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Guest Essay: Before The Federal Clean Water Act, There Was The Rivers And Harbors Act Of 1899 To Help Clean-Up Pittsburgh’s 3 Rivers

PA Environment Daily

The Circuit Court reversed in part, but the whole issue was mooted by the passage in mid-October of 1972 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 0f 1972. In 1995 he became Secretary of Environmental Protection in Pennsylvania. Posted: October 10, 2022] PA Environment Digest He died in 2020.

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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

James successfully sued to subject Formosa to an environmental review over the 800 tons of toxic air pollutants as well as the 13.6 A court ultimately revoked the company’s air permits in September 2022, in a major victory for environmental justice activists. billion complex in St. billion complex in St.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

Circle of Blue

September 27, 2022. For Platte Lake, the solution was controlling the source of contamination: the 94-year-old Platte River State Fish Hatchery in Honor, eight miles upstream. The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Carl Ganter.

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EQB Adopts Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities; And A First-Ever State MCL For PFOS/PFOA

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency to adopt controls on methane emissions from oil and gas operations by December 16 or face the potential loss of $500 million or more in federal highway funds. Environmental Protection Agency. DEP estimates it will cost the conventional natural gas industry approximately $9.8

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

ESA

Interior to weigh greenhouse gas emissions of proposed 2022 oil lease sales – Reuters. New court ruling clears path for Bristol Bay Clean Water Act protections – National Fisherman. EPA – Draft FY 2022-2026 Environmental Protection Agency Strategic Plan. In ‘chilling’ decision, U.F.

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

Circle of Blue

Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation Toxic manure discharges from large livestock operations is major source of water pollution. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – December 1, 2022. to issue new rules that limit discharges of CAFO wastes into waters. Water worries. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.