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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

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October 4, 2022. A similar measure stalled earlier this year due to opposition from conservatives on the state’s Natural Resources Board. October 11-13, 2022: Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting – register. October 18, 2022: EPA’s Debra Shore at the Great Lakes Conference — register. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor.

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FRESH, April 5, 2022: U.S. Lawmakers Propose Great Lakes Federal Agency

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Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources is imposing additional penalties on Enbridge, the company that owns the Line 3 oil pipeline, for harming groundwater during its construction. The post FRESH, April 5, 2022: U.S. This independent journalism is supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Find all the work here.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

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Now, SB 1137 protects communities by establishing a setback distance of 3,200 feet for homes, schools, parks, or businesses open to the public from new wells, and requires comprehensive pollution controls for existing oil wells within the setback zone. The post 2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

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Policy News: February 14, 2022

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In this issue: ESA Selects 2022 Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients. Glenn Youngkin (R)’s nomination of former EPA administrator to natural resources post. ESA Selects 2022 Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) 2022 cohort. International. Scientific Community.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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Science and Engineering 2022 report. Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. Lawmakers voted down amendments from Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) that would have designated funding sources for the bill.

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation Toxic manure discharges from large livestock operations is major source of water pollution. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – December 1, 2022. CAFOs, though, are the only industrial polluting facilities not required to treat their wastes. Milking parlor in Lenawee County.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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September 27, 2022. They based their campaign on state law, the powerful Michigan Environmental Protection Act (MEPA), which gives citizens the right to protect all natural resources from “conduct” that is “likely to result in pollution, impairment, or destruction” from any source. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue.

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