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Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
On Friday, October 7th, the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at U.C. Davis School of Law will convene a major, day-long conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act. Davis School of Law. The event will assess the progress the U.S. Hall, the U.C. The post U.C.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 18, 2022
The Clean Water Act (CWA), one of the nation’s most important environmental laws, is 50 years old today. The nation’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters are dramatically cleaner and healthier than they were a half-century ago. (credit: Amazon).
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Environment, Law, and History
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Legal Planet's Richard Frank posted today on the US Clean Water Act's 50th birthday. Nevertheless, and with the possible exception of the Clean Air Act, no law enacted as part of the outpouring of federal environmental legislation in the 1970’s has proven more successful and transformational than the CWA.
Legal Planet
JANUARY 26, 2022
Given Justice Breyer’s announced retirement, it seems like a good time to assess his contribution to environmental law. As an academic, he had sounded a cautious note about government regulation, calling for more deliberation and greater consideration of costs. Most observers expected the Court to rule for the county.
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Occasional opposition to local pollution problems and the casual animal cruelty that characterize conventional US dairy, hog, and poultry production did little to alter practices that are embedded in the rural landscape. to issue new rules that limit discharges of CAFO wastes into waters. That may be changing. As a legal issue.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking supplies. It’s frustrating,” he said.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work. The association also built a state-of-the art water quality monitoring network across the lake’s 192 square-mile watershed. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law.
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