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

PA Environment Daily

By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. oil and gas industry produced an estimated one trillion gallons of produced water in 2017. Rules to protect workers, including truck drivers, also have significant gaps.

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

The Energy Law Blog

Natural gas pipelines have historically been governed by federal law since the passing of the Natural Gas Act of 1938. However, such a line still requires state Water Quality Certification under the Clean Water Act § 401. The Constitution Pipeline was granted federal permits.

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No Taxation with Conservation: State Tax Credits for Conservation Easements and the Health of the Chesapeake Bay

Vermont Law

to Gettysburg and Appomattox, the Chesapeake Bay watershed not only witnessed the birth of a new nation, but also contributed many valuable natural resources that enabled the United States to grow rapidly. And, well before the first English settled in, Native Americans survived on the Bay’s natural resources.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

Circle of Blue

On November 16, 2011, at 6:12 p.m., In the United States, excess nutrients build up in waterways from Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, precipitating algae outbreaks that kill fish, close public drinking water utilities, and pollute water. It was a career shift.

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Policy News: September 12, 2022

ESA

Australia passes first climate legislation since 2011. Ukraine’s scientists need help to rebuild their research system – Nature. Liz Truss must value science, not fear it – Nature Editorial. Australia’s first climate law since 2011 seals green comeback – The Straits Times. ‘I California passes climate legislation.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

As a threshold matter, the court found that Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and one of the state petitioners (New York) each had standing based on potential injuries from climate change which were caused in part by HFC emissions and which would be redressed by restrictions on such emissions. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The states and environmental groups contended that summary vacatur was warranted because NHTSA lacked authority to delay the rule’s effective date and failed to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act’s notice and comment requirements. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 17-2780, 17-2806 (2d Cir. 1:17 -cv-02032 (D.D.C.,

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