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James Michener’s Chesapeake Bay Was A+

Vermont Law

The Bay’s grade is a “C,” unchanged since 2012 when the 2011 “D+” was upgraded to a “C.” Government officials were uninterested; as a result, the. In 2010, following years of missed deadlines, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jumped into the morass by exercising its power under the Clean Water Act.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

Circle of Blue

On November 16, 2011, at 6:12 p.m., The result is nitrates are causing health and ecological trauma in farming regions across the country and around the world as farmers and governments intensify their efforts to produce more food from each acre of land. Purging nitrate from groundwater will not be a quick fix. Studies and Questions.

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

Circle of Blue

Just as with climate change, local, state, provincial, and national governments in Canada and the United States have collaborated with science agencies, universities, and non-profit groups to develop effective responses, especially for Lake Erie. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law.

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Policy News: September 12, 2022

ESA

Lawmakers are working to pass a short-term spending package to keep the government open in October. Australia passes first climate legislation since 2011. Congress appears likely to pass a short-term spending measure keeping the government funded through Dec. The current government fiscal year ends Sept. Executive Branch.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In three other cases brought by local and state governments against fossil fuel companies, the Supreme Court granted petitions for writ of certiorari seeking review of decisions affirming remand orders. The appellate court agreed with the court below that the lawsuit raised nonjusticiable political questions. Reynolds v. State , No.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. ” EPA also said the guide was “never deemed necessary by career staff and its development was directed by political officials serving in the last Administration.”

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. Following the transition between administrations, EPA withdrew the January version, finding that its conclusions had been compromised by political interference.[[N:News

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