PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Baka explained the study is based on 28,500 water sampling results submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection as part of pre-shale gas well development by shale gas operators since about 2011. PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. Red is bad.)

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2022

By Jason Lenker, Intern, PA Parks & Forests Foundation In 2011, the Audubon Society paired with the Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Landscape to aid counties along the Kittatinny Ridge (Berks, Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, Lehigh Valley, and Perry) in completing Return on Environment (ROE) reports.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Factual and Procedural Background The General Plan Update and Certified Program EIR The County designated the project property for industrial use in its 2011 General Plan Update (GPU), the environmental impacts of which were reviewed under CEQA pursuant to a certified program environmental impact report (PEIR).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Petokas referred to was a project to rebury two Williams Transco natural gas pipelines crossing the Loyalsock Creek that were exposed during the rains from Tropical Storm Lee in 2011 adjacent to Lyons Barr Road in Fairfield and Loyalsock Townships, Lycoming County. Read more here. DEP will continue to follow up as appropriate.”

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 2, 2023

Per the Court, DGS’s selection of the CMAR delivery method “does not drive CEQA” and does not cure the flaw of preempting meaningful public review of and comment on the Annex’s design and resulting impacts. City of Rocklin (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th 4th 200, 229-230, 232, as contra to plaintiffs’ position.)

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Moreno: On August 23, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that significantly expands the applicable air emissions standards for the Oil and Natural Gas Sector. The public comments period for the proposal ends on October 24, 2011. By Carlos J. See 76 Fed. 52738 (Aug.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 21, 2022

However, at the time the CLCPA was enacted, the process for siting major renewable energy facilities, then governed by Article 10 of the Public Service Law, was too slow for the state to meet its goals. He noted that the State “can’t regulate” public acceptance and instead needs to do outreach and education, among other things.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 2, 2022

The case provides guidance to practitioners on when and how CEQA applies to public contracts, and also regarding the appropriate contents of the administrative record in CEQA litigation challenging staff level actions implementing existing leases. acre feet per acre (2011-12) to zero acre feet per acre (2015-16).

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Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

Recent publications include When Governments Fail: Covid-19 and the Economy , Informal Women Workers in the Global South , and Demonetisation Decoded. Completely, siloing knowledge into closed, hyper-specialized categories often means that disciplines end up communicating poorly to each other.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

The revised guidelines also add “energy” as an impact category in the environmental checklist for CEQA reviews that agencies use to format and guide their environmental reviews (Appendix G). See California Building Industry Association v. Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 62 Cal.4th 4th 369 (2015) ; Ballona Wetlands Land Trust v.

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

News - Best Lawyers has named Arnold & Porter as a "Law Firm of the Year" in the "Litigation - Environmental" category. Arnold & Porter's was also named "Law Firm of the Year" in the "Environmental Law" category in 2021. Public Finance Law. The 2022 edition of U.S. Appellate Practice. Litigation - Securities. Patent Law.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

As the administrator since 2018 of EGLE’s water infrastructure financing section, the unit that oversees the SRFs in Michigan, Green is in a position to guide decisions that will influence the quality of the state’s water systems as communities look to reverse the decades-long decline in fundamental public works. . Absolutely.”.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As part of an apprenticeship I participated in with the Colorado Water Conservation Board, I was asked to explore tools that enable estimates of the return on investment to the public from ecosystem services provided by different land-uses, with an emphasis on private working lands such as farms and ranches. multiple states in the U.S.A.)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

29 Companies Road Spread Wastewater Over Last 3 Years In a subsequent search of DEP's public oil and gas waste reporting database, Better Path Coalition identified a total of 29 conventional oil and gas companies reporting they spread their wastewater on dirt roads in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Evaluation of the threat to public health; and 4.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The attorney general issued the subpoena as part of its investigation into Exxon’s representations to investors and to the public about risks related to climate change. Forest Service’s decision not to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the expansion of a ski area in Oregon. United States v. Ruffatto , No.

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CEQA Developments

MARCH 3, 2021

Since this blog’s beginning in September 2011, it has produced a total of 347 CEQA-related posts (not counting this one), demonstrating there is generally no shortage of subject matter, even with my self-imposed limitation excluding unpublished decisions. What are the relevant publication criteria?

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 17, 2011

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 27, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. 24479, 24479 (May 2, 2011). Public comment on the proposed guidance must be received on or before July 1, 2011. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001) (SWANCC) and Rapanos v.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

On November 16, 2011, at 6:12 p.m., Farms collectively are the largest source of nitrate pollution in rivers and groundwater, and the penalty for contaminated water — meaning stricter and more costly standards in order to protect public health — is paid by the people who drink it. It was a career shift.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

At the Union of Concerned Scientists, one of our top priorities is reminding the public—and at times, the government—that a robust workforce of federal scientists is necessary for representing the interests of ordinary people. percent in 2011 to 0.6 percent in 2011 to 0.6 percent of the US population. percent in 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Here is the text from the presentation by Dr. Steingraber -- Public Health Crisis The summary conclusion of the 9th Compendium on natural gas development research is-- “The rapidly expanding body of evidence compiled here is massive, troubling and cries out for decisive action. “So It also offers a review of trends in research findings.

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Arnold Porter

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

” The proposed rules , which will be open for a 30-day public comment period, would (i) require large advisers to hedge funds and private equity funds to file reports within one business day of the occurrence of certain reporting events, (ii) lower the reporting threshold for large private equity advisers from $2 billion to $1.5

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

The price of solar panels and wind turbines has declined 75 percent and 25 percent, respectively, since 2011. [5] While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally. California significantly expanded its use of renewable energy starting in 2011. 5] The U.S.

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

Gleick claims I contradict myself by writing, “When it comes to protecting the environment by moving to superior alternatives, public attitudes and political action matter,” to which Gleick adds, “exactly the point of environmental advocacy groups like Greenpeace that worked to change public opinion.”

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

After President Biden took office, EPA undertook a review of the rules pursuant to Executive Order 13990 on “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.”[[N:86 In March, EPA published a notice inviting public comment on all five final PBT rules.[[N: ”[[N:86 Fed.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

EPA to Move 390 Substances to Public Portion of TSCA Inventory. 1334 ), which has been referred to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.[[N:A Environmental Groups Seek EPA Actions on Phosphogypsum and Process Wastewater from Phosphoric Acid Production. N:A copy of the bill is available here.]]

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The report breaks down these investments into four categories. The allocation for electrical distribution utilities is set at about 90 percent of average emissions, and for natural gas utilities, is based on natural gas supplied in 2011 to non-covered entities. [58]. RGGI states have discretion as to how they invest RGGI proceeds.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

After concluding in 2011 that listing of the Pacific walrus was warranted due to threats that included sea-ice loss through 2100, the FWS issued a final decision in October 2017 that the Pacific walrus no longer qualified as a threatened species. Landry , No. 6:20-cv-00983 (W.D. May 5, 2021).

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

On July 21, the Environmental Health Project and HealthFirstPA held an educational webinar entitled-- Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: How Policy Decisions Failed to Protect Public Health and What We Can Do to Correct It. There are public health protections baked into government policies and practices. Introduction Rev. Mitchell C.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. Utah June 21, 2021).

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

It changed long-time agency policy to allow major sources of pollution to reclassify as area sources, a category with fewer regulatory requirements, once their emissions fell below a certain threshold. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to sufficiently explain why the findings underlying its 2011 decision no longer apply. NOAA – U.S.

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