Vermont Law

APRIL 6, 2015

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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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Boehner is right in thinking that the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) and Clean Water Act (CWA). And Freedom Industries’ chemical tanks were operating within loopholes large enough to fit, well, tanker trucks of drinking water. have addressed the spill.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2012, the company became infamous again when it unsuccessfully sued Ben-Jei Tsuang, a professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering in National Chun Hsing University, who published a paper linking high cancer rates in Mailiao, Taiwan, to toxic dioxin and heavy metals air pollution from the Six Naphtha Cracking plant.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

21-454, an important appeal involving the scope of federal authority to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Earlier this month, Legal Planet colleague Dan Farber wrote a typically-thoughtful post on this site aptly titled, “The Quagmire of Clean Water Act Jurisdiction.” USEPA , No.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. 2012 CA 008263 B (D.C.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. A Weakened National Imperative. Both the bi-national agreement and the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2022

The nation’s highest court will again take on the Clean Water Act. The nation’s highest court will once again interpret the reach of the Clean Water Act, the foundational environmental law whose scope has been the subject of court and administrative battles for more than three decades. The Rundown.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

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. OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard Since 2012. OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard Since 2012. 21-1082 (D.C.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

In the case challenging President Biden’s revocation of the presidential permit, the federal government moved to dismiss, arguing that the case was moot, that the court lacked jurisdiction to grant relief against the president and the agency defendants, and that the states lacked standing, which also made venue improper. Trump , No.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Congress passes a deal to keep the government funded through Dec. How Government Ends – Boston Review.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. Montana Federal Court Agreed to Consider Keystone XL-Specific Documents and 2012 Biological Opinion in Challenge to Authorization Under Nationwide Permit. Williams , No. 19-cv-6855 (E.D.N.Y. C076888 (Cal.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 3, 2023

The last new facility to come online was in 2012. News Briefs Congress Passes Resolution to Overturn Administration’s Clean Water Rules The Senate joined the House in passing a resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s rules for determining which water bodies are protected by the federal Clean Water Act.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The Biden administration moved Thursday to formally repeal the Trump administration’s controversial rule that vastly restricted the scope of Clean Water Act protections. This can include individuals from boundary organizations, government, professional societies, academia, industry, nonprofits, and more. or WOTUS. “In

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

6, 2012). [7]. If you still have a glimmer of hope that the federal government will continue to play a meaningful role and remain engaged in carbon reduction efforts under the Trump Administration, consider this: Mr. Ebell is employed at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in Washington, D.C. 2, 2014). [8].

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

The government could explore two broad options for putting more land under conservation: either expanding protections for land and water already under federal oversight or offering monetary incentives and guidance to private entities and local governments to voluntarily conserve their land, according to the report. “It

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