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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Lawsuit To Stop Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Connector Project As Violation Of Public Trust Responsibilities

PA Environment Daily

The existing use of ATVs on the State Forest degrades the State Forest public natural resources. “By As a result of the impacts of the significant illegal ATV use on the State Forest, DCNR issued a temporary moratorium on the development of new ATV trails on the State Forest on September 12, 2001.

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How a Federal Drought Relief Program Left Southern Oregon Parched—and Contributed to the Ongoing Groundwater Crisis in the West

Circle of Blue

In 2001, the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), a federal agency that manages the agricultural water supply within the basin, began paying farmers to pump large amounts of groundwater out of the aquifers below. Surface water has historically been the primary water source for many farmers in the region.

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The Ongoing Tension over Stormwater Discharges in Los Angeles

Legal Planet

The MS4 permit currently in effect was issued in 2012 and re-adopted the receiving water limitations—or the maximum amount of a pollutant that may be added to a specified water body—from the earlier permit established in 2001. See Natural Resources Defense Council v. State Water Resources Control Board , No.

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2023 Begins With Increased (or Unlimited) Liability for Vessel Owners

The Energy Law Blog

Those limits were last increased in 2018 to $137,659,500 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. [12] 438, 446 (2001). [14] 2001) (paragraph numbers omitted from quote) 11] The Coast Guard is not responsible for adjusting OPA limits for offshore facilities (other than deepwater ports). Lewis & Clark Marine, Inc. ,

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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

ESA

In this issue: Congressional Leadership Releases Committee Rosters House Science Committee, House Natural Resources and other committees fill out leadership rosters and add freshmen members for the 118th Congress. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) announced the committee leadership.

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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals

Corp Watch

Mobil was sued in 2001 for paying military officials $500,000 a year to work as security for the company in Aceh province, northern Sumatra, who allegedly engaged in battery, sexual assault, rape and wrongful deaths of local people. SEC 2018) Exxon Mobil subsidiaries (via U.S. History of Oil Workers Intl. and Chevron Corp CVX.N

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Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors

Corp Watch

Mobil was sued in 2001 for paying military officials $500,000 a year to work as security for the company in Aceh province, northern Sumatra, who allegedly engaged in battery, sexual assault, rape and wrongful deaths of local people. SEC 2018) Exxon Mobil subsidiaries (via U.S. History of Oil Workers Intl. and Chevron Corp CVX.N

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