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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

Circle of Blue

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. In every other industry, point source permits require polluters to treat their wastes to dramatically reduce contaminants. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue. Photographs by J.

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After Decades of Disinformation, the US Finally Begins Regulating PFAS Chemicals

Union of Concerned Scientists

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would regulate two forms of PFAS contamination under Superfund laws reserved for “the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites.” The same suppression and disinformation kept government regulators at bay for decades.

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California Water Challenges Remain Despite Significant Precipitation in 2023

Clean Energy Law

Regulators and water managers had a busy 2023 as they grappled with persistently low groundwater levels, planned for additional water storage and conveyance, and continued to advance water conservation initiatives. This marks a major improvement from 2022 when the State Water Project met 0% of allocations for several months.

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The Supreme Court Has Unleashed a New Tool to Hamstring Federal Agencies. Congress Must Act.

Union of Concerned Scientists

When Congress passes a law, it normally delegates to the relevant federal agency (or agencies) the responsibility of writing regulations to implement that law. Congress shares power with federal agencies. West Virginia v. EPA upends this arrangement. In the West Virginia v.

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A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making

Circle of Blue

A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. million tons of uranium waste left over from milling ore to supply power plants and nuclear bombs. It didn’t happen. Video, Mauricio Rodríguez Pons and Ed Ou.

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Second District Affirms Judgment Upholding Water Code CEQA Exemption, Rejects Plaintiff’s Attempt To Extend CEQA Review And Findings Requirements To Regional Water Board’s Approval Of Waste Discharge Permits

CEQA Developments

The RWQCB had relied on Water Code section 13389 for determining its issuance of the waste discharge permits was exempt from CEQA, but petitioner argued the exemption applies only to that portion of CEQA addressing environmental impact reports (chapter 3), and not the portion addressing the underlying policy of CEQA (chapter 1).

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 8

PA Environment Daily

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., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. (

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