PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,310 notices of violation in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29 Workload Report. Abandoning Wells Without Plugging DEP issued 10 unconventional shale gas operators 20 notices of violation at 11 well pads during 2023 for abandoning wells without plugging them. .:

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

A discussion of ESG disclosures, and what the industry may expect from these other financial regulators on ESG matters under the Biden-Harris Administration, will be the subject of an upcoming Advisory. * * * * *. Financial Regulators."[[N: N: Addressing Climate as a Systemic Risk: A call to action for U.S. emphasis added).]].

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

In this issue: ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill Fifteen ESA members and graduate students visit Congressional offices for the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event since 2019. See an album of the GSPA event here. Students met with 30 Congressional offices April 25 in Washington, DC.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Ohio and some other states argue that the waiver unconstitutionally gives California more power to regulate than it gives them. EPA to overturn Obama’s Clean Power Plan.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

While the financial world is still waiting for key climate-related rules from several financial regulators, including the Security Exchange Commission (SEC), there has been some forward progress in recent weeks. The Act’s regulations were last updated in 2005.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

21-454 (May 25, 2023) is a landmark ruling in environmental law interpreting the scope of water bodies covered by the Clean Water Act (CWA) – an issue that has been debated by courts, presidential administrations, and federal agencies for decades. In Louisiana, long-regulated wetlands may now be beyond the reach of federal jurisdiction.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Million Available For Service Providers, Graduate Students To Advance Sustainable Agriculture In Northeast [PaEN] -- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Project Spotlights; Upcoming Grant Events; Much More ! Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA Sought Information to Inform Regulation of 1-Bromopropane as Hazardous Air Pollutant.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 25, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration, which regulates packaged drinks, lowered the current standard that ranges between 0.8 The recommendations span four broad categories: long-term monitoring, waste storage, transport of spent nuclear fuel, and public engagement. A list of event is here. 2023 Budget Hearings. By the Numbers.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

.” In 2023, the Supreme Court ended fifty years of broad federal protection to wetlands in Sackett v. It is only when you look back at the history of federal wetland regulation that you realize just how radical and destructive this decision was. Here’s a timeline of the major events. United States. In Sackett v.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

House holds Regular Session May 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events THURSDAY 10:00: Agenda. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council [conventional oil/gas well operators] meeting.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Grijalva’s bill permanently reauthorizes the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers and increases the authorized funding level for the Climate Adaptation Science Centers from $97 million in FY 2023 to $145 million in FY $145 million in FY 2027. Legislative updates: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. 3664 , H.R.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

In particular, the bill extends FY 2021 enacted levels through FY 2022 for federal transportation programs and reauthorizes various surface transportation programs for FY 2023-2026. For State Capacity Grants, the bill authorizes $240 million for FY 2022 and $300 million per year from FY 2023 through FY 2026.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2022

PA Unemployment Rate Falls To Record Low, Labor Market Will Remain Extraordinarily Tight Thru 2025 -- TribLive Editorial: Capitalize On Innovation On Main Street -- Courier Times: 1,900+ Ukrainian Refugees Look To Settle In Bucks County -- MCall: PA Bacon Fest Preview: What You Need To Know About The Easton Event [Posted: October 30, 2022]

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Supreme Court may not issue its ruling until 2023. K-12 STEM education and student performance across demographic and socioeconomic categories and geographic regions. NCA: The Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education and the Rutgers Climate Institute will host a special event for university and high school students Feb.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

‘In fact, the Supreme Court didn’t grant movies First Amendment protection until 1952, ruling in a 1915 case that movies could “be used for evil” and thus could have their content regulated.’ ‘The The Production Code was loosened in the 1950s and 1960s and was eventually abandoned, in favor of the MPAA film rating system in 1968.

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