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EPA considering petition to require submittal of efficacy data for neonicotinoids and other systemic insecticides

Environmental News Bits

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is accepting comments on a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the American Bird Conservancy (ABC), and several other groups. Read the full story from Wiley Rein LLP. On November 24, 2023, the U.S.

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ASTM International Publishes Case Study on Standards for Biodegradable Plastic

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Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) BioPreferred ® program, mandated by Congress in the 2018 Farm Bill, authorizes the procurement of biobased products by the federal government. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires the standard for reporting on biobased content in fuels. The article notes that the U.S.

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DEP Testimony Provides Overview Of Budget Request, Progress On Permitting, Environmental Justice, Infrastructure Investments, PFAS, Watershed Cleanup, Climate, Clean Energy Initiatives

PA Environment Daily

I’m Jessica Shirley, the Interim Acting Secretary for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Pennsylvanians, no matter their location, demographic, or wealth have equal access to environmental protection. Our proposed budget also includes $1.1

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Houston, This is Harvey: Hurricanes are Hazardous

Vermont Law

Agencies across the areas of disaster preparedness and response, environmental protection, commerce, housing, agriculture, and energy must take steps toward preventing, mitigating and responding to the release of hazardous and toxic materials resulting from hurricanes, tropical storms and associated flooding in coastal and riverside communities.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Often subject to specific environmental protections, especially when “endangered” (see above).

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Anti-Green-Washing-Soft-Policy: A Comparison of Transnational Eco-Labeling

Vermont Law

In fact, eco-labels illustrate powerful tools of consumer-driven environmental protection and show that green-washing can be stopped through soft law approaches. is an LLM Fellow in Food and Agriculture Law at the Vermont Law School. ISO standards. , 21000 International Standards. Gabriela Steier.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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California Department of Food & Agriculture , No. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia to compel the U.S. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. 34-2015-80002005 (Cal.

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