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Straight Talk About A PA Conservation Hero: Ralph Abele And The Environmental Rights Amendment

PA Environment Daily

May 18, 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution. The ERA states in part that “The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. There is much more to Ralph’s story!

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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

Energy Policy & Conservation Act (“EPCA”), are specifically tasked with administering two broad rebate programs for which individuals and building owners are eligible. Clean Air Act appropriating $2.25 States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies are also eligible for funding.

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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

USA: Stop the Formosa Plastics Plant Coalition Against Death Alley | 2021 As part of the fossil fuel industry’s push to increase North American plastic production by 35 percent by 2025(1), Formosa Plastics is planning to build a massive petrochemical industrial complex in St. billion complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. On September 8, 2021, a federal district court in New Jersey granted the City of Hoboken’s motion to remand to state court its climate change lawsuit against oil and gas companies. 20, 2021), No. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No. 20-1045 (D.C. Minnesota v.

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Defending EPA’s Authority to Fight Climate Change – at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Our client is Tom Jorling, a former Senate staffer and EPA official who was directly involved in drafting the Act in 1970. (We The Clean Power Plan never went into effect.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

June 15, 2021). June 16, 2021). On June 14, 2021, the U.S. On June 23, 2021, Chevron Corporation filed notice in the district court of its voluntary dismissal of third-party complaints against the energy company Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil ASA). June 14, 2021). June 28, 2021). Louisiana v. Biden , No.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

trillion spending bill, also known as the reconciliation bill and the Build Back Better Act ( H.R. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants.

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