CEQA Developments

MARCH 4, 2021

In the area of State Water Resources Control Board (“SWRCB” or the “State Board”) water quality certifications (“WQCs”) under the Federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”; 33 U.S.C § 1251 et seq), this bedrock principle appears to have been watered down, and it may be significantly eroding under pressure from a preemptive federal law deadline.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 4, 2021

not Massachusetts) and to the one nearly each fireworks control law are regulating for public safety by a state fire marshall for “firework shooters, explosive blasters, explosive manufacturing, and explosive sales.” 49 states plus DC allow some or all types of consumer fireworks (. Wildfires, high winds, volcanoes and fireworks” (.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 6, 2020

The EMC and water quality staff in the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) spent seven years developing a nutrient management strategy to address water quality standard violations in Jordan Lake as required by the federal Clean Water Act and by state water quality laws.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

James, a faith-based grassroots organization fighting to reduce pollution in the community, and lawyers at Earthjustice, a national nonprofit environmental law organization, and other community groups led the years long battle. billion complex in St.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 2, 2022

As the nation prepares to pour hundreds of billions of federal dollars into rescuing water systems, the Great Lakes News Collaborative investigates the true cost of water in Michigan. billion) in 2016, a total that placed the state 49th nationally, behind only New Hampshire. . This story is part one of a ten-part series. .

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work. The association also built a state-of-the art water quality monitoring network across the lake’s 192 square-mile watershed. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Brazil tax agency alleges fraud in 2009 JBS-Bertin merger Reuters | Feb 28, 2016 Brazilian tax authorities allege that the 2009 merger of JBS SA and the Bertin Group, which created the world’s largest meatpacker, involved fraud that harmed minority shareholders, the Estado de S.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Brazil tax agency alleges fraud in 2009 JBS-Bertin merger Reuters | Feb 28, 2016 Brazilian tax authorities allege that the 2009 merger of JBS SA and the Bertin Group, which created the world’s largest meatpacker, involved fraud that harmed minority shareholders, the Estado de S.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

It is a practice and a philosophy, utilizing scientific tools and methods with applied ethics, and, where necessary, regulation and environmental law to limit the use of certain materials. The first conservation laws came in then, making it illegal to fell a teak tree under a certain size. The War Between Preservation and Conservation.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Farms collectively are the largest source of nitrate pollution in rivers and groundwater, and the penalty for contaminated water — meaning stricter and more costly standards in order to protect public health — is paid by the people who drink it. Purging nitrate from groundwater will not be a quick fix. If the U.S.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Coral Reef Task Force and requires the federal government to create a new national coral reef resilience strategy and new coral reef action plans. in 2016 to 30.2%

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They are allowed by law and timid regulatory inertia to annually spread 400 millions of tons of solid manure, and 4 billion gallons of raw, untreated liquid animal feces and urine – 5,000 to 7,000 gallons per acre – on 600,000 acres across Michigan; . There’s no excuse for these blooms to be happening in Michigan.”.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

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. Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp. ,

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter. Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. Photographs by J.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

An EPA watchdog will investigate the agency’s response to drinking water lead contamination in Benton Harbor, Michigan. An EPA local government advisory committee submits recommendations to the agency for carrying out infrastructure investments. Financial Assessments for Clean Water Act Compliance. The Rundown.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

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. It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.” applied federal common law. and non-U.S. FEATURED CASE.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Metcalfe was again critical of DEP’s delay in finalizing this regulation when DEP knew of the EPA’s oil and gas emission limit requirement starting in 2016. The alternative for Rep. He did not mention, Rep. Clair was the third ‘no’ vote who serves on DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council and works for Rosebud Coal Mining Company.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Climate Law Could Make Midwest Water Contamination Worse Billions in clean energy incentives rely on raw materials from polluting corn and livestock. environmental organizations, and climate activists were appropriately enthused last summer when Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act. In 2016, the U.S.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. 21-70168, 21-70670 (9th Cir. June 30, 2021).]] EPA finalized a risk management rule for decaBDE and four other PBT substances in early January. The House bill ( H.R.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

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. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

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. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. Law §§ 35-0105, 37-0115.]]. The law would also require guidance on alternative foams and equipment that do not contain PFAS. 21-1082 (D.C. filed Mar.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Here are 99 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

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. Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. and non-U.S. 19-50178 (5th Cir.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 3, 2023

News Briefs Congress Passes Resolution to Overturn Administration’s Clean Water Rules The Senate joined the House in passing a resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s rules for determining which water bodies are protected by the federal Clean Water Act. government water policy.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Regulatory determinations under SDWA trigger EPA's process for developing national primary drinking water regulations (NPDWRs), which are enforceable drinking water standards in contrast to the health advisories EPA established for PFOA and PFOS in 2016. Not Just the Federal Government—States Continue to Take on PFAS.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Try explaining that to your new Peruvian sister-in-law. As CEO of Exxon Mobil, the world’s largest publicly-traded oil business, Tillerson’s 2016 compensation was $24.3 However, the Clean Power Plan is currently tied up in the D.C. Such paltry figures, though, amount to pocket change for the future Secretary of State.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Appropriations: Congress is working this week to pass a short-term spending deal to keep the government open after the end of the fiscal year Sept. The Obama administration negotiated this agreement in 2016 and the Trump administration did not send it to the Senate for ratification. NSF to host lecture titled “Trends in U.S.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A wave of frontline resistance is now breaking across the Upper Midwest and around the country as organized campaigns aimed at regulating concentrated animal feeding operations, known as CAFOs, are being felt at every level of government, and in state and federal courts. Water worries. Milking parlor in Lenawee County. to try again.

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Congress Senate votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule, Biden is expected to veto the measure. Courts Environmental groups sue the federal government for failing to protect corals. The Biden administration said that rule aims to create a ‘durable’ definition of the Waters of the U.S. Four Democratic Senators, Sens.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. Environmentalists hope new Maryland law will reduce nutrient pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. ESA, Scientific Societies Submit Amici Curiae Brief in Sackett v.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Courts Republican-led state sue to block environmental, social and governance retirement investing rule. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Michael Waltz (R-FL) introduced the Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act ( H.R. Executive Branch Biden administration finalizes rule reinstating roadless protections for the Tongass National Forest.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

The government could explore two broad options for putting more land under conservation: either expanding protections for land and water already under federal oversight or offering monetary incentives and guidance to private entities and local governments to voluntarily conserve their land, according to the report. “It

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