PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2021

Since the founding of our Commonwealth, 'Penn's Woods,' our forests have been critical natural resources that we must continue to preserve, maintain and grow," said Gov. The Forest Action Plan builds on the sustainability meters developed in the 2010 plan and notes changes in the past 10 years.

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Environment, Law, and History

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Some highlights: The start of commons scholarship can be understood as growing out of a rejection of Hardin’s prediction of natural resource degradation unless managed by governments or through private property rights ( Poteete et al. For a different take on the history of the field, see The Tragedy of the Commons at 50.)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2024

" The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Room 523 Irvis Building.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 30, 2021

DoD understood the health risks posed by toxic PFAS for decades but failed to act to protect service members.” – Scott Faber, senior vice president for government affairs at the Environmental Working Group. In Oscoda, high levels of PFAS chemicals were found in drinking water supplies in 2010. An internal audit of the U.S.

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JUNE 6, 2023

These annual marine heatwaves (MHWs) have increased by 54% during the last century, and eight of the ten worst MHWs have occurred since 2010. The new MPA will be managed by the Nation and Indigenous guardians will be recognized by the federal government as having park ranger authority. What are the paths forward?

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

They based their campaign on state law, the powerful Michigan Environmental Protection Act (MEPA), which gives citizens the right to protect all natural resources from “conduct” that is “likely to result in pollution, impairment, or destruction” from any source. Paul Stowe is its natural resources manager.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Today, as a partner at Cascadia Law Group and a Trustee of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Washington, Maia is a bridge between Tribal Nations, U.S. and Washington governments, and advocates of our precious environment. "It

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

One of Nashville’s two treatment plants, he recalled, was knocked out in a 2010 flood. On September 30, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on Puerto Rico’s electric grid. government water policy. Fugate reminded the representatives of near-disasters in other cities due to flooding. By the Numbers.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Here is one: More than $427 million in federal funds has been spent in Michigan since 2010 — $105 million in just the last two years — on voluntary bloom-reducing cultivation, fertilization, and manure-handling practices that don’t work. .

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2022

It would give Pennsylvania 6 votes, New Jersey 3 votes, New York 2 votes, Delaware 1 vote and the federal government 1 vote. This is another in a years-long attempt by Republicans to reverse the unconventional shale gas fracking moratorium adopted by the Commission in various forms starting in 2010.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Natural Res. Regulations Governing the Take of Migratory Birds Meanwhile, the FWS was going through the formal rulemaking process regarding “takes” under the MBTA. Meanwhile, the Second and Tenth Circuits have held that actions which proximately cause migratory bird deaths can be considered “takes” under the MBTA. United States v.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 11, 2022

Among our top legislative priorities this year is the Keep Washington Evergreen proposal from the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR). million acres have burned in wildfires since 2010. On top of that, more than 4.5

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

for hiding information about acceleration problems from buyers and government officials, as well as $1 billion in compensation to car owners, after as many as 37 people were reported killed in runaway vehicles. Federal Government (via USA Spending) Toyota contracts with the U.S. It paid out a fine of $1.2 billion in 2014 to the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Our analysis looked at drought responses within the upper Klamath Basin—an 8,000-square-mile ecological region that encompasses most of Klamath County and parts of northern California—and drew from interviews from dozens of sources, including scientists, agricultural groups, tribal representatives, conservation experts, and government officials.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2021

That decision stemmed from the Commonwealth shuffling over $380 million in oil and gas monies to the General Fund in 2009 and 2010. The Court’s decision upholds the trust citizens have that government should protect our land, air, and water.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

Over the past several years – and especially in the past few months – Premier Doug Ford’s government has made sweeping changes to environmental protection and land use planning rules across Ontario. . Changes in wetland cover for counties and municipalities are described in the Southern Ontario Wetland Conversion Analysis report (2010).

