PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

Pennsylvania American Water Company has started construction on a new public water line for Dimock residents – the result of a settlement of criminal charges secured by then-Attorney General Shapiro after Coterra Energy [formerly Cabot Oil & Gas] was found to be in violation of the Clean Streams Law for contaminating residents’ well water.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2025

Remarkably, the vast majority of these cases have been filed since 2020, as shown in the chart below, reflecting the accelerating pace and momentum of climate litigation at the national level. The book was published by De Gryuter Brill as part of its International Environmental Law series.

Paris Agreement

Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Studies conducted in New Jersey indicate that many residents believe the government is not doing enough to regulate. This legislation is underwhelmingly referred to as New Jerseys Environmental Justice Law. Critics argue that this law, and others like it, could threaten the economy, especially in the communities it aims to protect.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Read more here ] In June 2020, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the findings and recommendations of Pennsylvanias 43rd Statewide Investigating Grand Jury report on the unconventional oil and gas industry. Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1

2014

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

However, the court disagreed, concluding that Swampbuster is a valid exercise of Congress’s spending power and that the law should be upheld. In other words, the Fifth Amendment establishes that the federal government may not “take” private property without providing the owner with appropriate compensation. 5 U.S.C. §

2013

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Instead of protecting vulnerable buyers, the government is often the seller and beneficiary. Government programs intended to protect disadvantaged people in these areas instead pull them into the trap. Homeowners in a flood zones are often required to purchase this insurance from the government and get a U.S.

Sea Level

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2025

History of the Case Background to the Claim In April 2021, a group of plaintiffs led by the Czech Climate Litigation Association ( Klimatick aloba R ), and including a municipality and several individuals, filed a case against the central government of the Czech Republic and four subsidiary ministries for their inaction on climate change.

Paris Agreement

Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2025

Over the last five years, several states, including New York (2020), California (2022), Illinois (2023), and Michigan (2023) have adopted comprehensive permitting reforms that curtail the power of local governments to block development of large-scale renewable energy projects.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

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2011

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

According to a recent state legislative hearing, the state has seen 1,154 more oil and gas wells abandoned since 2020 while, over the past two and a half years, plugging only 308 abandoned wells. This comes after the state received $76 million from the federal government to speed up the process of capping abandoned wells.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

2020 for example, the Amazon saw its highest deforestation rate in over a decade. However, recent efforts have focused on reversing this trend, with the government implementing stricter enforcement of environmental regulations and bolstering sustainable initiatives, such as promoting conservation efforts and enforcing land-use restrictions.

2025

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 12, 2025

Subsequent inquiries from the USDA Inspector General concluded that the relocations likely violated federal laws requiring Congressional approval. According to the GAO , ERSs output of reports and peer-reviewed journal articles declined by half from 2018 to 2020. The damage from the relocation was swift.

2019

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Obviously they couldn’t just be underpaid public servants doing their best to implement the law.) Project 2025 calls for rolling back CAFÉ fuel efficiency standards to 2020 levels (35 mpg). 627-629] And the federal government should stop funding mass transit. [p. 424-425] and toxic air pollution [427]. #6. Download as PDF

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

We are proud to play a role in delivering a lasting, safe water solution for the people of Dimock, said Thom Chiomento, vice president of business development, government and external affairs at Pennsylvania American Water. Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4%

2026

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Many initiatives outside of the Federal government aim to mitigate the Presidents environmental policies. State governments might not have the reach or the resources that the federal government possesses, but they have the drive and support to address change where they can.

Paris Agreement

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 1, 2025

Environmental justice, as defined by the EPA, is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, culture, national origin, income, or educational levels, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of protective environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

Government

A Greener Life

JANUARY 16, 2025

A 2020 UN Development Programme report found that in Harare alone, there were 30 wetlands under threat from illegal settlements. While the government has made the right noises about protecting these wetlands , it has been accused of not backing up its words with action. This is not an isolated case.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 22, 2024

At this moment, the last thing federal, state and local governments need is to divert precious resources to debunk baseless conspiracy theories and disinformation. FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) is the federal government’s primary source of funding for disaster response, recovery and preparedness. What is the Disaster Relief Fund?

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 21, 2025

Decades of government vehicle standards to improve vehicle efficiency and cut down on tailpipe pollution have saved car and truck drivers trillions of dollars at the pump, saved countless lives from reduced exposure to toxic air pollution , and avoided the extraction and burning of billions of barrels of oil. In the U.S., auto industry.

