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EPA watchdog calls for improved enforcement presence after decade-long decline

Environmental News Bits

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General identified a decline in enforcement activity within the agency from fiscal 2007 through fiscal 2018 in a report released Thursday. Read the full story in The Hill.

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Ontario Government Proposes to Further Gut Endangered Species Rules for Developers

Enviromental Defense

MECP claims that these changes will improve implementation of the legislation, however, this is only true if you think better implementation of species protection legislation involves making it weaker. Once again, the government is unraveling environmental protections to serve the interests of developers.

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No Space for the Redside Dace

Enviromental Defense

On December 20, 2023, Ontario’s Ministry of Environment Conservation and Parks (MECP) proposed more changes that will weaken the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA). One of the targets of Ontario’s latest environmental rollback? The Redside Dace – a small, colourful and endangered minnow.

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EPA Must Protect Communities from Sterilizer Plants’ Carcinogenic Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

It’s likely our neighborhood was most exposed from the time the neighborhood was developed in 2007 until 2014, when the plants installed scrubbers in their smokestacks.

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EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency’s issued a report celebrating the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership’s 15th Anniversary that highlights Partner achievements in supermarket refrigerant management. On September 21, the U.S. supermarkets, or over 13,000 stores.

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In Memoriam: Joanne Denworth, Environmental Leader And Attorney

PA Environment Daily

She was the Governor’s chief liaison with agencies on policies and programs related to land use, community and economic development, environmental protection, transportation and infrastructure, agriculture, historic preservation and parks and recreation. Ed Rendell as Senior Policy Manager in the Governor’s Policy Office.

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Local Preemption and Wetlands in Massachusetts

E2 Law Blog

The Massachusetts Appeals Court (the intermediate appellate court) has decided two cases this month addressing when a local conservation commission can impose conditions on development that affects wetlands in addition to conditions imposed by the Commonwealth’s Department of Environmental Protection. 859, 865-66 (2007).