National Law Center

AUGUST 12, 2025

Following the Ninth Circuit’s decision, EPA re-approved both XtendiMax and Engenia (a third dicamba-based pesticide, Tavium, has not included in the Ninth Circuit’s decision and remained available for use) for use during the 2021 – 2025 growing seasons. FIFRA is the primary federal law regulating pesticide use in the United States.

Endangered Species Act

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As noted in a 2021 National Academies of Sciences (NAS) report , these approaches have the potential for substantial carbon sequestration, but key questions remain about their efficacy, benefits, and risks. The post Upcoming Developments in International Governance of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal first appeared on Climate Law Blog.

Carbon Dioxide

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2025

Most of these NEPA decisions entail mixed questions of law and fact. That framework is consistent with the tort law principles noted above; however, as other legal scholars have noted , the majority’s application of those principles is somewhat incoherent and inconsistent with tort law application.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

APRIL 11, 2025

In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), a law that establishes a statewide framework for advancing the long-term availability of the states groundwater resources. 2021-69012-35916] from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Assistance Agreement no. RD-84046301-0.

2014

Law Columbia

MAY 30, 2025

Last Thursday, May 22, the New York State Court of Appeals the States highest court issued a decision upholding New York Citys Local Law 97 of 2019. Local Law 97 is one of the countrys most ambitious municipal climate policies, requiring the Citys largest buildings to comply with increasingly stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits.

Law

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

In addition to exposing failures on the part of the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Health, the Grand Jury made eight recommendations to create a more comprehensive legal framework that would better protect Pennsylvanians from the realities of industry operations. Environmental Protection Agency.

2014

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

On November 21, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has determined , in response to a rulemaking petition, the state Environmental Quality Board has the statutory authority to adopt a regulation setting more protective setbacks from shale gas wells for homes, schools and streams in its initial petition review.

Natural Gas

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 2021, a landowner in South Dakota filed a lawsuit alleging that Swampbuster was a violation of the Commerce Clause. 5 U.S.C. § To determine whether the plaintiff in CTM Holdings, LLC v.

2013

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

On March 20, the Department of Environmental Protection provided an update to the agencys Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board on water supply/stray gas complaints. That investigation initiated in 2021. We had a fairly significant case where we made a number of positive determinations in the last year.

2023

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

On March 20, the Department of Environmental Protection told the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board the US Department of the Interior has "withdrawn" the Orphan Oil and Gas Well Regulatory Improvement Act Grant Program designed to help states strengthen their programs, in particular to prevent future oil and gas well abandonments.

2025

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency created the term “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation”, (CAFO) as part of a regulatory scheme for enforcing the Clean Water Act. Americans’ continued reliance on CAFOs perpetuates injustice and cruelty, subject to little regulatory oversight.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

On May 22, the Environmental Hearing Board issued a ruling in an appeal of a DEP water supply contamination determination involving the CNX Gas Company that agreed with a Center for Coalfield Justice assertion there was acute danger in CNX misusing a deposition in the case to punish an environmental advocate for her advocacy against CNX. [

Natural Gas

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

The webinar is the latest installment in the NALC’s “Western Water” Webinar Series, which highlights pressing water law issues in the Western United States. NALC Director Harrison Pittman said the “Western Water” Webinar Series plays an important role in sharing legal insight on water law across the country.

2013

Vorys Law

DECEMBER 23, 2024

13, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed draft 2026 Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Stormwater Discharges (MSGP). On Friday, Dec. The MSGP is a general permit that regulates stormwater discharges from various industrial facilities.

2026

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Because of these findings, oil and gas produced waters fail to meet the EPA's [US Environmental Protection Agencys] criteria for beneficial reuse of industrial waste. Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water." [ Read more here.] They were designed to prevent adverse environmental impacts from the practice.

Natural Gas

HumanNature

DECEMBER 31, 2024

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), enteric fermentation from cattle accounts for approximately 26% of total U.S. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with a global warming potential of approximately 28 times greater than carbon dioxide over a 100-year time horizon (IPCC, 2021). methane emissions (EPA, 2022).

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency finally release its long-awaited interim Cumulative Impacts Framework , a document intended to guide the agency toward more comprehensive and effective protections for public health. After all, a framework document is not a rule or law, and it may seem broad and abstract. So what is it?

