Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

The picture under the Biden Administration has been a dramatic reversal, enacting lots of environmental protections and starting to spend tens of billions of dollars. The earliest action covered is Biden’s rejoining the Paris Agreement; the most recent is a burst of final actions taken around Earth Day 2024. March 6, 2024.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2024

League of Conservation Voters: Climate Vote 2024. Bringing environmental advocacy to California may seem a bit like bringing coals to Newcastle or ice to the Arctic. But behind California’s reputation for environmental protection there is a lot of tough political infighting. Alas, that is not the world we live in.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

Funding for the grants, up to $2,000 each, is provided through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the US Environmental Protection Agency. They will teach citizens how they can make a difference for clean water and health soil.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 25, 2023

And the best way to prevent such attacks on science is for Congress to enact strong scientific integrity protections. These are egregious examples of senior officials placing politics above federal science by burying scientific reports, stopping the collection of data, or dismantling scientific advisory committees, among many other tactics.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2024

Supporters of that kind of constitutional right “to clean and healthy waters” fell short of the signatures needed for 2024 but say they are motivated and already organizing for 2026. Swamp Politics Florida’s recent legislation is a backwards approach to climate policy. Here’s how you know that it’s all political maneuvering.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 24, 2024

Critics may accuse Biden for recycling policies as the $7 billion of solar funding through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Solar for All grant competition was included in Biden’s landmark climate change law, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) which was adopted nearly two years ago in August 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Despite clear recommendations from its own science advisors, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over the summer that it will delay its scheduled process to consider strengthening public health standards for ground-level ozone pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Host a webinar series to STEM the Vote In order to bring scientific research and data into discussions on political concerns we organized a STEM the Vote series of webinars focused on the top voter concerns of the 2020 election. The topics included public health, climate change, gun control, education, food security, and immigration.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 16, 2024

— there are some clear markers we can evaluate to foresee environmental priorities, and possibilities, as we start another exciting year in the California Legislature. The California Legislature kicked off the 2024 session on January 3 with notable changes in leadership. His announcement of a $37.86

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

And through it all, we (the staff and faculty of UCLA Law and Berkeley Law) will be here to offer analysis backed by research, unique legal perspectives, innovative policy proposals, and informed political commentary. With an unusually wet 2024 in the forecast, their recommendations remain essential for policymakers.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Of Environmental Protection. Click Here to watch online. -- PA Environmental Groups: New PUC Rules, DEP Guidance Victory For Increased Safety In Pipeline Construction And Operation [PaEN] -- PUC Reminder Of Opportunities To Comment On Proposed 18.7% Room 140 Main Capitol. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch online.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

WEDNESDAY 1:00: House Appropriations Committee budget hearing - Departments Of Conservation & Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. Of Environmental Protection. Fish & Boat and Game Commissions; 1:00 p.m. of Agriculture. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch online.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2024

” Why, then, did Shell’s Gretchen Watkins call the final watered down Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations “ frustrating and disappointing ” in 2020? A Chevron 2023 report says the company lobbies “ethically, constructively and in a nonpartisan manner.” They couldn’t be more wrong.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

WEDNESDAY 1:00: House Appropriations Committee budget hearing - Departments Of Conservation & Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. Of Environmental Protection. Fish & Boat and Game Commissions; 1:00 p.m. of Agriculture. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch online.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 5, 2024

If you have somehow managed to escape the frenzied political headlines about electric vehicles, first I envy you and second, I must regrettably inform you that the EV has become an acronym of partisan rancor on par with IVF, DEI, and CRT. They intersect with labor politics and growing tensions with China. Download as PDF

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By Nikki Buffa , Joshua Bledsoe , Jennifer Roy , Michael Dreibelbis , Brian McCall , Austin Wruble , and Sam Wong Louisiana has become the third state in the United States to receive primacy from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), allowing it to assume permitting authority for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

