Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency created the term “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation”, (CAFO) as part of a regulatory scheme for enforcing the Clean Water Act. CAFOs dominate agriculture in the United States: in 2017, an estimated 99% of all meat sold in the U.S. EPA in 2017. came from animals confined in CAFOs.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2025

On June 25, the Department of Environmental Protection reported to the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board federal funding will enable the plugging of an estimated 768 oil and gas wells abandoned by conventional well owners over the next year, noting the largest number of wells the agency plugged previously in one year was 441 in 2002.

2004

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Here are 153 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.

Conservation

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

Share: Recent Posts Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

The report provides renewed evidence of the consequences for our health of using fossil fuels In 1970 the Clean Air Act and the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were given authority by Congress to regulate pollution from passenger cars and other forms of transportation. These emissions, which in 2022 were 37.4

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2025

On June 20, Protect PT announced it will appeal a June 3 Environmental Hearing Board decision to allow CNX Resources (formerly Apex Energy LLC) to drill two shale gas wells just hundreds of feet from homes in Penn Township, Westmoreland County. [ The conditions come from a Consent Judgment between Penn Township and CNX Resources. [The

Air Pollution

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

Share: Recent Posts A New Era in Texas Real Estate: Foreign Investment Restriction Under New State Law NALC news release: Legal experts to explore Western water markets during NALC webinar Cottage Food Laws: Recent Trends and Major State Changes June Monthly Roundup The Feed: Vol.

2013

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 1 PA Bulletin announcing that Impecca is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( Read more here.

Recycling

Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma By Suhana Roy The principle of sustainable development is a principle of international law that reconciles the right to development with the need to protect the environment.- billion, nearly ten times Greenland’s annual budget.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

After the dumping incidents on dirt and paved roads around her home and throughout the region, Lawson provided photos and reports on the dumping to the Department of Environmental Protection to document the problems. Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water." [ Read more here.]

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

On January 21, the Department of Environmental Protection and Roulette Oil & Gas Co., The Guardian Pad B 6H shale gas well was drilled in February 2011 and then granted inactive status on September 7, 2012 that expired on September 7, 2017, according to the order.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Because of these findings, oil and gas produced waters fail to meet the EPA's [US Environmental Protection Agencys] criteria for beneficial reuse of industrial waste. Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water." [ Read more here.] The report looked at environmental compliance in the industry between 2017 and 2021.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 17, 2025

We can rebuild it—we have the technology (and lax regulations) Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency sets emissions standards for engines in new locomotives. Each successively more stringent standard is defined as a particular “tier,” with today’s new engines currently required to meet Tier 4 emissions standards.

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 21, 2025

Our health, some of the largest climate actions in US history, and more Transportation is the largest source of US climate emissions, so its not surprising that undermining recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions targeting climate emissions from cars and trucks will be a major setback in meeting climate targets.

Nitrogen Oxides

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 24 Jul The Feed: Vol. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

DEP issued the original violations for failure to restore the well pad and the water impoundment on July 14, 2017. Read more here. Nearly 7 Year Struggle Continues To Cleanup Conventional Well Spills Among the DEP Oil and Gas inspection reports this week was an April 3 inspection of the Buhl Farm 1 conventional oil well owned by Edward W.

2025

Law Columbia

MAY 5, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew the air pollution permit it had issued for the 2.6-GW As my colleagues have written on this blog , the Trump Administration is currently trying to limit environmental review for fossil fuel projects to 28 days to address a purported energy emergency. On March 14, the U.S.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2025

Original violation for abandonment issued March 8, 2017. Violations: Abandoned Conventional Well (8+ Years) June 3, 2025 inspection of the Grancis Richards 1 conventional well located in Amity Township, Erie County as a result of a complaint found the well abandoned and not plugged. Violations continued. Response requested by July 1.

2025

National Law Center

JULY 10, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 10 Jul The Feed: Vol. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

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Law Columbia

APRIL 30, 2025

This time around, we have already logged 61 entries, up from 39 in the same time frame in 2017, with more entries coming in almost daily. The nature of the attacks has mirrored previous patterns: censorship, budgetary reductions, misrepresentation of scientific data, and personnel changes.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Some Pennsylvania studies include a 2017 article that found an increased probability of having a child with low birth weight for mothers living within three kilometers of UOGD sites with the largest impact within one kilometer. Organizations include the Department of Health, the Department of Environmental Protection, or DEP, and more.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

DEP said Laurel Mountain Production also never complied with the basic requirement to register the impoundment with the agency since it was constructed in 2017 as required by state regulations. DEP classified the facility as abandoned. Photos from the April 15 inspection show the impoundment contains an unknown quantity of water.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2025

Since 2010, the Department of Environmental Protection has issued shale gas drillers in Pennsylvania 396 violations for abandoning 171 wells, according to the report. The best estimates available show Pennsylvania now only has 0.2% of the funds needed to plug shale gas and conventional wells to cover the estimated $20.1

2025

Circle of Blue

MARCH 13, 2025

Forest Service now counts 100 million acres of its domain as susceptible to ruinous fires like the four that occurred in California over 13 months in 2017 and 2018 that killed 118 people, destroyed nearly 27,000 properties and torched 700,000 acres. And with population growth and vacation homes, communities expanded into the forest.

2017

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 10, 2025

Theyre reducing the budgets and staffing of science-based agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Energy (DOE), which play a vital role in both federal rulemaking and scientific research.

Politics

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

For example, reconciliation was used to pass the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, and the Inflation Reduction Act in 2021. Because of this, reconciliation is most often used to pass partisan policy priorities when one party has a majority in both chambers of Congress and the White House.

2013

A Greener Life

APRIL 8, 2025

Additionally, his staffers have gained access to the Treasury Department, and they have set their sights on the Departments of Defence, Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and others.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2025

As part of the Cumulative Impacts workgroup of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC), it was exciting to work with and learn from some of the leading minds from community organizations, academia, state and municipal governments, nonprofits and the private sector.

Government

National Law Center

JULY 11, 2025

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2013

Physics World

JULY 22, 2025

Matthew Herron) A total of 139 employees at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been suspended after signing a “declaration of dissent” accusing Donald Trump’s administration of “undermining” the agency’s mission. CC BY SA 4.0 The new tenant will be the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

JULY 3, 2025

First Job In Recreation From 1979 to 2017 Jeri’s professional focus and making-a-living shifted from geo-archeology to parks and recreation management as program coordinator with the York County Parks Department. By understanding how the earth was formed and evolved over time, it is much easier to analyze and interpret history and prehistory.

Conservation

National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

Share: Food Foundations Recent Posts Food Foundations: FDA Human Food Inspections July Monthly Roundup House Passes Legislation to Increase Monitoring of Certain Foreign Investments Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of NEPA Review The Feed: Vol.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 11 Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

Robbins FDA Updates: June 2025 The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 11 Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional NALC news release: National Ag Law Center webinar to examine U.S.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

Share: Recent Posts Challenge to California’s Hen Housing Laws State Level “MAHA” Movement: New Texas and Louisiana Laws NALC news release: NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S. land on C-SPAN The Feed: Vol.

Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 1, 2025

Mike Braun, ISDA Director Don Lamb Among Featured Speakers at Indiana Ag Policy Summit July 23 – Farm Progress – How to report herbicide injury July 24 – KRMG 102.3

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