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

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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. And political power with it.

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Blurred Lines: The Importance of Delineation Between Legislative and Non-legislative Rules Under the APA

Vermont Law

In March of 2014, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued an “interpretive rule” regarding section 404 of the Clean Water Act, circumventing a notice and comment period. Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), “interpretive rules” are merely advisory and do not carry the force of law. Summary. :

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James Michener’s Chesapeake Bay Was A+

Vermont Law

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently released the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Report Card. 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. Researchers at the. In Maryland, proposed.

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Elk River Spill Aftermath: Do We Need New Regulations and From Whom?

Vermont Law

On January 9, 2014, a chemical tank at Freedom Industries in Charleston, West Virginia, leaked into the Elk River. The spill left 300,000 people over nine counties without drinking, cooking, or bathing water for ten days. Ashley has interned with the Clean Air Coalition of Western New York and Amdursky, Pelky, Fennel & Wallen, P.C.

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

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Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. The US is technically the world’s largest beef producer, but meatpacking companies from Brazil, the second largest country-of-origin, are consolidating the industry. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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

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Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. The US is technically the world’s largest beef producer, but meatpacking companies from Brazil, the second largest country-of-origin, are consolidating the industry. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

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The authority to do so is embedded in the federal 1972 Clean Water Act, which defined large livestock and poultry farms as “point sources” of water pollution that require permits to discharge their wastes. . In 2014, many of those EGLE staff members provided the technical details underlying Republican Gov.