Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Environmental Protection Agency approved $1.7 The cost share could be the same as the early Clean Water Act support to curb point source pollution from municipal wastewater treatment plants.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Justice Alito has displayed similar cynicism about water protection.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

President John F Kennedy introduced the Clean Air Act in the US as one of many introduced in developed nations with heavy industry (15). Deeper into the 1960s, Richard Nixon signed the executive order creating the Environmental Protection Agency. Conservation Law (Also Known As Environmental Law).

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 10, 2023

The Rundown An EPA proposal to cut mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants would decrease water pollution and accumulation of pollutants in fish. President Biden vetoes a Clean Water Act rollback. An EPA survey of drinking water utilities estimates the number of lead service lines. government water policy.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Just as with climate change, local, state, provincial, and national governments in Canada and the United States have collaborated with science agencies, universities, and non-profit groups to develop effective responses, especially for Lake Erie. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The Bill of Rights protects rights of people against the government. Thus, section 19 probably constrains government action or requires affirmative government action, but it does not create a right of your neighbor to have you maintain your trees or to stop polluting. 2017); Robinson Twp. Envt’l Def. 3d 911 (Pa.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp. ,

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2021

15 Million : Criminal fine that Summit Midstream Partners LLC will pay after being found guilty of violating the Clean Water Act for spilling 29 million gallons of oilfield wastewater. Environmental Protection Agency selected to apply for $6.7 The projects are mostly large water, sewer, and stormwater developments.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency to adopt controls on methane emissions from oil and gas operations by December 16 or face the potential loss of $500 million or more in federal highway funds. Environmental Protection Agency. DEP estimates it will cost the conventional natural gas industry approximately $9.8 Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 6, 2022

The Biden administration unveiled its “ action plan ” for global water security that acknowledges water scarcity and pollution abroad can threaten U.S. The plan in some ways is standard government boilerplate: collaboration, partnerships, data, whole-of-government approach. Local Government and Water Infrastructure.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court held that federal common law necessarily governed the nuisance claims because “[a] patchwork of fifty different answers to the same fundamental global issue would be unworkable” and “the extent of any judicial relief should be uniform across our nation.” In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation , No.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. Department of Agriculture 2017 Census and U.S. A last point.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals directed the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of chlorpyrifos in instances where it harms workers and children. In 2015, the Obama administration announced that it would ban chlorpyrifos, but former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt reversed that decision in 2017. Justice Dept. Justice Dept.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental entities to allow continued enforcement of environmental laws related to ongoing mining operations. 16-42529 (Bankr.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Army Corps of Engineers’ motion to hold in abeyance a case challenging the Trump administration’s rules defining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. Seven weeks after the U.S. San Francisco Baykeeper v. 20-17367 (9th Cir. The federal district court for the District of Arizona denied EPA and the U.S.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

In three other cases brought by local and state governments against fossil fuel companies, the Supreme Court granted petitions for writ of certiorari seeking review of decisions affirming remand orders. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS Supreme Court Sent Other Climate Cases Back to Lower Appellate Courts for Review of Other Grounds for Removal.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. The court said that having remanded to the Corps for consultation under the Endangered Species Act, it was not necessary to determine whether the Corps “made a fully informed and well-considered decision” under NEPA and the Clean Water Act.

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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. EPA promulgated the challenged rule in 2019 in response to the Ninth Circuit’s issuance of a writ of mandamus in 2017. EPA , 997 F.3d 3d 983 (9th Cir.

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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. N:Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Inst. 21-1082 (D.C. filed Mar. 4, 2021 and stayed Apr. 6, 2021).]] 14560 (Mar. 17, 2021).]]

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2021

The EPA says it will revise Trump-era changes to Clean Water Act permitting that centered on energy infrastructure. Senate Republicans increase water spending in their infrastructure counteroffer. The Bureau of Reclamation cuts Central Valley Project water allocations in California. government water policy.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Chevron filed the third-party complaint in December 2017 against the company—of which the Norwegian State is majority stakeholder—for indemnity and contribution. In addition, the court found that the selection of a pipeline route was reasonable and “based upon respect for tribal sovereignty, while minimizing environmental impacts.”

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. Environmental Council of Sacramento v.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 According to the government press release: “To better fulfill the conservation purposes of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7 In ‘chilling’ decision, U.F.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants. 20 executive order that called for a review of energy and environment-related rules across the federal government.

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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. to issue new rules that limit discharges of CAFO wastes into waters.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

If you still have a glimmer of hope that the federal government will continue to play a meaningful role and remain engaged in carbon reduction efforts under the Trump Administration, consider this: Mr. Ebell is employed at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in Washington, D.C.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

billion to spend through fiscal year (FY) 2026 on weather, ocean and climate research and forecasting while the Environmental Protection Agency receives $264 million for climate change research and development. How Government Decisions Left Tennessee Exposed to Deadly Flooding – The New York Times. International.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Many GSPA alumni pursue fellowships and careers in the federal government. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved the Endless Frontiers Act ( S. The taskforce will also include representatives from across the federal government. . USFWS – Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds; Proposed Rule.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Executive Branch Biden administration finalizes rule reinstating roadless protections for the Tongass National Forest. Courts Republican-led state sue to block environmental, social and governance retirement investing rule. States New Mexico lawmakers advance climate legislation. Nominations are due March 2, 2023.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The Trump administration proposed steep cuts across the government in its president’s budget request, especially to scientific and environmental programs. Even when Republicans controlled both the House and Senate in 2017 and 2018, Congress largely rejected these steep cuts. Environmental Protection Agency.

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