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Iowa Supreme Court 2 – Raccoon River 0

Acoel

The following year, the legislature capped things off by passing legislation that enshrined Iowa’s voluntary nutrient reduction strategy as the state’s official policy for addressing nutrient pollution. For fifty years the Clean Water Act has exempted agriculture from federal regulation and left the problem for the states to regulate.

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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

USA: Formosa Plastics’ Pollution of Texas Waterways Hit by Civil Trial, Protests Center for Biological Diversity | March 25, 2019 Fishermen, community leaders and activists spoke out against Formosa Plastics’ pollution of Texas waterways today as a federal civil trial of the company began here. USA: Formosa Plastics Corp.,

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Incentivizing Ecosystem Services: Agroecology as a Solution to Agricultural Nonpoint Source Water Pollution

Vermont Law

This pollution causes detrimental effects to our communities, land, and marine life. The Clean Water Act (CWA) and grant programs contained in the Farm Bill are the primary federal mechanisms for curbing agricultural water pollution. CHOATE, AGRICULTURE AND THE CLEAN WATER ACT 147 (Mary Jane Angelo et al.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

Circle of Blue

In 2019 the company applied its product to end a harmful bloom on Chippewa Lake in Ohio. For Platte Lake, the solution was controlling the source of contamination: the 94-year-old Platte River State Fish Hatchery in Honor, eight miles upstream. Peroxide is the active ingredient. Early results have indicated promising success.

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Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

Circle of Blue

This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. The state issued its first water quality standards for chloride in 2019. Developing those pollution diets takes years.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable. ruled in 2019 that BLM had failed to adequately assess the potential impacts of greenhouse gas emissions for certain oil and gas leases in Wyoming. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) suspension of 82 oil and gas leases issued in 2018. June 25, 2021).

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court said the trade group had satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending judicial review and stayed the rule “insofar as it purports to regulate trailers.” A day after the court’s decision, BLM published a proposed rule to temporarily suspend or delay certain requirements until January 17, 2019. California v.

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