 PA Bulletin it is extending the deadline for conventional and unconventional natural gas facility operators to submit their first methane pollution emissions report to June 1, 2024.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) announced that proposed amendments to the state’s Clean Energy Standard (CES) were finalized earlier this month without substantive changes from draft language initially proposed by the agencies in April 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2024

On January 26, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a notice of violation to Equitrans Midstream for abandoning and not plugging 19 conventional gas wells at the Swarts Natural Gas Storage Field in Greene County. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Map: Post-Gazette.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency determined that Pennsylvania is not doing enough to prevent ecologically damaging sediment and nutrients from entering the bay. The non-compliance rate dropped by more than half since 2018, exceeding the agency’s goal. CBP is the Chesapeake Bay Program, and the U.S. By the Numbers. News Briefs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 2, 2023

Donald McEachin, who co-led the inception of this legislation starting in 2018 and was a fierce champion for environmental justice all his life. McEachin, who passed away last November, was a lifelong advocate for social and environmental justice in my home state of Virginia. Raúl Grijalva and Barbara Lee, and Sens.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2022

On March 10, the Associated Press reported PUC Administrative Law Judge Joel H. Bad Compliance Record Actions by the PUC against Sunoco/Energy Transfer for violations related to Mariner East Pipeline construction are just the tip of the iceberg on compliance with state laws.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection issued a record 6,860 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. regarding the energy company’s failure to fix a natural gas leak that caused a house explosion in Greene County in 2018. Read more here.

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MGKF Law

JULY 6, 2023

United States Environmental Protection Agency , No. Sinclair applied for a hardship exemption from EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standards for compliance year 2018 and, when EPA did not immediately respond, submitted Renewable Identification Numbers (“RINs”) in compliance with the regulations. 22-9530 (10th Cir.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Information provided by the Department of Environmental Protection in response to a Right To Know request shows DEP took enforcement action against 14 conventional oil and gas well operators that resulted in collecting $422,365 in penalties and bond forfeitures in 2023. Read more here. Read more here.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A short list of environmental and energy law changes compared to recent years: Fisheries. For stormwater and other nutrient sources, the law continues to require nutrient offsets in the same hydrologic area. House Bill 329 (Renewable Energy Amendments) makes several relatively minor changes to energy laws.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency selected to apply for $6.7 In 2018, romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona, was linked to an E. The Food Safety Modernization Act, an umbrella law, was signed by President Obama in 2011. As part of the sentencing, Summit will be subjected to a three-year probation. coli outbreak.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

PGE’s failure is a violation of the state’s Clean Streams Law,” said Barb Jarmoska, spokesperson for the Friends of the ‘Sock. Friends of the ‘Sock are monitoring the entire PGE project for compliance with strict environmental protection requirements,” said Jarmoska. “We

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Harmful algal blooms are the biological consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. These nutrients are the source of some of the nation’s worst water pollution. .

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Circle of Blue

JULY 14, 2022

In California, sampling carried out in June by the Environmental Protection Department of the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians revealed algal toxins in Clear Lake that were higher than state advisory levels. These hazardous outbreaks typically worsen deeper in the summer. 3) Cutbacks Are Inevitable. Their plan is due next month.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection conducted an inspection of DAMA’s facility in 2017 and discovered that there was an unpermitted and uncontrolled Sanitary Sewer Overflow occurring. The Office of Attorney General assumed jurisdiction over this case as a referral from the Department of Environmental Protection.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2022

Through the efforts of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and funding through the federal AML Reclamation Program, Pennsylvania has been able to reclaim over 91,000 acres of mine land, eliminate more than 1,800 open mine shafts and restore 300 miles of impaired streams. Wolf Announced PA Received The Initial $244.9

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2022

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has given us a great opportunity, and I'm proud of the progress that we – along with our partners – have made to prepare Pennsylvania for a future filled with electric vehicles.” Since 2018 DEP has installed more 1,500 plugs, with another 500 in development, through the Driving PA Forward program.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2023

EPA is now tasked with implementing large portions of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in addition to fulfilling its usual responsibilities, while still stretched thin after losing more than 1,200 scientists and policy experts who left the agency during the Trump years.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Other violations like failure to manage drilling wastewater safely, not notifying DEP of spills, failure to submit annual well integrity and waste disposal reports, failure to operate the wells to meet environmental protection standards and many more go along with NOVs for failure to plug wells. The law would have to be changed.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The groups said the company attached a table showing 32 instances of non-compliance for dates ranging from 2/21/2018 to 3/11/2022 for eight unique project names/permits. Of the 601 non-compliances, 75 are specifically violations of the state Clean Streams Law (CSL). "A DEP Inspection Record No. 3363279 (IR) is included as Exhibit 2.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Clark was appointed to the Environmental Hearing Board by Governor Tom Wolf in October 2022 and began serving on November 19, 2022, after confirmation by the Senate. Established in 1970, the five-member Environmental Hearing Board is the first level of appeal for decisions and actions of the Department of Environmental Protection.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 22, 2023

The Rundown The EPA wants to expand the number of coal ash facilities regulated to protect water bodies from contaminants. Lawmakers in Congress introduce bills on hydropower reform , mining law reform , and water technology adoption. The EPA orders Baltimore to protect its drinking water reservoirs from animal waste.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

According to the nonpartisan National Association of Attorneys General, a state attorney general’s job is to represent the public interest—not private, special interests—by, among other things, “enforcing federal and state environmental laws.” When Moody ran for attorney general in 2018, she promised she wouldn’t politicize the office.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency to four research institutes for investigating the human health risks of pollutants in treated sewage sludge. The EPA inspector general said in 2018 that the agency lacked risk assessments for hundreds of chemicals found in biosolids. . $6 Million : Grant funding supplied by the U.S.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By Nikki Buffa , Joshua Bledsoe , Jennifer Roy , Michael Dreibelbis , Brian McCall , Austin Wruble , and Sam Wong Louisiana has become the third state in the United States to receive primacy from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), allowing it to assume permitting authority for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 15, 2023

The money comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and applies to three areas of improvement: grid resilience, dam safety, and environment. This means they have fewer protections than endangered species, which is the case for both populations of Chinook. The payments cover up to 30 percent of project costs.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued a record 5,653 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, with two months left in the year, according to DEP’s November 3, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. Environmental Protection Agency Underground Injection Well Program. Read more here.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Since May 2018, AGA also has spent more than $113,000 on 440 Facebook and Instagram ads. Not surprisingly, AGA applauded the court decision, calling it a “huge step” toward helping the nation “continue on a path to achieving our energy and environmental goals.” Since May 2018, 15 of these state and regional front groups spent $3.6

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would regulate two forms of PFAS contamination under Superfund laws reserved for “the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites.”

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