PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

On February 7, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announced the recipients of their recognition program for individuals, government, organizations and businesses whose efforts support and strengthen the mission of a clean and beautiful Pennsylvania. “We DeMichiel made a huge impact and stood out at their 2023 Tire War event.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 20, 2022

The report recorded 62 serious pollution incidents last year, the highest total since 2013. The federal Bureau of Reclamation gives Colorado River states a 60-day deadline to develop an emergency plan to conserve water. Jane Johnston, Stream Editor. For more drought news, read Circle of Blue’s weekly round up. 90 PERCENT.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The recent successes by plaintiffs in Pennsylvania and Montana may inspire similar efforts in other states, especially if the federal government continues to fall short in combating climate change.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 8, 2021

I work with government-owned conservation lands, coupled human-natural systems, that are managed to protect and conserve natural resources, provide public access to wild open spaces, and sustainably produce quality food for growing populations. 2013, Roche, Schohr et al. 2011, Provenza, Pringle et al. 2018, Rost 2021).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Those calls have been ignored except for the adoption of the Act 13 drilling per well impact fee in 2013-- after the General Assembly and Gov. Polls have repeatedly shown 90 percent or more of voters want more funding for critical environmental and conservation programs. This year, impact fee revenue will drop by over $55.5

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Washington Nature

JULY 20, 2023

What started as a vision for better floodplain governance has grown into an ambitious public-private partnership. Since 2013, FbD has restored miles of river, established recreation areas, reduced flood risk, improved working lands, and created jobs. SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0, In this current funding cycle, we are administering $64.5

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Live stake nurseries consist of native shrubs that, when mature, provide live stakes (cuttings) to local conservation organizations and streamside landowners. The program is now offered in 42 counties throughout the state, with 776 volunteers, who have contributed over 100,000 volunteer hours since the program began in 2013.

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Acoel

MARCH 10, 2022

The court analyzed the takings challenge under the unconstitutional-conditions doctrine: the government may not condition approval of a permit on mitigation that lacks an “essential nexus and rough proportionality” to impacts of the development. 595 , 606 (2013). Johns River Water Management District , 570 U.S. The decision F.P.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 26, 2022

This blog was written by Claudia Cecilia Olimón, the Latin America GGGI Project Coordinator Consultant for Ocean Conservancy. She has more than 12 years working in ocean conservation. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Holds a MSc. in Ecosystem Management, a BSc. in Social Communication and a tech.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

And as all so-claimed “eco”-friendly things do, it gained significant popularity as a way to experience nature’s wonders while supporting conservation efforts. However, the Indian judiciary displays a proactive commitment to environmental conservation. In Nagarahole Budakattu Hakku Sthapana Samithi v. In Union of India v.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Those calls have been ignored except for the adoption of the Act 13 drilling per well impact fee in 2013-- after the General Assembly and Gov. Polls have repeatedly shown 90 percent or more of voters want more funding for critical environmental and conservation programs. Read more here. Read more here. In March, Sen. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2022

Costs and fees collected to implement the program by county conservation district have experienced a deficit starting in FY 2013-14. In summary, existing fees cover about 70 percent of DEP’s costs and 65 percent of county conservation district costs for this program. In FY 2020-21 the deficit was $6,889,551.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

She spent her childhood playing in the creeks and woods of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and this instilled an early passion for nature and conservation education. She spent her childhood playing in the creeks and woods of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and this instilled an early passion for nature and conservation education.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 2, 2021

A complex and arcane water banking program in the lower Colorado River basin, adopted in 2007 and later amended, was designed to incentivize water conservation, prevent waste, and boost storage in a waning Lake Mead. ICS is not conservation in the household sense of simply using less. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Environmentalists have successfully advocated for low fixed charges on the basis of conservation. The idea is that a volumetric rate based on marginal costs may be more economically efficient, but could create a price signal too weak to incentivize conservation, another important goal.

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Acoel

AUGUST 27, 2021

United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The recent successes by plaintiffs in Pennsylvania and Montana may inspire similar efforts in other states, especially if the federal government continues to fall short in combating climate change.

Fossil Fuels 40

Fossil Fuels Greenhouse Climate Change 2013 40

Physics World

AUGUST 27, 2021

Because atoms in the solar corona absorb more photons from “behind” them (that is, from the direction of the Sun), conservation of angular momentum means that some of their spin sublevels become more populated than others. Most sunlight is at least partly linearly polarized, and the reasons are generally well-understood.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

This will also help reduce the costs state and local governments incur to clean up illegal dump sites and reduce the enforcement costs the Department currently incurs to respond to burning and illegal dumping complaints. Click Here for a summary of the final regulation. In FY 2020-21 the deficit was $6,889,551.

