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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

In this issue: Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. Applications are due Dec. House Passes Reconciliation Bill, Biden Signs Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Bill includes $668 million for National Science Foundation (NSF) research and training grants and $500 million for NSF climate research. Executive Branch.

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

Circle of Blue

September 22, 2022 . million acres of farmland and directs it into streams and rivers that terminate in the Great Lakes. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J. Carl Ganter, Circle of Blue. Fifth of a six-part series. Read the first story here. LANSING, Mich. – Department of Agriculture.

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DEP Issued Record 6,860 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators In 2023-- Nearly 52% More Than In 2021; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues

PA Environment Daily

more than in 2021 and 26.6% DEP’s 2022 Oil and Gas Annual Report said 5,416 notices of violation were issued to conventional operators in 2022 and 4,514 violations in 2021 and in 2015, DEP issued just 1,024 violations to conventional operators. more than in 2022 and 569.9% more than in 2015. Read more here. Read more here.

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As Drought Grips American West, Irrigation Becomes Selling Point for Michigan

Circle of Blue

By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – September 27, 2021. Even though Walton sowed his 2021 crops of corn and soybean during the driest spring planting conditions state meteorologists ever recorded in Michigan, his fall harvest looks to be strong, maybe one of the best in years. Is the state prepared for more?

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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water Leading Shale Gas Operators To Use Contaminated Water In Fracking Operations; DEP Doesn’t Require Routine PFAS Testing

PA Environment Daily

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. But, DEP concluded the use of contaminated water did not result in polluting the water well with PFAS chemicals. I thought that was pretty surprising that they had put that in this letter,” Johnson said.

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ESA Policy News: September 13, 2021

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16, 2021 ). The House Natural Resources Committee intends to spend $3 billion on the Civilian Climate Corps, divided among the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. In this issue: House Reconciliation Bill Includes Funding for Climate Science, Research Infrastructure. Executive Branch. Scientific Community.

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DEP Issues Record 5,653 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators So Far In 2023; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues

PA Environment Daily

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. That’s 25% more than in 2021. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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