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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. from Villanova University School of Law. Since assuming elected office in 2020, Rep.

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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals

Corp Watch

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors

Corp Watch

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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IMPROVING CONSULTATION WITH TRIBES IS AN EPA PRIORITY, BUT WHAT ABOUT IMPROVING STATE-TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT? RECENT ACTIONS BY MICHIGAN ARE WORTH CONSIDERATION

Acoel

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Steve Chester. On September 30, 2021, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan issued a memorandum to all EPA employees reaffirming the Agency’s 1984 Indian Policy, entitled “EPA Policy for the Administration of Environmental Programs on Indian Reservations.”

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Guest Commentary: Czech Republic-Poland’s dispute over the Turów mine

Law Columbia

One of the most interesting environmental legal disputes in the European Union was recently settled between the Czech Republic and Poland before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ( Case C-121/21). In February 2021, the Czech Republic asked the CJEU for interim measures, requesting the immediate closure of the lignite mine.

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4 Antitrust Risk Areas To Watch For Government Contractors

Arnold Porter

2, 2021); Mark Epley et al., 6, 2021).]]. 28, 2021).]]. 4, 2021).]]. Take for example, 2011's U.S. Iowa 2011).]]. Dep't of Justice, Engineering Firm Pleads Guilty to Decade Long Bid Rigging and Fraud Scheme (June 7, 2021).]] N:Press Release, U.S. Also take, for example the Jan. 4 case U.S.

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DEP Federal ‘Orphan’ Well Plugging List Includes 7,300 Active Conventional Wells With Identified Owners; DEP Says Cost Recovery A Priority

PA Environment Daily

Department of Interior in December for the well plugging funds authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It was drilled by Atlas from 2011 to 2012. There is a rulemaking petition proposal before the Environmental Quality Board by the Sierra Club now to do just that. Read more here.] It would cost taxpayers over $3.3

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