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Mitigating Canal Seepage: A Great Avenue To Save Irrigation Water

HumanNature

However, the biggest hurdle with those is the hefty upfront cost that can exceed the value of saved water in various applications (Wichelns and Oster 2006). 2021, Martin and Gates 2014, and Uribe et al. Irrigation guide, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA. Agricultural Water Management , 252 , 106898.

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5

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New Judge, Same Result – $81 Million CWA Civil Penalty Appealed

The Energy Law Blog

The judgment is the latest in a suit the EPA filed against CITGO under the Clean Water Act for a 2006 spill at the oil company’s St. The result is consistent, however, with the EPA’s 2014-2018 Strategic Plan of focusing on large cases, and its recent pattern of pursuing fewer enforcement actions with larger resolutions. Year in Rev.

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Lisa Baiton: Big Oil’s Climate Misinformation Maestro

Enviromental Defense

Take action: Tweet at the Minister of Natural Resources Canada, Jonathan Wilkinson, to tell him not to buy CAPP’s greenwashing and take urgent action on climate change by limiting emissions from Canada’s biggest source of pollution – the fossil fuel industry. CAPP is trying to buy and build the social license (ie.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Guidance as to Good Faith Required When Conducting Operations Necessary to Interrupt Prescription of Mineral Servitude

The Energy Law Blog

In January 2006, approximately 6 months before the servitude would expire for non-use, the mineral servitude owner conveyed the servitude to an affiliated business entity on the condition that it drill a well on the property by June 15, 2006. A well was spud on March 28, 2006.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging the cap-and-trade program had argued that it was not authorized by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and that the requirement to purchase emissions allowances constituted a tax that required approval by a two-thirds majority of the State legislature. Natural Resources Defense Council v.

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Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits

Corp Watch

Germany: VW Presses for Increased Work Week at Same Pay DW | June 13, 2006 Extending the work week from the current 28.8 million spend in 2014, almost five times the spending of the biggest non-German manufacturer, Fiat-Chrysler (€700,000). labor costs than not only its Detroit rivals but its Japanese competitors on American soil.

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