National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 4, 2025

Historically, 100% of the cost of the food benefit has been paid by the federal government, with states sharing the administrative costs of the program. OBBB not only increases the states share of administrative costs (from 50% to 75%), but it also establishes a new state match requirement for the cost of the food benefit.

Conservation

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

While there are approximately twenty-eight states that specifically prohibit or limit foreign ownership of agricultural land within the boundaries of their state, the federal government only monitors certain foreign acquisitions and landholdings in agricultural land through the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (“AFIDA”) of 1978.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

SB 17 prohibits governments and individuals who are citizens of or domiciled in a “designated country” from purchasing or acquiring any interest – including leasehold interests of less than one year – in real property located in Texas. SB 17 is set to go into effect on September 1, 2025.

Law

Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2022

Such a policy may have prevented Benton Charter Township’s 2011 secession from the Benton Harbor water system — a move that financially hobbled Benton Harbor’s water revenue, and left Berrien County with three separate treatment facilities within a 5-mile area. More state and federal assistance. It can pay for the loan,” Adriaens said.

2022

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians. Click Here for a copy of the Plan.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM.

Waste

Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2023

Digitalization is reshaping environmental governance in profound ways. As environmental degradation and climate change intensify, society increasingly turns to digital technologies to live more sustainably and protect biodiversity and other natural resources, such as land, water, and energy.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2023

He was the author and lead advocate for the environmental amendment to the state constitution that declares a right to a clean environment by the people and makes the state government the trustee of the public natural resources. constitutional amendment on environmental rights.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. million cut continued from the FY 2010-11 DEP and DCNR General Fund budget in FY 2011-12 budget; -- $8.3 Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5

2010

Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

These nature rights are very often associated with human rights, especially the right to a clean and healthy environment. What countries have declared rights of nature? All persons, communities, peoples, and nations can call upon public authorities to enforce the Rights of Nature.”. Province of Entre Ríos, et al.

Deforestation

HumanNature

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Interestingly, this sense of urgency has compelled various scholars, governments, development practitioners, and activists to turn toward the language of security to convey the increasingly dire need to confront widespread ecological change.

2011

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Cruden , Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. ” Cruden was confirmed as the principal environmental lawyer for the United States government by the U.S. .” His topic will be “The Arc of Environmental Law and the U.S. Department of Justice.”

Law

The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

By granting certiorari and hearing oral arguments, the Supreme Court has agreed to review the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision remanding the suit to state court after rejecting the energy companies’ contention that they were acting as federal officers pursuant to historical contracts with the federal government.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

Guise, the Agriculture Education Teacher, made the connection with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and began implementing the Eels in the Classroom program in her Wildlife Management and Natural Resource Management courses. Click Here to learn more about the award winners. Posted: March 29, 2024] PA Environment Digest

2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 12, 2023

Credit: Methodist Church Global Ministries/Kenneth Thompson Hamer’s lived experience with poverty and disregard by the United States government gave her a deep understanding of the importance of creating community-based methods of self-sufficiency. Hamer Representing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

Government

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Many governments and NGOs have already generated reports on the effects of climate change and security. Climate change causes sea-level rise, natural resource scarcity, and natural disasters. First, scarcity of natural resources can change the political economy of a state. in the fertile crescent.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

Lisa Johnson Lisa Johnson, Lisa Johnson & Associates, is an attorney representing citizens and local governments in a number of cases appealing DEP actions and inactions. It is extremely disturbing for residents to interact with government officials who are supposed to be protecting them, who disrespect them and mock them.

Natural Gas

The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

By granting certiorari and hearing oral arguments, the Supreme Court has agreed to review the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision remanding the suit to state court after rejecting the energy companies’ contention that they were acting as federal officers pursuant to historical contracts with the federal government.

Climate Change

Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

This marked the first restart of a nuclear power plant in Japan since the country’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) ceased all commercial nuclear operations in 2013 in response to the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster in March, 2011. earthquake occurred off the Japanese coast on March 11, 2011. new safety rules. 2010 Energy Plan.

