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California Supreme Court Finds County Ordinance Limiting Oil & Gas Development Preempted by State Law

Legal Planet

Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an initiative measure that would have imposed severe restrictions on oil and gas development in Monterey County is preempted by state law and therefore invalid. The California Court of Appeal agreed in a 2021 decision. The decision came in the case of Chevron U.S.A.,

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Original Student 'Hellbender Defenders' Celebrate 5-Year Anniversary Of PA's Official State Amphibian And Clean Water Ambassador

PA Environment Daily

The former Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Student Leadership Council (SLC ) members are working toward master’s degrees in Environmental Education, Wildlife Science or Conservation Biology, and studying Environmental Science and Outdoor Recreation Leadership. Army and plans to apply to law school in the fall.

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Can we govern large-scale green infrastructure for multiple water benefits?

Legal Planet

Blue-Green Systems (2021) 3 (1): 62–80 [link]. Wheeler Institute for Water Law & Policy, University of California at Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA, p. Figure 1: Mechanisms, strategies, and key dynamics of LSGI governance. Cano Pecharroman et al. Williams C., Green Nylen N. & & Kiparsky M. & Kiparsky M.

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STAFF NEWS: CHELSEA GOMEZ AND LEAH ADELMAN JOIN THE SABIN CENTER AS GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

Law Columbia

Chelsea Gómez joined the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law in October 2021 and serves as a Graduate Research Assistant supporting research on City Focus Groups on Climate and Equity-based Policies. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Policy from St. Edward’s University.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Joseph Otis Minott - Lifetime Achievement Award PennFuture honored Joseph Otis Minott, an environmental law leader, with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades-long career fighting for the environment and public health in Pennsylvania. from Villanova University School of Law. in Physics from Yale University, and a Ph.D.

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A Decade of Drexel and the Academy

Academy of Natural Sciences

One of the most visible and exemplary examples of the Drexel-Academy partnership is the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES), which was spun off of Drexel’s Biology Department in 2012 with newly redesigned curricula. 2 New Ways to Research and Study the Art of Science. 1 Busy, Busy BEES.

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August 22 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

7 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Auction Environmental, Watershed Groups Appeal Stormwater Permit For Proposed Swiftwater Solar Project In Monroe County Dickinson College To Host International Climate Symposium Oct. 24-26 DEP Invites Comments On Electric Grid Resilience Plan At Aug.