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Pennsylvania Court Holds that Clean Water Act and Clean Streams Law are not Comparable, Permitting Citizens Suit to Proceed

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18, 2021), denied a factory owner’s motion for summary judgment based on its holding that the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law (“PCSL”) are not “roughly comparable” statutes.

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Court Grants Contractor’s Partial Summary Judgement Motion in King Gold Mine Case

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Read More » Tags: Arranger Liability , Case Update , CERCLA , Clean Water Act , Colorado , Consultant Liability , New Mexico , Public Lands , Response Action Contractors , Superfund , Tribal Lands , Utah , Water. In re Gold King Mine Release , No. 1:18-md-02824-WJ, 2019 WL 1282997, at *2-4 (D.

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Will New Litigation Pressure Energy & Industrial Infrastructure to Prepare for Climate Change?

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The escalating costs of damages from extreme weather events, many exacerbated by climate change, makes poignant a question with a serious price tag: who will be on the hook to pay for climate damages? Recent hurricanes have inundated energy and industrial infrastructure with the realities of a changing climate.

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ESA Policy News: August 16, 2021

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Regulation, Litigation – Bloomberg Law. Both Senators voted for a procedural motion to advance consideration of the bill but have expressed concerns about the total price tag. This division s responsible for criminal and civil cases to enforce environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

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