Circle of Blue
APRIL 10, 2023
The Rundown An EPA proposal to cut mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants would decrease water pollution and accumulation of pollutants in fish. President Biden vetoes a Clean Water Act rollback. An EPA survey of drinking water utilities estimates the number of lead service lines.
Legal Planet
MAY 30, 2023
EPA limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to defend a large portion of the nation’s wetlands and waterways from pollution. This will make it much harder for the federal government to protect water quality—and surely this is the Court’s goal. EPA case, having to do with regulating air pollution.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 19, 2022
Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Trump is out of office, but he left behind a 6-3 conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court.
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Penn State Extension Hosts 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series Starting Jan. 11 [PaEN] -- 5th Biennial Penn State Forest Landowners Conference Set For March 24 & 25 In State College [PaEN] -- WeConservePA Feb. 23-24: Save The Date, Sponsorship Opportunities Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.
Environment, Law, and History
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Farber writes: Well over a century ago, the Supreme Court ruled that it had that power to remedy interstate water pollution. Six years later, the Court decided its first air pollution case. Notably, these cases came during the conservative Lochner era when the Court was hardly known for its liberalism.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 16, 2022
-- Caren Glotfelty Recognized As A 2022 Distinguished Daughter Of Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- CBF Blog: Franklin Kury: Two Jars Of Water, And A Lasting Environmental Legacy For Pennsylvania - By B.J.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 12, 2022
By Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of DCNR In 2018 at the Lancaster County farm for the kickoff of the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership , I remember thinking about what an ambitious challenge planting that many trees would be and how important reaching that goal is for clean rivers and streams in Pennsylvania. How Clean Is Your Stream?
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