PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

While pledging to ramp up such oversight, the EPA is also working closely with the county conservation district, Farm Bureau and others to encourage farmers to adopt runoff control measures on their land. “We Really, the key we have to unlock is widespread adoption of conservation practices on small– and medium-size farms,” Ortiz said.

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Conservation 2025 Clean Water Act Environmental Protection 69

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire October 25 PA Environment Digest 40 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic PAEP Recognizes Marci Mowery With Karl Mason Award; The Wildlife Leadership Academy With Walter Lyon Award Going, Going, Gone.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Conservation: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( S. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. Federal Register opportunities. This bill provides a combined $1.4

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2021 Ocean Carbon Dioxide 2022 98

Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

The 442nd session of the Maryland legislature adjourned on April 12, 2021. Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. The new laws compiled below add to that already very green environmental regulatory scheme.

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Law 2021 Recycling 2024 52

Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 18, 2023

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Working in ocean conservation has opened my eyes to the larger “aquascape”, a concept that emphasizes the inextricable connectivity of fresh and marine waters, including the transitional brackish waters that link them. In short, all water is connected.

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Ocean Clean Water Act Sea Level Conservation 58

Circle of Blue

MARCH 21, 2023

A land conservancy and a township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula purchased four miles of riparian habitat for the purpose of land, water, and biodiversity conservation. Army Corps of Engineers for violating both the National Environmental Policy Act and Clean Water Act in a proposed expansion of a lakefront sediment dumping site.

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2023 Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Dioxide Clean Water Act 130

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

USA: Stop the Formosa Plastics Plant Coalition Against Death Alley | 2021 As part of the fossil fuel industry’s push to increase North American plastic production by 35 percent by 2025(1), Formosa Plastics is planning to build a massive petrochemical industrial complex in St. billion complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana.

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2016 Air Pollution 2017 Waste 52

Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

On December 1, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47) introduced new legislation, the Protecting Communities from Plastic Act (S. The post Protecting the Ocean Means Protecting Communities appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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Ocean Toxic Substances Control Act Fossil Fuels Clean Air Act 53

ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Senate considering annual defense policy bill, which includes authorizes funding for tropical forest and coral reef conservation. from 12,549 in 2020 to 11,814 in 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Hosted By PA League Of Women Voters & University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Notice Of Violation To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Quality Violations In Sept. - Penn State Extension Hosts 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series Starting Jan.

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Conservation Natural Gas Air Pollution Clean Energy 75

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. . Photographs by J.

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Regulations Waste 2022 2015 354

Acoel

MARCH 7, 2022

But before I preach about plastic waste, with my mood lightened by this ray of hope, let me just offer a quick reminder of a foundational point: the law of conservation of mass , which recognizes that matter (with its specific mass) can change form, but before and after the change, the mass remains the same. Recommendation Nos.

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Waste Ocean Clean Water Act Recycling 98

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA When the federal Clean Water Act was established 50 years ago to regulate pollution to the country's rivers and streams and set quality standards for surface waters, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania already had a Clean Streams Law and an Environmental Rights Amendment (ERA) to its Constitution on the books. "We

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Clean Water Act Climate Change Natural Resources 2025 91

E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It may give the polluted-upon person a right to insist that the government consider the pollution before allowing the polluting facility to operate or before funding the polluting facility, and it may even create an obligation on the part of the government to regulate the existing polluting facility. July 21, 2021). Comm’n , 83 A.3d

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Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Government Law 52

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2022

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Bradford Era: 24-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Ruptures, Explodes In McKean County Causing Wildfire; Force Majeure Declared In 2 States [PaEN] -- Bradford Era: No Cause Identified Yet For Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion In McKean County (..)

Natural Gas 40

Natural Gas Conservation Clean Water Act 2022 40

Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA’s Spring 2021 Regulatory Agenda Contained Multiple TSCA Rulemaking Actions.

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2021 2020 Regulations Law 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2022

Smucker - Proliferation Of Natural Gas Production Has Resulted In More Methane Emissions - Michael Wright, Climate Psychology Alliance Of North America -- TribLive Letter: Local Energy Choice Means Progress On Environment, Economy - PA Chamber [Except communities are banned from making a clean energy choice under this legislation.] -- Scranton Times (..)

