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

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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. Church was an elementary school counselor in Philadelphia until 2014.

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What’s Up With Water – June 21, 2021

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Between 2002 and 2015, the number of wells nearly doubled but they were able to pump out less and less water. In 2014, in the town of East Porterville, so many wells went bust that Tulare County set up portable public showers. Wells are regulated at the county level, not the state. The study was published in the journal Nature.

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Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

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billion in 2014 to the U.S. million yuan over Lexus price-fixing Reuters | December 27, 2019 China's market regulator on Friday has fined Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor 7203.T Toyota workers urged to reject union Grace Macaluso | Windsor Star | February 19, 2014 The head of a U.S. It paid out a fine of $1.2 million yuan ($12.5

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

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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

Of relevance here are two of the deficiencies identified by the County: One, that the origin of the waste was not identified by the applicant, as required by Department regulation, and two, that an alternative location analysis was not performed by the applicant, as required by the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act.

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

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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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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

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Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Shell Oil Loses Arctic Drilling Lawsuit Anastasia Pantsios | EcoWatch | November 13, 2014 In early October it was announced that the Greenpeace Campaign to get Danish toy company LEGO to sever its nearly 50-year partnership with the oil giant was successful.