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The Top-Ten Lower Court Decisions on Environmental Law

Legal Planet

Natural Resources Defense Council v. But what makes the case important is the courts use of hard look judicial review, which environmentalists have often used to attack bad regulations. Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA (2012 ). Atomic Energy Commission (1971). Morton (1972). v.EPA (1975). This is a D.C.

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Mine Cleanup Law Weakened By Coal’s Decline

Circle of Blue

Photo © Illinois Department of Natural Resources. If the operator fails to perform adequate cleanup, state regulators confiscate the bond and use it to hire contractors to finish the job. This is completely out of control,” wrote one Kentucky Department of Natural Resources official in an email to another earlier this year.

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Environmental Quality Board Tables Vote On Accepting Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Until Last Minute Comments Can Be Reviewed

PA Environment Daily

Since 2012, 42 independent peer-reviewed studies show fracking at current setback distances has caused dangerous impacts to health and the environment due to releases of benzene and other harmful fracking pollutants. This proposed regulation is narrowly drafted. It does not seek to ban fracking or relocate existing sites.

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The Ongoing Tension over Stormwater Discharges in Los Angeles

Legal Planet

The MS4 permit is an important document that regulates how municipalities can allow stormwater to flow through the MS4 system and out into natural (or modified) waterways. The 2012 MS4 Permit in a Nutshell. Taking the 2012 MS4 Permit to Court. See Natural Resources Defense Council v.

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Lisa Baiton: Big Oil’s Climate Misinformation Maestro

Enviromental Defense

We need governments to regulate industry. Take action: Tweet at the Minister of Natural Resources Canada, Jonathan Wilkinson, to tell him not to buy CAPP’s greenwashing and take urgent action on climate change by limiting emissions from Canada’s biggest source of pollution – the fossil fuel industry.

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You Cannot Just Read the Regulations to Understand Stormwater Permitting for Oil and Gas Activities!

The Energy Law

Holden EPA’s most recent NPDES regulations for stormwater permitting of oil and gas facilities were vacated by the Ninth Circuit in 2008 and new regulations have not been promulgated. EPA subsequently issued regulations implementing this exemption. The 2006 regulations were judicially challenged and eventually vacated.

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Sen. Gene Yaw Announces He Received The Marcellus Shale Coalition 2023 Shale Gas Advocate Award

PA Environment Daily

Yaw, Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, said he was instrumental in helping create legislation establishing the Marcellus Shale Impact Fee, now known as Act 13 of 2012. 1 Price Changes: Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8%

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