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What’s Up With Water -January 24, 2022

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The study also found that in 2019, customers without a water meter, paid an average of $500 more per year for water than metered customers. Since December 2020, the federal government has allocated over a billion dollars for water debt relief, but due to administrative hurdles that money has been slow to reach families in need.

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New York State Court Holds Upholds Local Law 97

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City of New York , a 2022 lawsuit brought by a group of cooperative apartment and other building owners seeking to invalidate Local Law 97 of 2019 , New York City’s building performance standard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the City’s largest buildings.

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FRESH, August 9, 2022: Unmonitored Ag May Account for Majority of Lake Erie Manure Pollution

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August 9, 2022. A new report gives New York a failing grade for its flood risk disclosure laws. The waste has remained there because the federal government has not established a permanent long-term storage facility. The report issued New York an F for its risk disclosure law, saying that the law “stacks the deck against buyers.”

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Mine Cleanup Law Weakened By Coal’s Decline

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Coal mine cleanup law is still built for the industry’s roaring ’70s. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — October 6, 2022. So in August of 1977, when the nation’s coal mine cleanup law went into effect, it reflected the market’s optimism. The mine cleanup law, however, no longer reflects current conditions.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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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. September 27, 2022. In 2019 the company applied its product to end a harmful bloom on Chippewa Lake in Ohio. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law.

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Positive Signs That California’s New Housing Laws Will be Enforced

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In a recent post , I analyzed the California Legislature’s recent passage and Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing into law of two important bills–SB 9 and SB 10–designed to confront California’s well-documented housing crisis. Davis School of Law faculty colleagues Chris Elmendorf and Darien Shanske.).

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The Stream, November 16, 2022: UN Climate Summit Hosts First ‘Water Day’ at COP27

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The government of Manitoba, Canada , releases a new water strategy that focuses on reducing demand. The Water and Climate Leaders, a group of UN officials, private sector representatives, and current and former government ministers, called for countries to integrate their climate and water plans. Brett Walton, Interim Stream Editor.

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