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DEP Invites Comments On Draft NPDES General Permit For Discharges Of Stormwater Associated With Construction Activities (PAG-2)

PA Environment Daily

Discharges would need to be treated by an approved series of at least two BMPs. -- Site Inspections —The Department is proposing to require that site inspections be conducted only by qualified personnel. Three options would be available to demonstrate that a person is qualified.

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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center wrapped up Climate Week NYC last Friday with an event exploring the opportunities and challenges posed by ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Both the LC and LP require parties to adopt domestic laws to regulate the “dumping” of “waste and other matter” at sea. It is not hard to see why. Many haven’t yet done so.

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PennFuture Now Accepting Nominations For 2022 Women In Conservation From Southeast PA

PA Environment Daily

This year's program, hosted by PennFuture , will recognize women who live and/or work in Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties Awards will be presented in these categories-- -- Woman of the Watershed –honors an individual who has made a positive impact on water quality in her watershed.

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Taking Climate Change to the International Court of Justice: Legal and Procedural Issues

Law Columbia

Note: On September 26, 2019, the Vanuatu Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a workshop on seeking an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice. The types of important questions that fall within this category do not include requests to the ICJ for advisory opinions. By Michael B.

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Late 2018 — Bits and Pieces

Smith Enviorment

January 30, 2019. For background on the REPS law, see an earlier post on the first of several unsuccessful attempts to repeal the REPS standard.) law, but it can guide the use of existing authority. The law had originally simply required discharge of the treated stormwater through the buffer.

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New Abandoned Wells: DEP Records Show Abandoning Oil & Gas Wells Without Plugging Them Is Pervasive In Conventional Drilling Industry; Who Is Protecting Taxpayers?

PA Environment Daily

DEP’s records show the practice of abandoning wells without plugging them is routine in the industry, and not an isolated event. Read more here. -- CNX agreed to plug 141 conventional coalbed methane and gas wells and 5 unconventional wells in October 2019. The law would have to be changed. Read more here. Read more here.

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Siting Renewables in New York: Updates from ORES Executive Director Houtan Moaveni and Suggestions from Panelists on How to Further Improve the New Siting Process

Law Columbia

On September 22, 2022, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Columbia Climate School co-hosted a Climate Week NYC webinar on “Siting Renewables in New York: Ambitious Climate Goals, a New Siting Process, and How It Is Going.” Law §§ 66-p(2)(a), (b). Law § 75-0107(1)(b). Law § 94-c(1). Background. 94-c(5)(f).