Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

US and European politicians call for investigation into JBS Poder 360 | January 5, 2022 Três legisladores dos Estados Unidos, Reino Unido e Europa pediram uma investigação das práticas comerciais da companhia de carnes, JBS. SA) agreed to pay $52.5 beef market in order to inflate prices and boost profit. Most Recent Annual Revenue $52.42

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

US and European politicians call for investigation into JBS Poder 360 | January 5, 2022 Três legisladores dos Estados Unidos, Reino Unido e Europa pediram uma investigação das práticas comerciais da companhia de carnes, JBS. SA) agreed to pay $52.5 beef market in order to inflate prices and boost profit. Most Recent Annual Revenue $52.42

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

million tons of greenhouse gases that the project is expected to emit annually. 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. James, Louisiana. James Parish, Louisiana. TW) has agreed to pay $7.5

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Climate Change, and Tree Planting. If a water test sample for a drinking water outlet was analyzed on or before June 1, 2021, and the analysis indicated a concentration of lead that was more than 5 ppb but less than 20 ppb, a school must take appropriate remedial measures by August 1, 2022.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The harrowing trail of toxic nutrients in farm country water. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – February 2, 2022. In the United States, excess nutrients build up in waterways from Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, precipitating algae outbreaks that kill fish, close public drinking water utilities, and pollute water.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We need to take real action to address climate change, protect and create energy jobs and ensure Pennsylvania has reliable, affordable and clean power for the long term,” Shapiro said in the statement. Read more here. “We

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 10, 2023

The Rundown An EPA proposal to cut mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants would decrease water pollution and accumulation of pollutants in fish. President Biden vetoes a Clean Water Act rollback. An EPA survey of drinking water utilities estimates the number of lead service lines.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

September 8, 2022 . TOLEDO — Just as Great Lakes scientists anticipated, the first blue-green swirls of a mammoth toxic algae bloom surfaced in mid-July in the nearshore waters of Lake Erie, between Monroe, Michigan, and this Ohio port city of 275,000. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2022

Anchorman Frank Blair reported that “a government scientist” had told colleagues at the American Geophysical Union that “over-pollution, unless checked, could so warm the earth in 200 years as to create a greenhouse effect, melting the Arctic ice cap and flooding vast areas of the world.”. Which brings us to this Earth Day.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Rundown The EPA proposes elevating PFAS and greenhouse gas emissions as enforcement priorities for the next four years. EPA researchers want a better understanding of the economic benefits of improved water quality. By the Numbers 6 th : Warmest year on record, in 2022, according to NOAA scientists.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 11, 2022

By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — July 11, 2022. The decision leaves intact the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, and even allows it to regulate power plants on a case-by-case basis. Challenges to water and environment protections are gaining steam from Trump-era judicial appointments.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

UN plans virtual Biodiversity Conference in October 2021 and in-person meeting in April and May 2022. Innovation and Competition Act with representatives from the White House and the Commerce Department. 8, 2022 will be held in-person to conclude negotiations and decide on the new Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. s lands, waters and wildlife and the specific benefits that they provide. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 27, 2022) CNSF – FY 2023 Conference Committee Appropriations Letter (Oct. Led by the U.S.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

s challenge to the constitutionality of the linkage between California’s greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program and Quebec trading program. Army Corps of Engineers’ motion to hold in abeyance a case challenging the Trump administration’s rules defining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

environmental organizations, and climate activists were appropriately enthused last summer when Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act. Agricultural nutrient pollution is the primary reason that the Clean Water Act has not come close to meeting its “fishable and swimmable” goal for US surface waters.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? The case involved EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act. Train, 420 U.S. Massachusetts v.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

Wolf Vetoes Bill To Block All-Electric Building Codes -- WESA: PA Legislature Approves New $125 Million Home Repair Assistance Initiative With Energy Efficiency Program -- StateImpactPA: Bellefonte Fixing Some Of Its Electric Vehicle Chargers After Storms Fried Them A 2nd Time -- Republicans On House Committee Approves Letter To IRRC Setting Up Their (..)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2022

21 RiverWatch Video Report -- Environmental Hearing Board Publishes Final Regulations Making Changes To Practice & Procedures -- October 22 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available -- EPA To Host Public Discussion Of Exide Superfund Cleanup Oct. 25 At Muhlenberg H.S. . -- Bucknell University Dedicates 1.76

