Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2022

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. It’s now being raised as a political issue. Water worries. As a legal issue. As a legislative issue.”.

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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? 2587 (2022) (Chief Justice Roberts). Unless the Court moderates its views, future regulations will face tough sledding. Train, 420 U.S. West Virginia v.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

In this issue: Lawmakers Pass Fiscal Year 2022 Spending Bills. Lawmakers Pass Fiscal Year 2022 Spending Bills. Congress passed an omnibus spending bill completing appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. NSF receives a four percent increase. ESA Stands with Ukraine. Federal Register opportunities.

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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. Although there’s a broad consensus on the science of climate change, that’s not the case with politics. Young died in March 2022. Executive Branch. International.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. The bill largely keeps government programs funded at their fiscal year 2022 levels. Executive Branch.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 11, 2022

By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — July 11, 2022. EPA lies the “major questions” doctrine: the legal argument that federal agencies may not rule on matters of “great economic and political significance” without direct approval from Congress. America’s political landscape is more polarized than ever. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 2, 2023

I had a small glimpse into this work in early 2022 when his office reached out to me after reading a report I co-authored on the risk of chemical spills from storage tanks in Virginia. Among its provisions, the legislation will: Require consideration of cumulative impacts in permitting decisions under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act.

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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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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter. September 15, 2022 . Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But if Justice declined to act, the two intrepid canoers were positioned to make a political statement as well. Some history: Congress passed annual Rivers and Harbors Acts in the late 19th century, to make appropriations to the Corps of Engineers, to regulate construction in navigable waters, and to protect navigable channels.

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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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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. September 22, 2022 . To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. .

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. 2, 2022).

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most Algae blooms are hiking the cost of water for people already struggling to pay their bills. September 20, 2022 . And political power with it. The cost of treating algae blooms trickle down into residents’ water bills. Just lack of political capital.

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Acoel

JANUARY 12, 2022

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Sandra B. A global movement is underway to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s lands and waters by 2030. Might there be a political explanation? The two threats are closely intertwined. Is this an inadvertent oversight? This is not to say that change will be easy, but change is imperative.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Other States/National/International -- AP: Policy, Climate, War Make 2022 ‘Pivot Year’ For Clean Energy -- The Economist: Why Climate Change Is Intimately Tied To Biodiversity PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Meadville Tribune: U.S. 6 - Creating An Edible Landscape. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. White House: The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) will meet Nov 9, 2022. NSF will release a report about the data in early December 2022.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 9, 2022

By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio – May 9, 2022. Much of the water and sewer infrastructure in Michigan began with a huge move by the federal government to fund the building of water and sewer systems starting in the late 19 th century. Part of the water infrastructure crisis is the lack of political will to pay for it.

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Acoel

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Bill Brownell. On October 12 th , the Biden Administration announced an “Action Plan” to accelerate infrastructure development following enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) [ New Action Plan ].

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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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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct. 23-24 -- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission To Consider Outlawing Deer Urine Attractants To Decrease Spread Of Chronic Wasting Disease -- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Rep. What’s Your Community Doing?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In January 2022, the Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruling on a Sierra Club lawsuit stripped the Mountain Valley Pipeline of construction permits in the Jefferson National Forest. Scientific expertise without local, political, or legal knowledge is not enough to take on powerful organizations.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2022

26 Get To Know The Clear Creek State Forest, Noon 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables [ There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay ] -- October 19, 1973: First Of Six Major Fossil Fuel Embargos For Political Gain, This One By OPEC Over U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2022

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Citizens Voice: Special House Election Set For Tuesday In Luzerne County -- Reading Eagle: PA’s Mail-In Balloting Had Big Impact In 2020, But Will It Continue? What’s Your Community Doing? Senate Candidate Debate Without Fetterman -- Inquirer: Fetterman Skipped First Democratic U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Read more on the agenda. -- DEP: Tuesday Declared Air Quality Action Day In Liberty-Clairton Area Allegheny County -- 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 - By James M. What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Penn State EarthTalks Presentation: Solar Energy Policy And Politics In Pennsylvania. Upper Providence Twp. Building, 1286 Black Rock Road, Phoenixville, Chester County. MONDAY 4:00: In-Person, Virtual. WEDNESDAY 7:00: Virtual. Have The Power To Charge It? -- Bloomberg: Will 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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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA When the federal Clean Water Act was established 50 years ago to regulate pollution to the country's rivers and streams and set quality standards for surface waters, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania already had a Clean Streams Law and an Environmental Rights Amendment (ERA) to its Constitution on the books.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Oz At Odds Over Natural Gas, Environmental Concerns -- DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Section-American Society Of Civil Engineers: Federal Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary Celebration Oct. What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2022

House Committee Meets June 7 On Bills To Preempt Any Increase In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding Amounts, Give Away Plugging Contracts With No Regard For Cost [PaEN] -- June 14 Environmental Quality Agenda Not Yet Posted, DEP Intended To Post Revised Final Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rule -- PA Outdoor Writers Association’s 2022 (..)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Senate And Why Some Are Still Undecided -- Politics PA: Fox 29 Poll: PA U.S. 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.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Allan Gates. The state defendants moved to dismiss the suit on grounds that: (i) the plaintiffs lacked standing, (ii) their claim involved a non-justiciable political question, and (iii) the plaintiffs had failed to exhaust administrative remedies. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement v. State of Iowa.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 19, 2023

With many federal judges sympathetic to the MQD’s anti-regulatory bent, and the Supreme Court majority that created this doctrine predicted to last for years, a legislative response from Congress may be a practical solution – if the politics can handle it. Env’t Prot.

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Acoel

MAY 24, 2023

But these fireworks obscured a longer abortion battle lingering in the Fifth Circuit since 2022: an attempt to overturn S.B. The Fifth Circuit quickly tossed that hot potato to the Texas Supreme Court by requesting an advisory opinion on whether certain state officials could be sued under Texas law if they acted on a private bounty lawsuit.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Senate returns to session October 25, 26, 27 -- Committee Schedule House returns to session October 25, 26, 27 -- Committee Schedule -- Update: House Session Schedule For 2022 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Nov. 23 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- TribLive: Allegheny County Police Taking Part In DEA’s Drug Take-Back Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Capitol Seeking Probation -- WHYY: Philly Schools Will Require Masking For 2 Weeks Following Winter Break Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: December 15, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Million Natural Gas Royalty Restitution From Chesapeake Energy For PA Property Owners -- AG Shapiro, 22 Other AGs Oppose EPA’s Proposed Rule To Limit States’ Clean Water Act Oversight Of Pipelines, Other Projects [Posted: November 9, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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