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EPA: Don’t Delay Strong Rules to Help Prevent Chemical Disasters

Union of Concerned Scientists

Last year, hundreds of community members, regulatory agencies, and advocates ( including UCS ) weighed in on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed standards to strengthen the Risk Management Program (RMP). CSB has since completed six other investigations of incidents involving reactive chemicals between 2002 and 2020.

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The Stream, July 23, 2021: Drought Threatens Rural Farmers In San Joaquin Valley

Circle of Blue

Since 2002, millions of pastoral communities have been forced from their homes to make room for commercial cattle ranches, leaving parts of the region food insecure. As the drought worsens, farmers are forced to pull more and more water from underground aquifers, a resource that is dwindling and becoming more regulated by the state.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. Prior to her involvement in environmental advocacy, Ms.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog.

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Elk River Spill Aftermath: Do We Need New Regulations and From Whom?

Vermont Law

The Freedom Industries chemical spill in Charleston, West Virginia exposed holes in state and federal regulations for chemical storage tanks. On January 9, 2014, a chemical tank at Freedom Industries in Charleston, West Virginia, leaked into the Elk River. Summary: . A new Senate bill – S. By Ashley Welsch. Additionally, a.

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Judicial Update: Limits To Environmental Hearing Board Authority To 'Cure' DEP Permit Actions

PA Environment Daily

DEP and PA Waste LLC,[3] PA Waste submitted an application to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP or Department) for a new solid waste landfill, to be located in Boggs Township, Clearfield County. DEP, 2002 EHB 461; Smedley v. DEP, 2014 EHB 957 [3] EHB Docket No. In Clearfield County v. 1] Pequea Twp.

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At the Limits of the Law: The Challenge of Invasives in 2020

Vermont Law

Going into 2020, anticipated federal regulation will significantly affect the nation’s response to the Emerald Ash Borer and aquatic invasives in ballast water. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), a terrestrial invertebrate native to East Asia, was first discovered in the United States in 2002. Coast Guard to issue implementing regulations.

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