The 2024 initial phase will apply only to new commercial buildings over 100,000 square feet. In July, the governor signed six bills to expand clean energy and energy efficiency programs and environmental protections in Michigan. In 2026, the threshold will drop to 50,000 square feet. The process may now finally be restarting.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Agricultural Research Grants -- DEP Releases Final Land Application Of Manure Supplement To Manure Management For Environmental Protection Manual -- TribLive Guest Essay: Federal Farm Bill Conservation Funding Helps Keep Family Farms Viable - By Tom Croner, co-owner of T.Rich Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

The organization's mission is to protect and restore Pennsylvania's waterways while investing in local communities. In his career with FPW, he supervised small grants totaling $14 million to environmental and watershed associations throughout the state. He retired in January 2024. from Villanova University School of Law.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

. -- DEP Posted FY 2024-25 Budget Hearing Materials -- DCNR FY 2024-25 State Budget Legislative Materials House next voting day March 18, 19, 20 -- Committee Schedule -- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 9:30: Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing - 9:30 a.m. Of Environmental Protection.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We detail his about-face from environmental crusader to anti-science zealot and what his run as an Independent could mean for the 2024 election. As others have noted , the trauma of losing his uncle and father to political assassinations, among other things, has absorbed a significant portion of his life. Download as PDF

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2024

Why They Will Take Decades To Complete -- Republican Herald: Union Twp., Why They Will Take Decades To Complete -- Republican Herald: Union Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

“Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. Wilce is the treasurer of Arizona Water Defenders, the political action committee that brought the question to the ballot. The group is angling for a spot on the 2024 ballot. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue. State Spending.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2024

EJNCF has also provided recommendations in response to the one-year anniversary of the EJ executive order 14096 on April 21, 2024. transportation formula funding) that have never been concerned about justifying where taxpayer dollars flow beyond the political wins of road-widening projects.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 24, 2024

With the 2024 election just months away , it’s hard not to reflect on what’s at stake: addressing the climate crisis, upholding democratic electoral processes, and healing the cracks in our social safety nets exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, among other pressing issues. For a completely hypothetical example, if the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2024

Not For Long As LNG Gas Demand Grows [Watch For Price Spikes] PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2024

5 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Annual Game Commission Seedlings Sale Officially Underway -- Interns Wanted: Department Of Environmental Protection, Conservation & Natural Resources, Agriculture - Deadline Feb. Supervisors Give Thumbs Down To Proposed Solar Energy Facility, Developer Can Appeal -- PA Capital-Star: PA To Receive $47.3

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania Senate next voting day Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule House next voting day October 30, 31, Nov. 1, 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Secretary Negrin Resigns Effective Dec.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 31, 2021

The governor has the power to appoint the directors of many state environmental agencies, including the California Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources, and Caltrans. In April, Governor Newsom issued an executive order to ban permits for fracking in the state by 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

On February 16, the Department of Environmental Protection said an analysis of a year of sampling by DEP and its independent contractor found no evidence of water or soil contamination related to the Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio in Pennsylvania’s private water wells, surface water, and soil.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 8, 2022

But this reality has not prevented the administration or other political actors from continually pushing against the intent of Congress to protect both the species and the numerous benefits from the Columbia River Federal Power System.” — Sen. And lastly, Columbia River salmon recovery continues to be a hot-button issue. “It

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 26, 2023

Million To Protect 2,645 Acres Of Farmland In 18 Counties [PaEN] -- Aug. “Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day August 30; September 18, 19, 20; Oct. 28 [PaEN] -- DEP Now Accepting Applications For $2.6 25 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN] -- DCNR Sets Oct.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Tucked away in there is a provision for $3 billion in “ Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants ” that has embedded in its language the explicit intention to center on “community-based nonprofit organizations” or CBOs. Communities can start to prepare ideas for submission in 2024 once the larger awards are made. Source: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Shapiro Touts Connellsville, Fayette County As An Example Of Success Investing In Outdoor Recreation -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Million+ To Benefit PA [PaEN] -- Call For Proposals, Student Posters By 2024 Keystone Coldwater Conference On Feb. Million+ To Benefit PA [PaEN] -- Call For Proposals, Student Posters By 2024 Keystone Coldwater Conference On Feb. . -- TribLive Guest Essay: RGGI Court Decision And Executive Overreach - By Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2024

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