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Over the last two weeks, the Department of Environmental Protection issued Bialy Gas Production LLC 36 violations for abandoning conventional oil and gas wells they own, bringing the total of violations for conventional well abandonment to 96 for this year covering 36 different well owners. Inactive status expired July 1, 2021.

2011

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 24 Jul The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 14, from July 24, 2025.

Endangered Species Act

Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma By Suhana Roy The principle of sustainable development is a principle of international law that reconciles the right to development with the need to protect the environment.-

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

After the dumping incidents on dirt and paved roads around her home and throughout the region, Lawson provided photos and reports on the dumping to the Department of Environmental Protection to document the problems. Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water." [ Read more here.]

Natural Gas

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

law applies. Beyond the four primary ocean agencies is the Environmental Protection Agency, which regulates ship discharges, ocean trash, and beach/coastal health; and the United States Army Corps of Engineers which regulates certain uses of water, such as dredging and dock and harbor construction and operation.

Ocean

Circle of Blue

MAY 12, 2025

The supply of fresh water is essential to our quality of life and creates a competitive advantage for our region, said Howard Learner, executive director of the Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center. government, economic arguments are ascendant when it comes to environmental matters. Environmental Protection Agency.

Politics

Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

It does not seek to discuss every aspect of Trumps EOs, nor to answer every question about the lawfulness of various provisions, nor to set out the exact mechanics for whats to come. Among the EOs rescinded on Monday was President Bidens 2021 Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (EO No.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept. 19-21, Sept. 19-21, Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

On November 14, the Department of Environmental Protection discovered evidence of a continuous wastewater release at the Parsons and Warrant 566 conventional oil well sites in Eldred Township, McKean County owned by Charles T. Wandover, Sr. and produced by Charles A. Wandover, Jr., according to DEP. Decrease To 31.2% Decrease To 31.2%

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

The law is going to reduce economic growth, and in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia combined, it will wipe out about 45,000 jobs by 2030 and over 57,000 jobs by 2035, according to one analysis. Chart: Patrick Cicero, Former PA Consumer Advocate and Counsel to the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project. I will end here. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As of November 15, the Department of Environmental Protection issued owners of conventional oil and gas wells 6,907 violations for violating state laws and regulations, exceeding the 6,860 violations issued in all of 2023. The violations so far in 2024 are 153% above the total in 2021-- just three years ago.

2023

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Staff have been threatened and fired , with targeted cuts to the agencys environmental justice office, federal spending was frozen , and EPA Administrator Zeldin announced a massive deregulatory plan to undertake 31 actions to weaken key environmental protections. 1415 and S.

Toxic Substances Control Act

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

However, it turned out this was not a roundtable discussion about environmental issues at all, but a rally to promote the economic benefits of natural gas drilling within the Delaware River watershed. We have some historic laws on the books that get celebrated on both sides of the aisle but they have to be applied the right way.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

However, the “actions”—given euphemistic titles like “protect consumer choice”—actually aim to roll back science-based environmental protections in order to maximize already massive profits. Muzzle environmental reviews.

Fossil Fuels

National Law Center

JULY 10, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 10 Jul The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 12, from July 10, 2025.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2025

The owner also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports since 2021. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair, House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Understaffed DEP Can’t Uphold Law And Protect Public Health - By Rep.

2025

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. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol.

2013

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

Inactive status expired July 1, 2021. Inactive status expired November 7, 2020. Drilled in 2009 but not produced. [ DEP inspection report ] -- Lycoming County, Campbell Twp.: Clearview Hunting Club Pad A 4H. Drilled in 2011 but not produced. [ DEP inspection report] -- Lycoming County, Cummings Twp.: Larrys Creek F&G A 6H. Read more here.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a new State Only Minor Air Quality Operating Permit for the continued operation of the ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC [Energy Transfer] Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County. ( Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

On March 6, the Department of Environmental Protection ordered Energy Transfer/Sunoco to install water treatment systems in over 200 homes impacted by the pipeline leak. million for environmental violations related to the Revolution Pipeline explosion. Read more here. DEP also penalized Energy Transfer/Sunoco $30.6

Natural Gas