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EPA Recognizes 2 PA Companies With Top Environmental Performers and Leaders For Freight Supply Chain Efficiency

PA Environment Daily

These companies were two of 12 companies in the shipper and logistic partner category to receive this distinction, representing the top performing, environmentally responsible SmartWay Partners that move more goods more miles with lower emissions and less energy. said EPA Mid-Atlantic Acting Regional Administrator Diana Esher. “We

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DEP Blog: Abandoned Coal Mine Reforestation Initiatives Healing The Land

PA Environment Daily

Utilizing a technique known as the Forestry Reclamation Approach (FRA), ARRI works on three categories of surface coal mine lands: post-1977 active surface coal mining operations, pre-1977 abandoned coal mine lands projects, and legacy coal sites. Public education about the need for this work and the benefits provided is essential.

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Fred Tutman, the Only Black Riverkeeper in the United States, Discusses the Lack of Diversity in the Mainstream Environmental Movement

Vermont Law

In 2004, Tutman founded the Patuxent Riverkeeper , a non-profit organization that aims to “conserve, protect and replenish Maryland’s longest and deepest intrastate waterway.” When the lawsuit gained public attention, the response was outrage. The result: a legal loophole destroyed Mills’ rights to use the water on his property.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

The attorney general issued the subpoena as part of its investigation into Exxon’s representations to investors and to the public about risks related to climate change. Forest Service’s decision not to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the expansion of a ski area in Oregon. Sierra Club v. 16-1186 (D.C.

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Fourth District Addresses Numerous Significant CEQA Issues In Action Challenging City of San Diego’s Utility Undergrounding Projects

CEQA Developments

The Council would thereafter create an “Underground Utility District” for the selected blocks to be completed with the year’s funding; residents/owners within the district would be mailed a notice of public hearing and a map so they could comment prior to Council’s approval of creation of the district. City of Lodi (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th

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9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’

PA Environment Daily

Here is the text from the presentation by Dr. Steingraber -- Public Health Crisis The summary conclusion of the 9th Compendium on natural gas development research is-- “The rapidly expanding body of evidence compiled here is massive, troubling and cries out for decisive action. “So It also offers a review of trends in research findings.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

However, Environment and Public Works Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) has expressed concerns that the revenues from environmental penalties are unreliable. This proposed rule contrasts the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2004 and 2009 determinations that the species did not warrant protections. The report finds that the U.S.

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