PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2023

DEP said the significant changes from the previous 2006 Manual include-- -- New interpretive guidance on the post-construction Stormwater Management regulations (25 Pa. Code formal notice ) The deadline for comments is April 28. Code § 102.8

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

She served as Executive Director of the Rachel Carson Homestead Association (2006-2011) and as Director of the Rachel Carson Institute at Chatham University where she holds an appointment as Senior Scholar and Adjunct Faculty.(2011-present). Posted: March 10, 2023] PA Environment Digest 2011-present). Doors open at 6:45 p.m.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

In the first half of 2023, the combined share of renewable diesel and biodiesel rose to 59 percent of total diesel fuel use in California. The share of renewable diesel and biodiesel blending into diesel fuel sold in California has grown rapidly and in the first half of 2023 it reached 59 percent. farmdoc daily, March 29, 2023.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The latest contrarian crowd pleaser from Soon et al (2023) is just the latest repetition of the old “it was the sun wot done it” trope[1] that Willie Soon and his colleagues have been pushing for decades. Figure 5a from Chatzistergos (2023) showing the total lack of correlation of SCL to the modern warming. 4171-4176, 2013.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2024

In November 2023, conservation and environmental protection leader Deborah Nardone was appointed as the Executive Director of the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds. FPW is a grantmaking foundation that invests in local efforts to protect healthy streams, clean up pollution, and restore degraded wildlife habitat.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In the first quarter of 2023, most of the state received rainfall exceeding historic averages, with some areas experiencing 200%, or even 300% of average levels. This blog post summarizes key actions taken by state and federal officials in 2023 with respect to California’s water supply and provides an outlook for 2024.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2022

My weary friends, may your miraculous hope hold you up and charge us forward in 2023 and always. Chichagof Island, Alaska, 2006. It was the reefs at first. I can see your face: kaleidoscopic dreamscapes of infinitesimal architects. This biologic blockbuster now breaking, now falling. Those fights, long and frantic, were over and lost.

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MGKF Law

MAY 29, 2023

EPA , 2023 WL 3632751 (U.S. 715, 754 (2006). In Sackett v. United States, 547 U.S. See 88 Fed. Read More » Tags: Clean Water Act , Decisions of Note , EPA , Major Questions Doctrine , Navigability , Ninth Circuit , Rapanos , Supreme Court , United States Supreme Court , Wetlands

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 22, 2023

Posted: August 22, 2023] PA Environment Digest The forecasted summer peak demand for electricity is approximately 156,000 MW, but PJM has performed reliability studies at even higher loads – in excess of 163,000 MW. PJM’s current peak demand for this summer occurred July 27 and was 148,000 MW. Click Here for a copy of the Hot Weather Alert.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2023

Tom joined WM in 2006 and has served in the Gas Group since 2009. Posted: March 1, 2023] PA Environment Digest As the Capitol Area Gas Operations Manager for WM, Tom Spears oversees 13 active gas collection systems across Pennsylvania and West Virginia, six of which have active renewable energy projects. Click Here to register.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

President & CEO of Cenovus Energy: 2017-2023 TC Energy: 1990-2017 Chief Operating Officer of TC Energy: 2015-2017 VP and President Development of TC Energy Corp: 2006-2014 Villain Career Profile Alex Pourbaix has always gone above and beyond to advocate for pipelines and the oil and gas industry. million in 2015.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Heine, 88, passed away on February 14, 2023. During his tenure on Council he has served as Chairman from June 2004 through September 2006 and before that as Vice Chair. Posted: February 25, 2023] PA Environment Digest He also served on DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council for 34 years. Heine Associates, Inc.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Según datos de 2023 de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA , por sus siglas en inglés), 104 esterilizadores comerciales que emiten óxido de etileno operan en Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico. Es utilizado para esterilizar equipo médico y plásticos sensibles al calor o la humedad.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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HumanNature

APRIL 17, 2023

Hydrol Process 20 , 183–196 (2006). Geomorphology 80 , 295–309 (2006). River Res Appl (2023) doi:10.1002/rra.4114. Ground Water 46 , 671–687 (2008). Siegel, D. & Bauer, R. Impact of debris dams on hyporheic interaction along a semi-arid stream. Sawyer, A. Bayani Cardenas, M. & & Buttles, J. Brummer, C. . &

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2023

Much of this funding is from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), the Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization program (AMLER), and from the 2022 Bi-partisan Infrastructure Legislation (BIL) or Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which resulted in total funding of $297M in FY 2023. 23 to Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 2006 ) -- Sunoco Pipeline - Tinicum Release Site: DEP received a Remedial Investigation Report/ Cleanup Plan on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with unleaded gasoline in Tinicum Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. ( Greene County. ( Delaware County. ( PA Bulletin, page 2005 ) --Coterra Energy, Inc. -

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Casey Visits Warren County To Talk About Federal Funding To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Including 5,000 To 7,000 In Allegheny National Forest [Posted: September 3, 2023] PA Environment Digest Some at the Allegheny have really changed their tune on Tracy Ridge.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

On December 18, 2023, the U.S. As detailed in our prior Sackett blog article , CWA jurisdictional decisions have been plagued by administrative rulings, guidance, and court opinions that attempted to implement the plurality opinion in the Supreme Court’s 2006 Rapanos v. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applied the U.S.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

3d , 2023 WL 526075, the Louisiana Supreme Court rejected a writ of mandamus that would have compelled the LDNR to satisfy a $4.7 In Crooks v. State of Louisiana through the Department of Natural Resources , 22-0625 (La. 1/1/23), So. million judgment for reimbursement of mineral royalties.

