Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison Radio Free Asia PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:44 Thursday, January 11, 2024 Read more Nguyen Van Hoa was arrested in 2017 following massive demonstrations against a Taiwan-owned steel plant. By RFA Vietnamese 2024.01.11

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments Fox PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:06 Thursday, February 29, 2024 Read more Thomas Catenacci NY AG says company's net zero goals aren't feasible considering its high carbon footprint Corporation JBS S.A.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

The federal government invests hundreds of millions of dollars each year to restore and protect the great waters of our country such as the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay, and Gulf Coast, among others. The Ohio River has made tremendous progress through the processes of both The Safe Drinking Water Act and The Clean Water Act.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The US is technically the world’s largest beef producer, but meatpacking companies from Brazil, the second largest country-of-origin, are consolidating the industry. Netherlands-based BankTrack tracks the involvement of commercial banks in financing business sectors and specific activities with a negative impact on people and planet.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Senate committee holds hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. California, Arizona, Nevada and the federal government reach agreement to reduce water consumption in the Colorado River basin. Legislative updates: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee advanced the Restoring Resilient Reefs Act ( S.

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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. Coral Reef Task Force and requires the federal government to create a new national coral reef resilience strategy and new coral reef action plans. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 20, 2023

The Rundown The EPA targets six PFAS in its draft drinking water regulation. Representatives in Congress introduce water-related bills on Superfund, lead pipe removal, cybersecurity, and contaminated wells. A white paper investigates potential solutions to Rio Grande water deliveries. News Briefs PFAS Regulation The U.S.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 23, 2023

EPA researchers want a better understanding of the economic benefits of improved water quality. And lastly, the federal government increases assistance to California’s flood emergency. “We Those focus areas would join a priority list that includes waste discharges and drinking water violations. government water policy.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 13, 2023

The Bureau of Reclamation prepares $250 million to pay Colorado River water users not to use water. The House passes a resolution to reject the Biden administration’s Clean Water Act definition. And lastly, the EPA’s draft rules for PFAS in drinking water could come at any moment. “So,

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

The visits came as Congressional appropriations committees are starting work on the FY 2024 budget. Planning requires the expertise of ecologists, landscape architects, environmental planners, and environmental engineers, and can be incentivized by local regulations. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. This request marks the start of the appropriations process for fiscal year 2024 (FY24), which starts Oct. billion for the agency authorized in FY 2024 the CHIPS Act and Science Act. billion for NSF in FY 2024.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. EPA Sought Information to Inform Regulation of 1-Bromopropane as Hazardous Air Pollutant. Draft Contaminant Candidate List Included All PFAS. The House bill ( H.R.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Lawmakers are working to pass a short-term spending package to keep the government open in October. Congress appears likely to pass a short-term spending measure keeping the government funded through Dec. The current government fiscal year ends Sept. In this issue: Congress. Executive Branch. International. Joe Manchin (D-WV).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2022

TODAY 9:30: Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 221 (Rader-R-Monroe) authorizing use of open space preservation funding for maintenance. Hearing on stormwater fees and implementation. Room 8E-B East Wing of the Capitol Building. Room 8E-B East Wing of the Capitol Building. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Joe Webster (D-Montgomery), would provide for a minimum 100 foot riparian buffer along each side of a surface body of water, with a minimum 300 foot buffer for streams that have been designated as High Quality or Exceptional Value. Click Here for a copy of Baldauff’s written testimony. 18 -- Save The Date: Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 6, 2023

The strategy notes the administration’s willingness to use “existing authorities” to regulate critical sectors like water and energy. Water sector groups, though supportive of more diligent cyber-hygiene, did not want the mandate as part of the sanitary surveys. Federal Water Tap is a weekly digest spotting trends in U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Here are 118 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. 13 [PaEN] -- House Environmental Committee To Hold Dec.

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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. Congress passes a deal to keep the government funded through Dec. How Government Ends – Boston Review.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The House passed an infrastructure package that includes a historic federal investment in water systems. Congressional Republicans introduce a bill that would narrowly define the scope of the Clean Water Act. The EPA orders officials in a Michigan city to address lead-contaminated drinking water. WOTUS in Congress.

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ESA

JANUARY 9, 2023

Biden administration releases fall 2022 Unified Agenda, previewing regulations to come. trillion government spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2023 Dec. 29, keeping the government funded through the end of September 2023 and providing increases to most ecologically relevant science agencies. Executive Branch. International.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. USFWS and NOAA Fisheries : The Trump administration had finalized two regulations that narrowly defined critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act and provided exclusions for economic impact, national security and outdoor recreation.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The Biden administration laid out its timeline for rolling back major Trump environmental rules, but acknowledged that the process of enacting more protective regulations on climate and air pollution and drinking water will take years — if they can estimate the timeline at all.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

Planning requires the expertise of ecologists, landscape architects, environmental planners, and environmental engineers, and can be incentivized by local regulations. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. EPA case by early summer 2023. Forests: Reps.

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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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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Congress President Joe Biden vetoes measure to nullify the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule. Planning requires the expertise of ecologists, landscape architects, environmental planners, and environmental engineers, and can be incentivized by local regulations. EPA case by early summer 2023. Forests: Reps.

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ESA

MAY 15, 2023

Courts Supreme Court decision about California’s pork regulations could impact state climate regulations. States A report from Chesapeake Bay Program science advisors questions long-standing approach to Chesapeake Bay clean up. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)’s Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act ( H.R.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL) said that is likely that the government will have to operate on a continuing resolution when fiscal year 2023 starts on October 1, 2022. This action is similar to actions proposed in the Save Our Sequoia Act ( H.R. Scott Peters (D-CA). 10, 2022.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

This total funding amount is less than the amount proposed in Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) authorizing Endless Frontiers Act, from the last Congress, and soon to be reintroduced in the current Congress, that proposes creating a technology directorate within NSF, which would be funded at $34 billion by FY 2024.

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Congress Senate votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule, Biden is expected to veto the measure. Courts Environmental groups sue the federal government for failing to protect corals. The Biden administration said that rule aims to create a ‘durable’ definition of the Waters of the U.S. Four Democratic Senators, Sens.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

House passes stop-gap federal government funding measure, fate in the Senate remains unclear. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider 2019 decision to not list Joshua Trees under the Endangered Species Act. Appropriations: House Democrats approved a stop-gap spending measure to keep the government open after fiscal year ends Sept.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. At stake was the ability to reduce carbon emissions as written in the ‘Clean Power Plan’ regulation under the auspices of the Clean Air Act that gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power to regulate “the best system of reducing emissions.”

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress ask White House to provide $425 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in 2024 President’s Budget Request. Courts Republican-led state sue to block environmental, social and governance retirement investing rule. States New Mexico lawmakers advance climate legislation.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

However, the world could avoid the more extreme scenarios in the report if governments sharply reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Regulation, Litigation – Bloomberg Law. Biden earlier this year pledged to transition the current gas- and diesel-powered federal fleet to “clean energy” vehicles. Chair : Sen.

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