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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

Circle of Blue

Six kids in town besides Jacob were diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor. The process introduces salts into the waste stream, which are detrimental for downstream waters. Their work has revealed to them one of the darker sides of rural life in Nebraska.

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Third District Addresses Significant CEQA Issues In Mixed Decision On Placer County’s EIR For Specific Plan/Rezoning Allowing Development of Martis Valley Timberlands

CEQA Developments

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. City of Woodland (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 4th 173, 209, my 4/14/14 post on which can be found here. a), (1), Appendix F.)

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Incentivizing Ecosystem Services: Agroecology as a Solution to Agricultural Nonpoint Source Water Pollution

Vermont Law

To make meaningful progress in lowering water pollution, the federal government should begin incentivizing agroecological practices that both allow farmers to keep their land in production and actively work to reduce excess nutrients, pesticide waste, and erosion. to reduce otherwise externalized wastes.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

Circle of Blue

China requires its large livestock operations to treat manure, in some cases with engineered wastewater treatment plants, before spreading livestock wastes on farmland. The Netherlands oversees strict requirements for storing, treating, and spreading manure to minimize polluting discharges. The cost of the project: $200,000.

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science

Corp Watch

USA: Coke and Pepsi sued for creating a plastic pollution ‘nuisance’ Erin McCormick | The Guardian | February 27, 2020 Coke, Pepsi, Nestlé and other large companies are being sued by a California environmental group for creating a plastic pollution “nuisance” and misleading consumers about the recyclability of plastic.

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Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

Circle of Blue

By mandating pollution controls on wastewater treatment plants and industrial facilities, it marked a new era of environmental stewardship — an era in which rivers and lakes were viewed not as dumping grounds but as civic assets that fostered recreation, ecological rebirth, and economic development.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

As Compliance Date for Methane Waste Rule Nears, California Federal Court Ruled That BLM Could Not Postpone Compliance, Oil and Gas Trade Groups Again Asked Wyoming Federal Court for Preliminary Injunction. In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board. 3:17 -cv-02824 (N.D.

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