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Natural Gas Clean Water Act Conservation Waste 52

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

7 [PaEN] -- Patch: Major Extension Of Chester Valley Trail To Link To Schuylkill River Trail -- WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.: 7 [PaEN] -- Patch: Major Extension Of Chester Valley Trail To Link To Schuylkill River Trail -- WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.:

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Clean Water Act 2020 Recycling Air Pollution 64

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. 3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Fossil Fuels 40

ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

New Mexico governor signs executive order creating a “30 by 30” conservation committee. UN plans virtual Biodiversity Conference in October 2021 and in-person meeting in April and May 2022. Innovation and Competition Act with representatives from the White House and the Commerce Department. 16, 2021 ). 16, 2021 ).

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2021 Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act Conservation 98

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A career specialist in soils and forestry health, most of it with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, a unit of the U.S. Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. A Weakened National Imperative.

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Clean Water Act 2020 Regulations 2022 278

Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

May 17, 2021). May 24, 2021); Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) May 24, 2021); Shell Oil Products Co., May 24, 2021). June 2, 2021). The fossil fuel companies removed the case in March 2021, citing five grounds for removal, including the federal officer removal statute. May 19, 2021). June 3, 2021).

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2021 Fossil Fuels Endangered Species Act Climate Change 42

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Circuit erred by “untethering” Section 111(d) standards from the existing source being regulated. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp.

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2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2021

An executive order requires federal agencies to establish energy and water conservation. A fuel leak at a naval base on Oahu contaminates the base’s drinking water. The produce safety rules, which apply to irrigation water contaminants, were finalized in 2015. Hawaii Water Contamination. By the Numbers. $15

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. PFAS Accountability Act of 2021 Would Create Federal Cause of Action for PFAS Exposure.

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2021 Regulations 2020 Toxic Substances Control Act 52

Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

July 15, 2021). The First Circuit found that it had appellate jurisdiction even though the stay order was not a final decision because the stay order rendered Conservation Law Foundation “effectively out of court” due to the length of the stay and its indefinite nature. Conservation Law Foundation v. July 1, 2021).

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2021 Climate Change Paris Agreement 2019 40

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

June 15, 2021). June 16, 2021). On June 14, 2021, the U.S. On June 23, 2021, Chevron Corporation filed notice in the district court of its voluntary dismissal of third-party complaints against the energy company Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil ASA). June 14, 2021). June 28, 2021). June 25, 2021).

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2021 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 45

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2022

TODAY 2:00: DEP Announces $245,00 Growing Greener Grant for Kinney Run Watershed Improvements In Columbia County -- Witnesses Unanimously Support Allocating American Rescue Plan Funding For On-Farm Conservation Projects At House Committee Meeting; Rep.

Waste 64

Waste Natural Resources Clean Water Act Government 64

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

trillion spending bill, also known as the reconciliation bill and the Build Back Better Act ( H.R. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants.

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2021 Conservation Endangered Species Act Climate Change 105

ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. The Sacketts are represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation and backed by business and agricultural groups.

2022 75

2022 Clean Water Act 2027 Ocean 75

ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 Executive Branch.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Technology Technology 98

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Financial regulators say they need a better understanding of climate risks to the U.S. A federal district court strikes down Trump-era Clean Water Act rule related to state reviews. hydropower generation in 2021, according to the U.S. Federal Court Tosses Trump Clean Water Act Ruling.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

As an academic, he had sounded a cautious note about government regulation, calling for more deliberation and greater consideration of costs. The Clean Water Act only requires a permit for discharging pollution into waterbodies, and the Trump EPA argued that discharges into groundwater are never covered by this requirement.

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Law Clean Water Act Regulations Pollution Control 130

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The final bill includes just eight additional amendments, each of which added language to the bill but did not modify any of the initial provisions of the bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in mid-May 2021. by Annie Snider, Alex Gullien, Kelsey Tamborrino and Anthony Adragna, PoliticoPro, 6/11/2021.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Ocean Climate Change 98

ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

The government has been operating under a series of stop-gap measures since October 2021 and Congress has not passed a full-year budget since December 2020. billion, a four percent increase above the fiscal year 2021 level. billion for NSF’s research and related activities account, an increase of $250 million above FY 2021 levels.

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2022 Endangered Species Act Clean Water Act Natural Resources 98

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Senate committee approves conservation funding bill. Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Conservation: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted to advance the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( S. Executive Branch. This bill provides $1.4

2022 98

2022 Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act Climate Change 98

ESA

JANUARY 9, 2023

Biden administration releases fall 2022 Unified Agenda, previewing regulations to come. The EPA announced a new Clean Water Rule in Dec. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) told E&E News that she will file a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the regulation.

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2023 Clean Water Act 2022 Biotechnology 40