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The Latest Chapter in Los Angeles’ Century-Long Water War With the Eastern Sierra’s People & Environment

Legal Planet

To the contrary, LADWP has a sorry, 120-year history of treating the rural people and natural resources of the Eastern Sierra as a population to be exploited and an ecosystem to ravage. But it’s not. In the process, LADWP transformed a vibrant Inyo County economy and idyllic environment into a desert wasteland.

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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

Law Columbia

Subsequently, two administrative cases were filed, one in Kobe in 2018 ( Citizens Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. filed in 2024 and 2018, respectively. According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossil fuel dependency was 83.2% Sendai Power Station ). Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Environmental Hearing Board Denies EQT Shale Gas Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Medical Conditions, Toxicology Reports Related To A Landowner Appeal Of A DEP Water Supply Contamination Determination

PA Environment Daily

As evidence of these diagnoses and conditions, the Latkanichs provided toxicology reports and a copy of his sons May 1, 2018 medical report. EQT Motion To Dismiss From the EHB Opinion: By its motion [in limine], EQT seeks to preclude the admission of any evidence of medical conditions, physical reactions, and/or toxicology results.

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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Union of Concerned Scientists

To tackle this topic head-on, UCS, together with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club, commissioned a study of the impacts of truck regulations on employment from Environmental Resources Management (ERM), an independent consultant. Source: ERM 2022 ).

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New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study

PA Environment Daily

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians. within one-half mile).

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Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Another Study Identifies Health Risks During Unconventional Oil & Gas Production Even For Those Living Within 1,000 Feet Or More Of Wells

PA Environment Daily

sites that utilize fracking technologies), acute health risks to multiple organ systems persist during the periods of pre-production and production, even when emissions reductions strategies are implemented to cut pollution.

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Late Night Dumping II: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumping Continues On Roads, This Time With Bigger Trucks; New Research On Harmful Wastewater Impacts

PA Environment Daily

More Studies - Health, Environmental Risks A 2018 Penn State study concluded, Spreading O&G [oil and gas] wastewater on roads can harm aquatic life and pose health risks to humans. The DEP Oil and Gas Program process for approving road dumping ended in 2018 with the settlement of an appeal before the Environmental Hearing Board.