Nuclear Power

The Energy Law

MARCH 17, 2020

The origin of NTL 2009-G04 and SSRAs dates to 2008, when, in response to a request from Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (“LDNR”) and under the authority of 30 C.F.R. that is funded in whole or in part by or authorized by the Federal Government.” . Through MMP, and pursuant to the authority granted by 43 U.S.C.

2009

The Energy Law

APRIL 6, 2017

To illustrate these conflicts in energy transportation, Professor Rossi used two transportation examples that differ in geography, product transported, governing body historically responsible for regulation, and often in public perception. The Constitution Pipeline was granted federal permits.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Here are 92 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. 28 to Oct. 16 to 22 - 2nd Abandoned Shale Gas Well Pad?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

It was originally formed in 1968 by my father who passed away in 2011. The response said, in part-- ‘Charlemagne Investment Corporation is inactive and filed its final tax return as of 12-31-16. It had $64 in cash as of its final filing and has no other assets.” “It My mother inherited the shares and passed away in 2016.

2024

Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2021

Cases have targeted the federal government for failure to contain a surge in deforestation and the federal environmental agency for easing timber exportation requirements. hectares (the equivalent of 4,650 football fields) between 2011 and 2018. hectares (the equivalent of 4,650 football fields) between 2011 and 2018.

Deforestation

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. The panelists were asked what is working about the new siting process and what could be improved.

Renewable Energy

Vermont Law

AUGUST 23, 2016

In 2011, the city of Munroe Falls, Ohio sought to prevent Beck Energy Corporation from drilling until the company complied with the city’s relevant municipal ordinances. Summary. : The citizens voted to create an ordinance that would ban hydraulic fracturing from the city’s territory. State ex rel. Morrison v. Beck Energy Corp.,

Regulations

The Energy Law

JUNE 12, 2017

19] Although the Second Circuit found solidary liability in this instance, it is important to note that the Court stated that the case at issue was “highly fact-intensive and should not be construed as governing other cases that may follow unless the same facts exist.” [20] 2010-2011 (La. 10] See id. at 22-33. [11] 11] See id.

2009

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2023

Impacted communities and nuclear weapons policy experts know that US government-led testing and production of nuclear weapons in other regions of the United States also affected others, yet those living with the health and environmental impacts are being denied the opportunity to even apply for compensation. Louis area?

2023

Legal Planet

MARCH 13, 2023

On Thursday, March 2, 2023, California’s principal energy agencies – the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) – held a first-of-its-kind, joint en banc hearing at Cal Poly Humboldt with Tribal government leaders and all 10 commissioners of the CEC and CPUC.

Government

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 29, 2022

In 2011, a raccoon found its way into some electrical equipment at the Delaware City Refinery, taking a number of units offline. A review of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control enforcement orders shows that these types of events are far too frequent. This event was hardly unique.

Carbon Monoxide

Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2022

Then once again in 2011, the state stepped in with an emergency manager when Flint faced a $19.1 Now, Flint residents are back on Detroit water and nearly all of the city’s lead pipes have been removed with the assistance of funding from the state and federal government. million deficit by 2012. A 2016 report from the U.S.

2022

Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. California significantly expanded its use of renewable energy starting in 2011. 5] The U.S.

Electricity

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In 2019, the Starkweather Creek in Wisconsin contained higher levels of two highly scrutinized types of PFAS chemicals than any other waters the Department of Natural Resources tested that year. Activists Struggle to Hold Government Accountable. Yet, even the government’s own data points to a disaster.

2021

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

SB 1145 requires CARB to create and maintain an online dashboard providing the public with information about the state’s progress on meeting its climate change goals, increasing government accountability. SB 6 and AB 2011 enable residential development in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use.

2021

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

Brett, 84, of Kempton, Berks County, who died on Friday, December 29, 2023, had a natural resource conservation career that spanned over 48 years in Pennsylvania and on a global scale. He was recognized by the Department of Environmental Protection as one of the top environmental leaders of Pennsylvania.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Lehigh Valley Political Leaders Warn American Rescue Plan Funding -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. Mann (Penn State), Mark Hertsgaard, Saleemul Huq -- Reuters: China Sees Biggest Growth In Energy, Coal Use Since 2011 -- AP: U.S.

Natural Gas

Vermont Law

MARCH 10, 2014

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.

Conservation