Nitrogen Oxides

Law Columbia

MARCH 19, 2025

At a recent Columbia Law School colloquium, jointly sponsored by the Sabin Center and the Millstein Center, participants posed a foundational question: How do corporate law standards of fiduciary duty relate to what scientists call the climate emergency? [1] 5] Approximately two-thirds of U.S. 5] Approximately two-thirds of U.S.

Law

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Supplement to: THE TOXIC DIVIDE: INTERNATIONAL WASTE DUMPING AND THE FIGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY By Christine Paul This blog is a supplement to an original article published by Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 13] Waste management remains problematic even after the laws promulgation.[14] 26 Issue 2. million people.[3]

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

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Waste

Legal Planet

MARCH 3, 2025

Trump has blown up that process in his executive order entitled, Implementing the Presidents Department of Government Efficiency Deregulatory Initiative. Clark is the former Justice Department lawyer who is best known for his plan to be named Attorney General to help Trump overturn the 2020 election. Download as PDF

Environmental Science

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2025

This reality necessitates laws and regulations capable of protecting those put at risk by fracking, and a government willing to enforce them. This reality necessitates laws and regulations capable of protecting those put at risk by fracking, and a government willing to enforce them. We are not anti-fracking.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Of Revenue Reports February Tax Collections $44 Million (1.6%) More Than Anticipated; Up $104.3 Ohio- $2.80 Ohio- $2.80 Ohio- $2.80

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

He claimed this was a very common thing to do but, in fact, the abrupt mass firing of these independent watchdogswhose role is to identify and investigate potential fraud, corruption, and other wrongdoing in government agenciesis neither common nor lawful. That probably didnt sit well with Team Trump.

Government

Scientific American

JULY 14, 2025

States routinely let the government reclaim unspent money — or let available money go unused for as long as 20 years, according to an analysis of federal records by POLITICO’s E&E News. The Texas Legislature will convene a special session July 21 to consider new laws that would improve warning systems in flood-prone areas.

2016

Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2025

Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions Attorney General Actions Tracker Maintained by the State Energy and Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law, this tool tracks actions by Attorney Generals since 2017. tracked rollbacks in the first Trump Administration and covers actions from 2017 to 2020.

2017

Legal Planet

JANUARY 22, 2025

Since Jimmy Carters presidency, agency compliance with NEPA has been governed by regulations issued by the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Given the short timetable, we can expect thoe guidance to look very much like the rules that Trumps CEQ issued in 2020. That obviously leaves no time for public input.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

The program will highlight perspectives from frontline residents and members of government before providing recommendations for steps the Shapiro administration can take to effectively champion Pennsylvanians' health in the face of shale gas development. Among the speakers will be -- -- Alison L.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

Here are 146 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Conservation

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The new law includes several provisions typically associated with the Farm Bill, the omnibus spending bill that governs various agricultural and food programs in the United States. Under that law, conservation programs received around $18 billion in federal funding. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol.

2013

A Greener Life

APRIL 28, 2025

Poilievre wants to review all the pipelines cancelled by the government and repeal the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act , which was signed into law in 2019. And that a victory for the Conservatives would represent less action on this pivotal issue than with the government being led by the Liberal Party.

2025

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Circuit’s recent decision holding that CEQ lacks authority to promulgate regulations and, therefore, that the regulations governing implementation of NEPA across the government for decades are ultra vires. Indeed, the 2020 CEQ regulations specifically provided that they overrode any inconsistent NEPA procedures adopted by the agencies.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

The following editorial first appeared in the Warren Times on July 1, 2025 -- According to a recent state legislative hearing, the state has seen 1,154 more oil and gas wells abandoned since 2020 while, over the past two and a half years, plugging only 308 abandoned wells. A bigger shift in state policy and procedure is needed.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2025

Indeed, the Labour government has been engaged in a very similar permitting reform debate to the one raging in the United States, but it is more advanced at the government level. The Labour government made big promises during the election campaign to build 1.5 Americans can learn from their experience.

Environmental Protection

Legal Planet

JANUARY 17, 2025

Trump often complains that California sometimes reduces water deliveries to certain agricultural users in order not to harm protected natural resources as required, notably, by both federal and state law. But smart vegetation management, particularly removing non-native overgrowth, can help, which is why local law requires it.

Climate Change