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Supreme Court Adopts Major New “Functional Equivalent Test” for Discharges under Clean Water Act

Ohio Environmental Law

Supreme Court issued a major ruling interpreting the breadth and scope of the Clean Water Act in County of Maui v. A source of ongoing debate over the scope of the Clean Water Act has been to what extent does the statute regulate discharges when they come into contact with groundwater? Distance traveled.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

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EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. Ocean Climate Action Plan.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. In 2019, the Trump administration rolled back standards put in place under the Obama administration following the 2010 BP oil catastrophe that killed 11 people and spewed oil for five months.

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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The New York Times reported in 2019 that former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt killed a study by U.S. Feds protect a bumblebee unseen since 2006 – E&E News. 28, organized by Open Communications for the Ocean, will address how to conduct marine science that impacts policy. These insecticides are all neonicotinoids.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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