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Supreme Court Granted Certiorari to a Clean Water Act Case: Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui

Vermont Law

Four non-profit environmental groups (Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club-Maui Group, Surfrider Foundation, and West Maui Preservation Association) brought a suit against the County of Maui, alleging that the county violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) because they did not have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

Circle of Blue

Their collective trauma dates back to August 2, 2014, when she and half a million other Toledoans woke to alarming news: the water coming out of their taps was toxic. Their drinking water contained microcystin, a toxin known to cause diarrhea, vomiting, and liver damage at small concentrations. Carl Ganter, Circle of Blue.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. FEATURED CASE. BP p.l.c. ,

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LNG Facilities Facing Environmental Challenges

The Energy Law Blog

The permit was issued under the Clean Water Act in March 2019 – the same year the project received FERC approval – and will allow construction crews to “clear, grade, excavate and place fill material” on site to build the plant, which is being built on a 1,000-acre site on the west bank of the Calcasieu River, south of Lake Charles. [1]

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

Vermont Law

The Clean Water Act (CWA) and grant programs contained in the Farm Bill are the primary federal mechanisms for curbing agricultural water pollution. However, these structures have not sufficiently addressed agriculture’s impact on the nation’s water resources. In 2014, the USDA received a budget of $157.5

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JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union

Corp Watch

The JBS meat grinder in Brazil: 7 work accidents a day Marcos Hermanson Pomar | O Joio e o Trigo | December 12, 2020 Com receita líquida global de R$ 204 bilhões em 2019, a empresa goiana JBS – fundada em 1953, na cidade de Anápolis – é a quarta maior empresa do ramo de alimentos no planeta. arm of Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA JBSS3.SA

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NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments

Corp Watch

The JBS meat grinder in Brazil: 7 work accidents a day Marcos Hermanson Pomar | O Joio e o Trigo | December 12, 2020 Com receita líquida global de R$ 204 bilhões em 2019, a empresa goiana JBS – fundada em 1953, na cidade de Anápolis – é a quarta maior empresa do ramo de alimentos no planeta. arm of Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA JBSS3.SA