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NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater, Other Waste

PA Environment Daily

A new NRDC report describes these risks and how weak regulations fail to appropriately protect workers and communities. Despite the clear health risks, there are no dedicated federal regulations to ensure comprehensive and safer management of radioactive oil and gas materials. What does this mean for workers and communities?

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A Summary of Professor Jim Rossi’s Lecture on the “Federalism Battles in Energy Transportation”

The Energy Law Blog

At the Fourth Annual Liskow & Lewis Energy Law Lecture, Professor Jim Rossi of Vanderbilt Law delivered a presentation entitled “Federalism Battles in Energy Transportation.” Natural gas pipelines have historically been governed by federal law since the passing of the Natural Gas Act of 1938.

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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. People who love the Maryland Eastern Shore talk with pride about the bounty of the water—. The Bay’s grade is a “C,” unchanged since 2012 when the 2011 “D+” was upgraded to a “C.” Judith Needham.

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EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Issue Draft Guidance on Waters Protected by Clean Water Act

The Energy Law Blog

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 27, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) released new proposed guidance on how the agencies will identify waters protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA) in light of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

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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. If the U.S.

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

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Harmful algal blooms are the biological consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. These nutrients are the source of some of the nation’s worst water pollution. . Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law.

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Federal Water Tap, December 13: Jet Fuel Leak Contaminates Water on Oahu Naval Base

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15 Million : Criminal fine that Summit Midstream Partners LLC will pay after being found guilty of violating the Clean Water Act for spilling 29 million gallons of oilfield wastewater. The Food Safety Modernization Act, an umbrella law, was signed by President Obama in 2011. By the Numbers. $15 Jerry Brown.