Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., Total to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., Total to pay $2.9

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

PVC plants operated by Formosa in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and in Point Comfort, Texas, have also been subject to numerous protests over pollution and elevated cancer rates. In 2018, the company announced plans to build a $10 billion complex named ‘The Sunshine Project,’ with 10 chemical manufacturing plants, in St.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work. The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Now it’s time to face the facts, and do what we can to protect the people of this commonwealth by encouraging the Department of Environmental Protection to partner with us and by passing the Grand Jurors’ common-sense reforms.” That is true but we can stop stupid legislation from becoming law. Read more here.

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EPA

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

On this day in 1990, a new era was ushered in for EPA and the nation when the Pollution Prevention (P2) Act was signed into law. The act gave the agency new tools to join with states, tribes, and communities to prevent pollution before it happens.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. over the fees set in the 2018 rule. 26, 2021).]] California.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Just a year later, however, the industry encountered a potentially major obstacle: A study conducted by the government’s National Air Pollution Control Administration found a link between outdoor NO2 exposure and childhood respiratory problems. Since May 2018, AGA also has spent more than $113,000 on 440 Facebook and Instagram ads.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The cities also have filed a motion to amend their complaints to withdraw federal common law public nuisance claims that they added after the district court denied remand.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal Repeated sediment pollution incidents and accusations of destroying habitat for rare hellbenders on a Pennsylvania “river of the year” have brought criticism over natural gas operations in a scenic valley and revealed weak protections for “exceptional value” streams.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The rule took effect on January 17, 2017; on June 15, 2017, BLM issued a notice of postponement of January 17, 2018 compliance dates.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In the months since our 2020 update on federal actions affecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to take action on its PFAS Action Plan. In addition, EPA requested nominations for the next CCL in 2018 but has not published the final.

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