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Supreme Court Issues Decision Sharply Limiting Clean Water Act Jurisdiction over Wetlands

E2 Law Blog

In 2004 Michael and Chantell Sackett bought property near Priest Lake, Idaho and backfilled the lot with dirt in preparation for building a house. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE), the two federal agencies conferred by Congress with authority to oversee federal CWA implementation. at (slip op.

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DEP Blog: Abandoned Coal Mine Reforestation Initiatives Healing The Land

PA Environment Daily

Congress enacted the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) requiring post approved and permitted 1977 (coal only) mine owners to remediate any environmental damage that they caused. To address this problem, in 1977 the U.S.

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These 5 Communities’ Resilience Helped Them Withstand Danger Season 2022

Union of Concerned Scientists

When Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast in late September of this year as a Category 4 hurricane, it destroyed thousands of homes, cut residents of the region’s barrier islands off from the mainland, and left hundreds of thousands of people without water or power for an extended period of time. Here’s how. #1

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

In this issue: Congress. This proposed rule contrasts the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2004 and 2009 determinations that the species did not warrant protections. K-12 STEM education and student performance across demographic and socioeconomic categories and geographic regions. Executive Branch. Scientific Community.

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