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NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater, Other Waste

PA Environment Daily

By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM.

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Fresh, May 30, 2023: $30 Million EPA Grant Program Targets Pollution in Disadvantaged Communities

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In Minnesota , stricter penalties for water overuse are signed into state law. “We Permit holders are required to report their annual water use to the state Department of Natural Resources. The program’s funding comes via the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was signed into law in November 2021.

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Ohioans Stuck Burning Coal, Burning Cash

Union of Concerned Scientists

6 , the notorious law the Legislature passed in 2019 that slapped Ohio ratepayers with a monthly surcharge to bail out two struggling nuclear plants. The OVEC coal bailouts, which the PUCO approved in 2014, were set to expire in 2024 and only applied to utility customers who had a stake in OVEC. 6 was signed into law by Ohio Gov.

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What’s New About Income-Graduated Fixed Charges?

Legal Planet

Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design. Despite California regulators’ stated interest in pricing based on marginal costs, however, fixed costs have often been bundled into volumetric rates. Regulators are acting on these redistributive concerns. But this principle isn’t new.

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All or Nothing: Regulators Strictly Define Pipeline Abandonment

The Energy Law Blog

This clarification comes after a number of leaks in 2014 and 2015 from pipelines that were believed to be “abandoned.” There are a number of pipelines that were informally abandoned prior to the abandonment regulations taking effect. Parts 192 and 195 (2016). PHMSA has recognized that some pipelines are exceptional.

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Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

Corp Watch

billion in 2014 to the U.S. million yuan over Lexus price-fixing Reuters | December 27, 2019 China's market regulator on Friday has fined Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor 7203.T T accusing the companies of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in fraud by concealing the use of substandard metal components in vehicles.

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Federal Offshore Pipeline Decommissioning in BOEM Significant Sediment Resource Areas

The Energy Law Blog

BSEE’s regulations define “obstructions” as “structures, equipment, or objects that were used in oil, gas, or sulphur operations. The origin of NTL 2009-G04 and SSRAs dates to 2008, when, in response to a request from Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (“LDNR”) and under the authority of 30 C.F.R. 250.1700(b).

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