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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. Mr. Minott holds two degrees in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D.

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Nature Directives ‘Fit for Purpose’: a turning point for EU policy dismantling?

Environmental Europe

This blog post reflects back on this two-year debate, raging since the beginning of the Juncker Commission in 2014, and what it tells us about the prospect for future EU-level environmental policy dismantling , that is, cutting, weakening or removing existing policy. The Nature Alert Saga. Whose support is the Commission trying to attract?

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James Michener’s Chesapeake Bay Was A+

Vermont Law

But, an even bigger challenge remains—regulation of chicken litter dumped into the Bay by the Delmarva Peninsula’s poultry industry. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently released the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Report Card. The Bay’s grade is a “C,” unchanged since 2012 when the 2011 “D+” was upgraded to a “C.”

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It’s High Time to Ban “Monster Fracking” in California

Legal Planet

According to the Times article, since 2011 U.S. So too have the overpumped groundwater aquifers in California’s San Joaquin and Salinas Valleys that belatedly prompted state political leaders to enact California’s first-ever groundwater regulatory program in 2014. oil and gas operators have consumed about 1.5

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] This piece previously appeared in the CLS Blue Sky Blog.

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Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits

Corp Watch

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S. In the end everything turned out differently.

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VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation

Corp Watch

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions. VW Chops Labor Costs in U.S. In the end everything turned out differently.

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