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Late 2018 — Bits and Pieces

Smith Enviorment

Reduce energy use per square foot in state-owned buildings by 40% from 2002-2003 levels. The state has already made significant progress toward the first goal as a result of the 2002 Clean Smokestacks Act and 2007 adoption of a renewable energy portfolio standard (REPS) for major energy producers.

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UNC Nutrient Study: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again (Apologies to Yogi Berra)

Smith Enviorment

The short version: A three year, multi-million dollar study has confirmed the science and policy underlying the 2009 Jordan Lake water quality rules. On December 23, 2019, the UNC Policy Collaboratory released a legislatively mandated report on nutrient pollution in Jordan Lake. Background. That isn’t broken.

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

Vermont Law

Boehner is right in thinking that the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) and Clean Water Act (CWA). And Freedom Industries’ chemical tanks were operating within loopholes large enough to fit, well, tanker trucks of drinking water. have addressed the spill.

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After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure

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billion infrastructure package that allocated federal funds that Congress had appropriated in the last two years in the American Rescue Plan Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. percent of GDP in 2002 ($9.3 In March, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state Legislature negotiated and passed a $4.7 billion) to 1.35

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The Stream, May 31, 2023: Iran and Taliban Exchange Gunfire, Heightening Water Tension

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Typhoon Mawar, the largest storm to hit Guam since 2002, has left many residents without water or electricity. In Senegal , water-saving farming methods are producing higher rice yields while improving soil health. territory since 2002, Al Jazeera reports. The attempt succeeded. from polluters and development.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.8.22

PA Environment Daily

Oz At Odds Over Natural Gas, Environmental Concerns -- DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Section-American Society Of Civil Engineers: Federal Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary Celebration Oct.

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

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Funded by the Erb Family Foundation and the Joyce Foundation, the project comes on the 50 th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a high point of environmental diplomacy, and the U.S. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. Once Cleared Harmful Blooms. did it once before. .