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Supreme Court Granted Certiorari to a Clean Water Act Case: Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui

Vermont Law

The treated wastewater effluent that the County of Maui was injecting into its wells was making its way through the groundwater and into the ocean. The United States District Court for the District of Hawai‘i ruled in favor of the environmental organizations. Wells are among the CWA’s list of point source examples. GLENN ET AL.,

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The Santa Barbara Oil Spill

Environment, Law, and History

H-Environment recently published a review by Samm Newton of Teresa Sabol Spezio's Slick Policy: Environmental and Science Policy in the Aftermath of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill (U. Pittsburgh Press, 2018). Part 1 describes environmental science and policy before 1969.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Useful Environmental Law Terms. Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Sponsored Content. Fishing rights are one of these issues.

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

Most sciences are about looking for answers to problems within the data generated and devising tests to solve them. Most sciences are about looking for answers to problems within the data generated and devising tests to solve them. Oceans and seas cover around 2/3 of our planet. Food and Water Security. Sponsored Content.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

ESA

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Ocean Climate Action Plan. In this issue: Supreme Court Hears Sackett v. Executive Branch.

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ESA Policy News: August 16, 2021

ESA

The report’s authors conclude that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land and that widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. The IPCC’s 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 Commerce, Science and Transportation. The world has already warmed 1.1

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