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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

Circle of Blue

According to a survey of public water systems by the Ohio EPA, obtained by the Alliance for the Great Lakes, the systems in the algae-afflicted West Lake Erie Basin have spent an average of $14 million on facility upgrades to deal with the blooms. T his group now spends more than a quarter of their income on their water bill alone.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

Environmental regulation. EPA and agencies have dozens of guidance documents and regulations about analytical methods to be used for environmental samples. Based on regulations and scientific knowledge, commercial laboratories have an established suite of chemicals they typically look for in environmental samples. Limitations.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

The pact recognizes that world’s countries would need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 levels to limit warming to 1.5 The Biden administration moved Thursday to formally repeal the Trump administration’s controversial rule that vastly restricted the scope of Clean Water Act protections.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

The Biden administration laid out its timeline for rolling back major Trump environmental rules, but acknowledged that the process of enacting more protective regulations on climate and air pollution and drinking water will take years — if they can estimate the timeline at all.

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