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

Vermont Law

This pollution causes detrimental effects to our communities, land, and marine life. The Clean Water Act (CWA) and grant programs contained in the Farm Bill are the primary federal mechanisms for curbing agricultural water pollution. CHOATE, AGRICULTURE AND THE CLEAN WATER ACT 147 (Mary Jane Angelo et al.

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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

Mitchell | The Advocate | March 9, 2020 State regulators relied on nearly decade-old air pollution data to support their conclusion that Formosa Plastics' $9.4 Taiwan: Formosa Plastics Head Lin Chen-jung Resigns in Bribery Scandal Taiwan Business Topics | August 10, 2015 Formosa Plastics Corp.’s USA: Formosa Plastics Corp.,

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

Circle of Blue

For Platte Lake, the solution was controlling the source of contamination: the 94-year-old Platte River State Fish Hatchery in Honor, eight miles upstream. The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court said the trade group had satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending judicial review and stayed the rule “insofar as it purports to regulate trailers.” Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act. Both sets of intervenors also said the court should limit any abeyance period to 120 days.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

The Biden administration moved Thursday to formally repeal the Trump administration’s controversial rule that vastly restricted the scope of Clean Water Act protections. Council on Environmental on Environmental Quality – National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions. or WOTUS. “In

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Clean Water Act: In what will be one of the most important final environmental rulings in the history of the U.S., EPA and Army Corps of Engineers – Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States”. Executive Branch. International. E&E News.

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ESA Policy News: May 15, 2023

ESA

Courts Supreme Court decision about California’s pork regulations could impact state climate regulations. States A report from Chesapeake Bay Program science advisors questions long-standing approach to Chesapeake Bay clean up. Executive Branch Biden administration issues proposed rule to limit emissions from power plants.

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