Law and Environment
APRIL 5, 2024
Massachusetts has become the first state to require analysis of cumulative impacts for certain air quality permits in or near communities with environmental justice (EJ) populations. These regulations are now in effect and apply to permit applications filed with MassDEP on or after July 1, 2024.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle. Voters in parts of Cochise and Graham counties will decide whether to join the state’s more populated districts and regulate groundwater extraction. Local Regulation. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue. State Spending.
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Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
In New York state, voters have a chance to enshrine environmental protections in their state constitution, which could revive a legal movement that flourished in the United States a half-century ago. Environmental Protection Agency and passed landmark environmental laws to protect air, land, and water.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
HotSpots H2O: ‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ Calls for Water, Land, and Resource Governance at 2021 IUCN World Conference — Indigenous activists and organizations from around the world met virtually this week for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Zoom-based World Conservation Congress. 6,000 LEAD SERVICE LINES.
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 6, 2021
In Uganda, national regulators are cracking down on the illegal destruction of wetlands in an attempt to reduce flood risk in the east African country. Regulators are keen to act because wetlands reduce flood risk by absorbing heavy rains. Environmental Protection Agency when utilities assess the cost of controlling sewage pollution.
Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency has proposed more stringent methane regulations for the oil and gas industry that would dramatically curb emissions of the potent greenhouse gas. By Phil McKenna The U.S. Combined, the new rules would reduce methane emissions from the U.S.
Circle of Blue
JULY 22, 2021
Rural water utilities across the United States lobby Congress amid concerns over new legislation to regulate toxic PFAS chemicals. Local water systems are lobbying Congress as lawmakers push to regulate PFAS chemicals in drinking water, according to the Iowa Capital Dispatch. Environmental Protection Agency.
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