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New U.S. Climate Law Will Make Water Contamination Worse

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Climate Law Could Make Midwest Water Contamination Worse Billions in clean energy incentives rely on raw materials from polluting corn and livestock. environmental organizations, and climate activists were appropriately enthused last summer when Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act. In 2016, the U.S. Probably a lot worse.

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It’s Time for EPA to Regulate Chemicals by Class

Union of Concerned Scientists

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged with the Herculean and crucial task of assessing which chemicals are innocuous and which ones need to be banned or restricted because they pose a threat to our health or the environment. Fortunately, EPA has begun a slow pivot toward assessing multiple chemicals at once.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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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. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law. You have to get the stakeholders to the table under the compulsion of law. Paul Stowe is its natural resources manager.

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Federal Water Tap, May 15: Appeals Court Orders EPA to Regulate Drinking Water Contaminant

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Federal fisheries regulators propose a salmon experiment in northern California. The money comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and applies to three areas of improvement: grid resilience, dam safety, and environment. News Briefs Drinking Water Regulation: Perchlorate, Again A federal appeals court ordered the U.S.

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Long-awaited environmental protection bill one step closer to becoming law

Enviromental Defense

OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Earlier today, long-awaited legislation to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) , cleared its first major hurdle in the Senate. Both the Senate and the House must approve a bill before it can become law.

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Fresh, May 16, 2023: New Wisconsin Law Aims to Protect Watersheds From Farm Runoff

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. — Christian Thorsberg, Interim Fresh Editor This Week’s Watersheds A new law in Wisconsin will fund more sustainable, watershed friendly farming methods. million from the state Department of Natural Resources. and Canadian mayors and government officials that work to protect waterways.” Find all the work here.

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EJ Evolution: Proposed NEPA Regulations Spotlight Environmental Justice

The Energy Law Blog

On July 31, 2023, the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) regulations. 1] Significantly, these changes, for the first time, specifically include “environmental justice” in the NEPA process and provide a definition. k) (proposed).