Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

It acts as a counterbalance to the culture of “indifference” that many feel exist towards resource use under modern economic systems since the Industrial Revolution. Economics is a vital link in any political system as there is a need to provide employment and funding for public services and investment and to ensure markets function.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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. . EGLE has not compiled records for manifested waste for 2015. . In 2020, according to state figures, 85.3

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 20, 2021

Last week the Environmental Protect Agency and Department of the Army announced the agencies’ intent to initiate new rulemaking that restores the Obama era waters of the United States rule that was in place pre-2015, and before the current Trump era rule.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Funded by the Erb Family Foundation and the Joyce Foundation, the project comes on the 50 th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a high point of environmental diplomacy, and the U.S. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. Once Cleared Harmful Blooms. did it once before. .

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Four regional environmental organizations and the State of California filed lawsuits in federal district court for the Northern District of California challenging the EPA’s determination that the Redwood City Salt Ponds were not within the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act. Democracy Forward Foundation v. 1:19-cv-02751 (D.D.C.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 3, 2024

2023 was a rough year for clean water. The Supreme Court took a hammer to the Clean Water Act with its decision in Sackett v. The Sackett decision was a tremendous loss for everyone who depends on clean water—that is, for all of us.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S. 34-2015-80002005 (Cal. The planned pipeline is to be 162.5 miles long and is intended to carry crude oil. North Coast Rivers Alliance v.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

1972 , Congress passes the Clean Water Act, which requires a federal permit for filling or dredging in “navigable waters,” defined as the “waters of the United States.” Obama Administration issues Waters of the United States (WOTUS rule), which ignites a major political dispute and becomes mired in litigation.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

In the first complaint, the Center alleged that a chemical manufacturer and importer headquartered in Akron, Ohio, had failed to report 843,047 pounds of tetrabromobisphenol A bis(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) and five other substances that it imported during the 2013–2015 reporting period. The House bill ( H.R.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court said the plaintiff had not alleged an injury connected to any particular action or law and that her allegations instead suggested disagreements with the defendants’ policy positions, which made her claims nonjusticiable political questions. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Following the transition between administrations, EPA withdrew the January version, finding that its conclusions had been compromised by political interference.[[N:News [[N:News Release, EPA, EPA Releases Updated PFBS Toxicity Assessment After Rigorous Scientific Review (Apr. 9, 2021).]] 14560 (Mar. 17, 2021).]] EPA Region IX Feb.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Jared Huffman (D-CA), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, expressing their disappointment in the EPA’s January 2022 announcement to restart the Clean Water Act review process for protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska. under the Clean Water Act to the pre-2015 standard.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It will likely be at least two weeks before the Senate takes up the legislation and the Senate will likely make major changes to the bill before passing the legislation for political and parliamentary reasons. All 50 Senate Democrats will need to vote for the bill to pass the Senate. By Annie Snider, PoliticoPro, 11/18/2021. or WOTUS. “In

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Moreover, science cannot answer questions that are at heart economic or political, such as whether the Kyoto Protocol is worthwhile. [13]. so tweeted Mr. Trump on August 18, 2015. (#@realDonaldTrump). [30]. 18, 2015, 1:39 PM), [link]. [31]. on the climate front. No impact on environment & lots of jobs for U.S.,”

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Clean Water Act: A federal judge sided with Native American tribes and struck down the Trump administration’s “Navigable Waters Protection Rule” that replaced the Obama administration’s Waters of the US Rule (WOTUS) that included protections for ephemeral streams and wetlands that do not have surface connections to intermittent or perennial streams.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The scientific community opposed this executive order, over concerns that this category could be used fire scientists whose results contradict the preferences of political employees. Richard Blumenthal introduced the Extinction Prevention Act ( H.R. Global Change Research Program since 2015. Kuperberg had led the U.S.

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