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The Supreme Court’s Top-10 Environmental Law Decisions

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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? In this opinion dealing with a fairly technical issue under the Clean Air Act, Justice Stevens strengthened judicial deference to administrative agencies.

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Disasters and Environmental Laws – Have We Learned Our Lesson?

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Posted on August 14, 2023 by Steven Miano I recently had the opportunity to speak at a State University of New York (SUNY) conference for a group of exceptional primary and high school Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teachers. Efforts to advance alternative energy technologies (wind, solar, etc.), So what’s next?

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Policy News: August 1, 2022

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Senate Releases FY 2023 Spending Bills. 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. billion over the next five years.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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Colorado River: California, Arizona, Nevada, the Central Arizona Project and the federal government reached an agreement to voluntarily reduce water consumption to avoid mandatory cuts. The plan requires the states to reduce their consumption by 500,000-acre feet in 2022 and 2023. But Is It Burning Less Carbon? – 5, 2022.

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Policy News: July 1, 2022

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The Supreme Court decision severely hinders the efforts of the United States to reduce emissions. Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. The Supreme Court will hear this case, which pertains to the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the definition of the Waters of the U.S.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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The pact recognizes that world’s countries would need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 levels to limit warming to 1.5 Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by 2023. degrees Celsius. Wealthy countries and global charities also pledged $1.6

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