National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

It prohibits standards or requirements that are “in addition to” or “different from” those imposed by the federal government. There are no federal requirements governing the living space required for laying hens. This section has two express preemptions, one focusing on federal standards, and the other on labeling.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

While there are approximately twenty-eight states that specifically prohibit or limit foreign ownership of agricultural land within the boundaries of their state, the federal government only monitors certain foreign acquisitions and landholdings in agricultural land through the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (“AFIDA”) of 1978.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

SB 17 prohibits governments and individuals who are citizens of or domiciled in a “designated country” from purchasing or acquiring any interest – including leasehold interests of less than one year – in real property located in Texas. SB 17 is set to go into effect on September 1, 2025.

Law

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 9, 2024

When our family participated in the Science March at the Minnesota Capitol in 2017, one of our signs said, “What do we want – Science Based Policy! This is a major federal law that governs if a chemical will be regulated, limited, or even banned. When do we want it? After Public Comment!”

Toxic Substances Control Act

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

It’s an expert, hours-long guided excursion across Lenawee County during which Taylor explains the cross-cutting complexities, underperforming government programs, ineffective conservation investments, and cascading ecological and health threats from liquid manure that aren’t visible but exist everywhere across her region’s bucolic landscape.

2020

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

And it gives every citizen the authority to bring suit against polluters and government agencies that are doing just that in violation of the public trust. “If Department of Agriculture 2017 Census and U.S. Department of Agriculture Publications and National Center for Water Quality, Heidelberg University.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

oil and gas industry produced an estimated one trillion gallons of produced water in 2017. The Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, an association of state and local professionals, has concluded that “no federal regulations explicitly govern the management and disposal of TENORM associated with the oil and gas industry.”

Waste

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Their stated reason for opposition was the cost of compliance with the regulation on public water systems and the belief adopting an MCL should be the responsibility of the federal government. Clair was the third ‘no’ vote who serves on DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council and works for Rosebud Coal Mining Company. Read more here.

Regulations

Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

The Clean Water Act (CWA) and grant programs contained in the Farm Bill are the primary federal mechanisms for curbing agricultural water pollution. However, these structures have not sufficiently addressed agriculture’s impact on the nation’s water resources. ENVT’L PROTECTION AGENCY 2 (2017), available at [link].

Clean Water Act

The Energy Law

APRIL 6, 2017

To illustrate these conflicts in energy transportation, Professor Rossi used two transportation examples that differ in geography, product transported, governing body historically responsible for regulation, and often in public perception. However, such a line still requires state Water Quality Certification under the Clean Water Act § 401.

Natural Gas

SPR Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) published a final rule reissuing and modifying twelve existing 2017 nationwide permits (“NWPs”) and creating four new NWPs. On January 13, 2021, the U.S. The rule goes into effect on March 15, 2021.

2017

Law Columbia

JANUARY 16, 2019

For example, Texas is seeking $12 billion , mostly from the federal government, for a 60-mile “spine” of seawalls that will protect a section of the Texas Gulf Coast—including a hotbed of petrochemical facilities vulnerable to spewing a toxic mess if damaged during a future hurricane.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

However, as explained below, siting decisions for pipelines and transmission lines are governed by different laws, and while both are subject to environmental review, their environmental impacts are not comparable. The recent pipeline decisions turned mostly on water quality concerns that are specific to oil and gas projects.

Renewable Energy

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The contractors were also charged with certain misdemeanor Clean Water Act violations. The district court agreed and dismissed those charges, after which the government appealed. Earlier this week, the Fifth Circuit ruled against the government finding that contractors cannot criminally violate these OCSLA regulations.

2010

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.

2009

Smith Enviorment

JULY 28, 2018

14 of House Bill 374 (2018 Regulatory Reform Act) directs the Environmental Management Commission to study delegated local stormwater programs to identify: 1. local governments that enforce requirements exceeding those in state law, including requirements for inspection and maintenance of stormwater systems; and 2.

2018

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.

Clean Water Act

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.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

On October 26, the federal Chesapeake Bay Program announced an estimated 33 percent of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries met water quality standards attainment during the 2017—2019 assessment period. Experts mainly attribute this decline to unusually wet weather in 2018 and 2019.

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In conjunction with a White House summit, the Biden administration proposed strengthening water quality standards for rivers and lakes in order to preserve the ability of Indian tribes to fish, gather, and use their lands in ceremonies. The agency acted after receiving a petition in 2017 from the Center for Biological Diversity.

Biofuels

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2023

This blog is co-authored with Michelle Woodhouse, Water Program Manager Why is Lake Erie especially at risk? Lake Erie algal blooms August 2017 Photo Credit: Aerial Associates Photography, Inc. The water quality was so bad that there were incidents where tributary rivers that empty into Lake Erie caught fire.

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Two of the projects are in Mercer County, which has undertaken one of the most aggressive local government campaigns in the country to battle harmful algal blooms. Ohio is investing $91.7

Law

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The last time the UN declared a famine was in South Sudan in 2017. This week Circle of Blue reports on the huge water infrastructure investments being made by state and local governments , thanks to billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief funds. But warning bells are again ringing. Iberia Parish Sewerage District No.

2022

ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Senate committee holds hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. California, Arizona, Nevada and the federal government reach agreement to reduce water consumption in the Colorado River basin. Executive Branch. NOAA releases the annual Arctic Report Card. International. Executive Branch.

2021

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.

Air Pollution

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison Radio Free Asia PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:44 Thursday, January 11, 2024 Read more Nguyen Van Hoa was arrested in 2017 following massive demonstrations against a Taiwan-owned steel plant. By RFA Vietnamese 2024.01.11

2016

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

In the 21 st century, it is common for countries to have laws in place to protect monuments, sites, and landscapes of cultural or historical importance and government-established charities or government departments assigned to their management, upkeep or conservation. Conservation Genetics. Wildlife Management.

Conservation

Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

In 2017, Joesley and Wesley Batista, two major shareholders of JBS, admitted to spending US$129 million to bribe nearly 1,900 politicians in Brazil in recent years, and agreed to pay a US$3.2 The conglomerate has also been accused of corruption, bribery, and price-fixing in both Brazil in the U.S.

Deforestation

Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

In 2017, Joesley and Wesley Batista, two major shareholders of JBS, admitted to spending US$129 million to bribe nearly 1,900 politicians in Brazil in recent years, and agreed to pay a US$3.2 The conglomerate has also been accused of corruption, bribery, and price-fixing in both Brazil in the U.S.

Deforestation

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. Finally, the court found that DOE adequately considered distributional impacts in its evaluation of “public interest” under the Natural Gas Act. 19, 2017); In re Constitution Pipeline Co. ,

2017

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.

Clean Water Act

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. Commonwealth , 161 A.3d

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

The ruling by Alito and fellow Justices John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett willfully ignored the overwhelming scientific evidence showing the connections between wetlands and downstream waters, and the fact that wetlands play an outsized role in biodiversity, despite covering only 5.5

Clean Water Act

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.

Clean Water Act

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).

Clean Water Act

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. ,

2019

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 28, 2025

Because government agencies need to have access to the best available science to safeguard public health. When EPA is carrying out its responsibilities under the Clean Water Act, it needs to know what the latest high-quality research indicates about health harms associated with various pollutants.

Government