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 9, 2019

In 2018, the legislature allocated $2 million to DEQ’s Division of Water Infrastructure to help local governments extend water lines to properties affected by contamination caused by per? The project, restoration of Little Alamance Creek in Burlington, was completed in 2012-2013. fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) including GenX.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Still, given the potential for even more serious damage in the future, government at all levels is taking action to address the issue. That the federal government is proposing to make this radical change in strategy for addressing the EAB may simply illustrate how challenging the problem is. 2013 EPA Vessel General Permit.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 12, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. On May 4, 2016, environmental groups sued the U.S. See Appalachian Voices v. McCarthy , 989 F.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé: Stop draining water from Pakistani communities and ensure that villages have access to safe drinking water Ekō (formerly SumOfUs) | 2013 Nestlé’s aggressive water grab is already descending like a plague on parts of Pakistan.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé: Stop draining water from Pakistani communities and ensure that villages have access to safe drinking water Ekō (formerly SumOfUs) | 2013 Nestlé’s aggressive water grab is already descending like a plague on parts of Pakistan.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 8, 2024

Planning and Conservation League, et al v. North Coast Rivers Alliance, et al (“NCRA”) and Planning and Conservation League, et al (“PCL”) filed separate actions challenging the project under CEQA and other laws, in which some contractors intervened. Department of Water Resources, et al, etc. 2023) Cal.App.5th

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Vermont Law

JANUARY 11, 2015

After a dry 2013-2014 winter, the drought forced farmers to uproot valuable walnut and almond trees and sell off cattle they could no longer husband. Meanwhile, municipal governments have asked citizens to cut down on water use, and some water districts offer rebates for residents to replace their grass with drought-tolerant plants.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 6, 2020

series of acts revising or delaying implementation of the Jordan Lake nutrient rules in response to complaints from local governments and real estate development interests. Riparian buffers and conservation of undeveloped lands are among the most cost-effective methods of reducing non-point source nutrient loading.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 17, 2013

In 1970, the federal government enacted the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which required federal agencies to evaluate the environmental effects of a wide variety of federal actions, including direct federal undertakings, funding, and permitting. Final Environmental Impact Statement, August 9, 2013 (City Planning Commission).

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CEQA Developments

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

After reciting the legal principles and substantial evidence standard of review governing CEQA subsequent review following certification of an EIR for a project, the Court examined in detail and rejected each of MCWD’s arguments. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority (2013) 57 Cal.4th 4th 439, 463; Banning Ranch Conservancy v.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

Watershed Conservation Authority (2021) Cal.App.5th. Defendant Watershed Conservation Authority, a joint powers agency of the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers Mountain Conservancy and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, is the lead agency for CEQA purposes. Save Our Access – San Gabriel Mountains v.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 23, 2023

Source: Pxfuel Court challenges to the use of tiered water rates in California are threatening the state’s own water conservation and affordability goals. In our brief, we provide context on California’s water scarcity challenges and on the state’s conservation and affordability goals. That’s what’s at stake in a case called Patz v.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 2, 2016

The study which is being requested as part of this bill may help determine whether or not trophy hunting actually benefits endangered species conservation. After Cecil the Lion was killed last summer, the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act (H.R. By Elizabeth Smith. the CECIL Act.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The Constitution mandates that the state’s public lands are a trust and … “As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” Evidence of a “corporations first” America can be seen in the Loyalsock Valley and across the state.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 19, 2023

Family farms are searching for creative ways to sustain themselves amidst these changes, all while coexisting with and conserving the nearby tropical rainforests — for which farmers receive a small amount of compensation from the government. Christian Thorsberg, Interim Stream Editor Recent WaterNews from Circle of Blue U.S.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Ultimately, cooperation between the parties ended, but real parties applied to County in 2013 for a specific plan and rezonings they believed were consistent with the agreement’s primary terms. The Court further explained that, unlike the position of responsible agency occupied by the Coastal Commission in Banning Ranch Conservancy v.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In December 2013, the. The agency, overseen by APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service), regularly contradicts modern sensibilities about how animals should be treated, and maybe more importantly, how government should serve its citizens. And if that doesn’t work—i.e. Center for Biological Diversity. rulemaking petition.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 21, 2016

A group of private landowners (“the Landowners”), who owned all of Unit 1, brought a lawsuit in 2013 for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against the FWS, its director, the United States Department of the Interior, and the Secretary of the Interior. Tammany Parish (“Unit 1”).

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