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Real Climate

JULY 24, 2023

A recent study by Qasmi 2023 has combined observations and models to isolate the drivers and concludes for the ‘cold blob’ region: “Consistent with the observations, an anthropogenic cooling is diagnosed by the method over the last decades (1951–2021) compared to the preindustrial period.”

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

January 5, 2023. In 2006, the Arizona Department of Water Resources issued two certificates for 4,228 acre-feet of water – 1.35 20 Years of Severe Drought Impede Huge Developments in Southwest Uncertain path forward for largest development ever proposed in Arizona. By Keith Schneider. Circle of Blue. BUCKEYE, AZ.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Thus began nearly two decades of litigation, culminating in the Supreme Court’s May 25, 2023 decision in Sackett v. 598 U.S. , (2023) (slip. 715 (2006), and embraced ever since in a series of rulemakings and jurisdictional determinations by the EPA and the U.S. EPA , 598 U.S. at 27) (internal punctuation and citations omitted).

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

student, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, India August 17, 2023 I. India has been one of the biggest benefactors of this trend, and the 2023 Union Budget , coupled with the “Visit India” regime , reflects the government’s continued commitment to empowering this industry. By Tejaswini Kaushal , B.A.

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Brag

JANUARY 4, 2023

On January 3, 2023, the U.S. Comments on the draft report are due March 6, 2023. Bergeson and Carla N. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a draft document entitled Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft) for public comment.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On August 29, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. 2006)- Plurality decision which includes test adopted by Justice Kennedy known as the “significant nexus test” which extended federal jurisdiction to non-adjacent wetlands. EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On August 29, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. 2006)- Plurality decision which includes test adopted by Justice Kennedy known as the “significant nexus test” which extended federal jurisdiction to non-adjacent wetlands. EPA issued the rule to conform its regulations to the ruling of the U.S.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Published in April 2023, Das’ research reveals a higher incidence of “black spots” and “chlorosis” (loss of chlorophyll) in recent years. In the last winter [2023], the temperature dipped to 2C. A farmer shows black spots on a betel leaf in a vineyard of Mahoba. Photo credit: Tej Prakash Bhardwaj.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

PJM’s all-time, one-day highest power use was recorded in the summer of 2006 at 165,563 MW. PJM projects a non-diversified peak demand for electricity this summer at approximately 156,000 MW and has performed reliability studies at loads nearing 163,000 MW. One megawatt can power about 800 homes.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

In 2006, the Yasenchacks met Guy Dunkle, who introduced them to “worst first” forestry. “It 8 Webinar On Offering Successful Educational Programming [PaEN] [Posted: August 3, 2023] PA Environment Digest I still pinch myself; we’re very fortunate to live here.” It was a simple idea that intuitively made sense to us,” says David.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Guest Post by Valerie Seitz , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Kirkegaard (2006) Biofumigation and Enhanced Biodegradation: Opportunity and Challenge in Soilborne Pest and Disease Management, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 25:3, 235-265, DOI: 10.1080/07352680600611543 Bacq-Labreuil, A., Crawford, J.,

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In a partially published opinion filed September 20, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. Department of General Services (2023) 87 Cal.App.5th Board of Trustees of California State University (2006) 39 Cal.4th City of Oakland (2023) 89 Cal.App.5th Yerba Buena Neighborhood Consortium, LLC, et al v.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 29, 2023

SB 528 says in relevant part, “it is the intent of the General Assembly that the State moves toward broader electrification of both existing buildings and new construction” and then ordered the Maryland Codes Administration to study mandatory electrification and report back by January 1, 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

Roughly 65 miles will be paddled in 2023, split into daily trips ranging from five to 13 miles. Registration fees in 2023 are $100 per day for adults and $70 per day for children (ages 15 and under). DRBC Communications Specialist Kate Schmidt has served as the Commission’s representative since 2006.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The statute explicitly requires the State to reduce statewide GHG emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2031, a near term target unmatched by any other state.”. The law also requires future working groups, including a Building Energy Transition Implementation Task Force.

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Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

By imposing a daily fee on cars built before 2006, the LEZ changes behaviors encouraging the use of newer cleaner vehicles, and reducing tailpipe global warning gases which in turn reduces broader air pollution and its associated health risks.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 27, 2023

On February 27, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Division One) filed its published decision in Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. State Water Resources Control Board (2023) Cal.App.5th 2006) 143 Cal.App.4th 5th , a case mainly focused on water law but which also has some significant CEQA implications.

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