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The Drina River: Mankind Ruining the Helper of Mankind

Vermont Law

The Drina River: Mankind Ruining the Helper of Mankind By Stephanie Piccininni , Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law March 31, 2023 Narrow, windy roads fill the mountainous landscape. The Drina River frequently holds enormous amounts of waste. Most of the garbage consists of plastic waste.

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Harvesting Climate Benefits from the 2024 Farm Bill

Acoel

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Peter Lehner The Farm Bill is the most significant environmental law Congress will address this year. It’s also wasteful – a third of all crop insurance subsidies flow to insurance companies and agents, not farmers.) Most Federal Farm Bill programs require Congressional reauthorization every five years.

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

PA Environment Daily

Joseph Otis Minott - Lifetime Achievement Award PennFuture honored Joseph Otis Minott, an environmental law leader, with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades-long career fighting for the environment and public health in Pennsylvania. from Villanova University School of Law.

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Environmental Groups File Suit to Compel EPA to Review and Revise Oil and Gas Waste Regulations

The Energy Law Blog

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

Presumably Dagsvik and Moen are used to this kind of model, but they seem to be inexperienced with the models used for weather and climate, which on the other hand are based on the laws of physics. This cost is something we have to reckon with, but it is a waste of time if it is really obvious that the analysis was wrong in the first place.

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October 10 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

17-18 At Marshall University, WV Recycling Program, Managing Electronics Waste On DEP Citizens Advisory Council Agenda For Oct. 17-18 At Marshall University, WV Recycling Program, Managing Electronics Waste On DEP Citizens Advisory Council Agenda For Oct. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities To Oct.

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Second District Holds Brown Act Requires Lead Agency To List CEQA Exemption As Item of Business On Agenda For Public Meeting When Project Already Found Exempt By Staff Is Considered For Approval

CEQA Developments

Industries (dba Waste Management, or “WM”) sued City over the adequacy of the agenda item description under which the City Council considered and ultimately awarded a 15-year franchise agreement for solid waste disposal services to WM’s competitor, Athens, which was named as a real party. City of Solano Beach (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th

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