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The Long Life and Sudden Demise of Federal Wetlands Protection

Legal Planet

Here’s a timeline of the major events. A footnote explains that this category includes “”all other waters of the United States that could be regulated under the federal government’s Constitutional powers to regulate and protect interstate commerce.” President George H.W. Bush promises ‘no net loss of wetlands.” In SWANCC v.

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We’re Naming Summer “Danger Season” in the US. Here’s Why.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Aspects of many of these events reflect broader trends in how extreme events are changing as our climate warms. And the risks from extreme events can cascade as they affect critical infrastructure. And, of course, the fires. They grow ever larger and affect everything from majestic sequoias to tiny babies.

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Hurricane Ida supercharges climate change in the US

A Greener Life

On its route to landfall in the US, it passed by western Cuba where it intensified into a hurricane, and picked up speed and further intensified into a Category 4 hurricane passing the Gulf of Mexico , knocking down palm trees and destroying many homes in Cuba, even though its passage across the country was brief.

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U.S. Supreme Court Issues Major Environmental Decision Narrowing the Scope of the Clean Water Act

The Energy Law Blog

715 (2006), which was issued 17 years ago but was not uniformly applied due to Justice Kennedy’s use of the “significant nexus” test in his concurrence. Brief Overview of “Waters of the United States” The Supreme Court previously considered the scope of “waters of the United States” under the CWA in 2006 in Rapanos. 715, 739 (2006). [3]

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Interrogating Preemption and Coherence with Other Domestic Regimes

Law Columbia

Pursuant to that authority, EPA created the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), which requires covered entities in 41 different source categories, including fuel and industrial gas suppliers, iron and steel manufacturers, and other large industrial facilities to report annually on their GHG emissions.

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Research Roundup: FDA Uses Fall and Winter 2021 to Release Significant New Guidance Governing Hot-Button Life Sciences Research Topics

Arnold Porter

FDA requires that relevant adverse events be submitted in accordance with postmarketing safety reporting regulations under 21 CFR 314.80 , 314.81 , and 600.80. 2012) (2012 Guidance) and Adverse Event Reporting to IRBs—Improving Human Subject Protection (Jan. 2021) (Investigator Responsibilities Draft Guidance).

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally. Shellenberger.