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Fish & Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $3.5 Million In Grants To Restore, Protect Habitats In Chesapeake Bay Watershed; 4 In PA Totalling $1.48 24 EarthTalks Highlights Agricultural Integration And Solar Facilities - Agrivoltaics In Context [PaEN] -- Penn State To Host Virtual International Symposium Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

11 Executive Council Meeting - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution [PaEN] -- Lancaster County Community Foundation Announce More Than $100,000 In Lancaster Clean Water Fund Grants [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline - P.J.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

12 Outreach Session In Bradford County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives -- Williamsport Sun: DEP Shares Details About Funding To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions At Outreach Session -- Williamsport Sun: DEP Looking For Local, State Input On Climate Change Action -- Reminder: DEP Holds Dec. 7 -- DEP Hosts Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

2 to 8 -- 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Restore Shale Gas Pad; No Progress In Spill Cleanups [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Jan. 7 Outreach Session In Luzerne County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives -- DEP Hosts Dec. 7 Outreach Session In Luzerne County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives -- DEP Hosts Dec.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. By Karl Mathiessen, Zia Weise and Joshua Posaner, PoliticoPro, 4/4/2022. This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Failure to act means tough choices in the future.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

In this issue: Lawmakers Pass Fiscal Year 2022 Spending Bills. Supreme Court hears Clean Power Plan case. Maryland State Senate Committee advances a bill to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Lawmakers Pass Fiscal Year 2022 Spending Bills. NSF receives a four percent increase. ESA Stands with Ukraine.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

More News: Biden unveils new rules to curb methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas operations – The Washington Post. 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.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2021

EPA Invites Philadelphia To Apply For $260 Million In Water Infrastructure Finance Loan -- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. Noon to 12:45 p.m. -- ScrantonT: Man Charged With Clean Water Act Violations Can Call Witness -- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. House returns to session Dec.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Science and Engineering 2022 report. The 60-day open nomination period will close on Monday, March 28, 2022. Public comments on the proposed rule close March 28, 2022. More News: Tightened federal water protections won’t slow some projects – Associated Press.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

Spending bills for fiscal years FY 2022 and FY 2023 have fallen short of appropriating the amount included in similar authorizing legislation. The House and Senate had been negotiating a compromise between the America COMPETES Act and the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act since May 2022. billion in FY 2022.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

EPA lists an October target to propose first-time methane limits on existing oil and gas infrastructure , a companion rule to the methane rule for new oil and gas sources that Congress is expected to revive later this month via the Congressional Review Act. The agenda also lists an October 2022 target for finalizing the rule.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Sanders and progressive Democrats in the House are opposing Manchin’s permitting proposal, citing concerns that the reforms would helps fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced the Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act ( S.

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ESA

MARCH 6, 2023

Congress House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule using the Congressional Review Act. Executive Branch USFWS proposes listing two populations of California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. States Washington state holds carbon allowance auction.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2022

Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester) -- PA Resources Council Responsibly Managed 3.3 Million Pounds Of Electronics Waste Over 20 Years Of Hard-To-Recycle Collections [PaEN] -- Warren Times: ‘Hooligans’ Help In Hemlock Road Cleanup -- Dept.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Congress Clean Water Act: President Joe Biden vetoed a Congressional Review Act measure that would have nullified the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule, which seeks to define the “Water of the U.S.”

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Congress President Joe Biden vetoes measure to nullify the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Courts Climate lawsuit filed by Hawai’i teens advances in state courts. Forests: Reps.

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ESA

JULY 26, 2021

In this issue: House Moving Forward with FY 2022 Spending Bills, Bill Report Includes Funding for Climate Science. Senators reintroduce Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. Judge rules Maui County, Hawaii must receive a Clean Water Act permit in a case that reached the Supreme Court. Bill includes $1.2 International.

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ESA

MAY 15, 2023

This proposed rule requires power plants to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 90% between 2035 and 2040 – or shut down. Congress mandated this report in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 27, 2022) CNSF – FY 2023 Conference Committee Appropriations Letter (Oct.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The Scramble to Identify Major Questions in Administrative Law In its June 2022 decision in West Virginia v. EPA , 15 Republican attorneys general have challenged the Clean Car Rule that the Biden Administration finalized in 2021. That regulation reverses a Trump-era rollback of vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards.

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