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

government in 1836, 1837, 1842 and 1854. This is a naturally occurring process that is important for the ecological integrity of a river, and the resulting oxbow lakes are seen throughout the Bad River floodplain. . Source: Mashkiiziibii Natural Resources Department – [link]. billion to clean up.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Natural Res. Regulations Governing the Take of Migratory Birds. Meanwhile, the Second and Tenth Circuits have held that actions which proximately cause migratory bird deaths can be considered “takes” under the MBTA. United States v. FMC Corp. , 2d 902, 908 (2d Cir. 1978); United States v. Apollo Energies, Inc. , 3d 679 (10th Cir.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

California, Arizona, Nevada and the federal government reach agreement to reduce water consumption in the Colorado River basin. 2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Executive Branch.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The conference has been held annually since 1992 and governments use it to agree on actions to limit global temperature increases associated with climate change. This year, Caribbean leaders will use the conference to collectively advocate for loss and damage compensation for the impacts of climate change. OECD (2022).

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 25, 2021

higher education reforms,[[N:Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 115-97).]] It also gave the House Democratic Caucus a way to make changes to the Affordable Care Act without going to conference after Democrats lost their Senate super majority in 2010.[[N:Health 111- 152)]] and tax cuts.[[N:Economic

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 6, 2014

For decades natural resources on the Island of Enchantment have been threatened. The proposed Puerto Rican Model Forest Act attempts to mediate the conflict between humans and nature. _. By focusing on sustainable development, model forests attempt to mediate the coexistence of humans and nature. Summary: Though the U.S.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Previously, I taught law school, practiced solo, worked in the Appellate Section of the Justice Department’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division – and way back, I, like you, had the great honor of clerking for Justice Stevens. Q: The federal government raised some threshold argument about standing and other issues.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

These nature rights are very often associated with human rights, especially the right to a clean and healthy environment. What countries have declared rights of nature? The court ordered the government to develop and implement action plans to address deforestation. Argentina : Asociación Civil por la Justicia Ambiental v.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Water rates more than doubled between 2010 and 2020, while income of the city’s poorest one-fifth of residents inched up only 12 percent. While previous efforts to give legal personhood to natural resources have sprung up around the world, from Bangladesh to Bolivia, so-called “rights of nature” laws are few and far between in the U.S.,

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Arnold Porter

JULY 13, 2021

According to the SEC, this executive, Asante Berko, consented to a final judgment “for his role in orchestrating a bribery scheme to help a client to win a government contract to build and operate an electrical power plant in the Republic of Ghana, in violation of the” FCPA. UK Enforcement Updates.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 22, 2022

For farmers whose land is no longer productive, government programs known as conservation or wetland easements encourage the transition from cropland into marsh, explained Mike Dryden, a restoration specialist with The Nature Conservancy. In Hyde County, a 17.7 Not once has the dike been breached. The price tag? $13 13 million. “It

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The district court agreed and dismissed those charges, after which the government appealed. Earlier this week, the Fifth Circuit ruled against the government finding that contractors cannot criminally violate these OCSLA regulations. Wood Group issued the hot work permit for this task on November 16, 2010. United States v.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 23, 2015

The Great Lakes are a vast natural resource, therefore it is imperative that fracking’s impacts to the watersheds feeding the Great Lakes, such as the Grand Traverse Bay watershed, be considered. In 2010, the Antrim shale became the U.S.’s s thirteenth largest source of natural gas, comprising over 12,000 drilled wells.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2017

First, new research has traced to just 90 fossil fuel firms the following percentages of anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane emissions, global mean surface temperature (GMST), and global sea level rise (GSL): From 1880 to 2010: GHGs: 57% GMST: 42–50% GSL: 26–32%. From 1980 to 2010: GHGs: 43% GMST: 29–35% GSL: 11–14%.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Here, a critical retrospective of a German success story. but virtually nothing in Europe.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Here, a critical retrospective of a German success story. but virtually nothing in Europe.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Here, a critical retrospective of a German success story. but virtually nothing in Europe.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' Here, a critical retrospective of a German success story. but virtually nothing in Europe.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

German climate protesters block train carrying Volkswagen cars DW | July 14, 2019 Dozens of climate protesters tied themselves to a train track in front of a freight train to protest the German government's 'failed climate policy.' By Jilil Kashgary for RFA Uyghur 2023.12.07 Here, a critical retrospective of a German success story.

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