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Pennsylvania Environmental Council President Davitt Woodwell To Retire

PA Environment Daily

“PEC is on strong fiscal footing; our strategic plan is in place and being implemented, we have great projects, a marvelous staff and, I would argue, the strongest environmental and conservation policy shop in the Commonwealth.” Visit PEC’s Audio Room for the latest podcasts. Click Here to receive regular updates from PEC.

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PA Environmental Council Recognizes DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn With Lifetime Achievement Award

PA Environment Daily

On April 6, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council announced Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, will receive PEC’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. She served on the PEC Board of Directors from 1999 to 2001. Cindy Dunn was appointed Secretary by Gov.

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The Ongoing Tension over Stormwater Discharges in Los Angeles

Legal Planet

The MS4 permit is an important document that regulates how municipalities can allow stormwater to flow through the MS4 system and out into natural (or modified) waterways. See Natural Resources Defense Council v. State Water Resources Control Board , No. Taking the 2012 MS4 Permit to Court. Download as PDF.

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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

That’s because the region’s ongoing groundwater woes are at least two decades in the making, exacerbated in part by the very federal programs meant to conserve water in the area, The Counter has found. This year’s emergency took both residents and officials by surprise, but perhaps it shouldn’t have.

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The Dusky Gopher Frog Causes Big Problems for Industrial and Commercial Development in Parts of St. Tammany Parish

The Energy Law Blog

Since its 2001 designation as an endangered species, an estimate of 100 adult frogs are known to only exist in Harrison County, Mississippi. Third, the Court held that the ESA did not exceed Congress’s powers to regulate commerce under the Commerce Clause.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Greenbuilding Law

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. As such, the bill retroactively allows qualified conservation that was completed in a forest mitigation bank on or before December 31, 2020, to be used, under both State and local forest conservation programs.

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