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Pittsburgh To Host National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference Aug. 22-25

PA Environment Daily

The 2022 National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference , sponsored by EPA in conjunction with the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies and the National Association of Clean Air Agencies will be held in Pittsburgh August 22-25. Click Here for the full agenda. The Conference will be held at the David L.

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Third District Addresses Significant CEQA Issues In Mixed Decision On Placer County’s EIR For Specific Plan/Rezoning Allowing Development of Martis Valley Timberlands

CEQA Developments

The widening was approved as a policy matter in 2003 when County approved the MVCP, the EIR for which stated that there would be a separate environmental study in the future if and when Caltrans moved forward with the project. a)(1)(D)), the Court found no prejudicial error.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Greenbuilding Law

Senate Bill 334 / House Bill 76 establish that a person who meets the threshold standing requirements under the federal Clean Water Act has an unconditional right and the authority to intervene in a civil action initiated by the State in State court to require compliance with certain water pollution control measures.

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science

Corp Watch

USA: Coke and Pepsi sued for creating a plastic pollution ‘nuisance’ Erin McCormick | The Guardian | February 27, 2020 Coke, Pepsi, Nestlé and other large companies are being sued by a California environmental group for creating a plastic pollution “nuisance” and misleading consumers about the recyclability of plastic.

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The Chemical Compound—December 2021

Arnold Porter

N: Memorandum from Director, Pollution Control & Clean Up Directorate, EPA Office of Inspector Gen., Safety & Pollution Prevention (Oct. The partial exemption petition process was created by a 2003 rulemaking for the Inventory Update Rule, the predecessor to the CDR Rule. 26, 2021).]] 47102 (Aug. 23, 2021).]]

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

Circle of Blue

CAFOs, though, are the only industrial polluting facilities not required to treat their wastes. The federal waiver for treating CAFO wastes dramatically reduces pollution control and operating costs. Environmentalists, small farm advocates, and E.P.A.