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Cutting 290,000 Tons of Water Pollution a Year, One Coal Plant at a Time

Legal Planet

As it happens, part of the justification for EPA’s choice of this technology actually is interesting. The Trump Administration had decided that this type of filtration was not an “available technology.” There’s no question that EPA is right on the law: a technology can be “available” even though it’s not used by the regulated industry.

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Aggregating the Harms of Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

The extraction phase can involve destruction of lands, risks to endangered species, water pollution from oil spills or leaching from mines, and serious dangers to workers. But this excuse is wearing thin as clean technologies have advanced.

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Disasters and Environmental Laws – Have We Learned Our Lesson?

Acoel

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Steven Miano I recently had the opportunity to speak at a State University of New York (SUNY) conference for a group of exceptional primary and high school Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teachers. Efforts to advance alternative energy technologies (wind, solar, etc.),

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EQB No Longer Has Statutory Authority To Change Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding Amounts To Help Prevent 400 to 600 New Well Abandonments A Year; Adopts Proposed Changes To Water Quality Standards For Comment

PA Environment Daily

Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards The Board also adopted the proposed rulemaking updating a variety of water quality standards and narrative criteria to maintain water uses and antidegradation requirements under the federal Clean Water Act for public comment.

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Policy News: March 14, 2022

ESA

NEON seeks applications for the Science, Technology and Education Advisory Committee. Innovation and Competition Act ( S. 1260 ) and the NSF Foundation for the Future Act ( H.R. 2225 ), the bill establishes a new Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships. Scientific Community. increase to $3.26

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79 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

[PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell’s Flaring At Beaver County Ethane Plant Pushed Company Over Air Permit Limits, Data Shows -- Beaver Times: Regulators Say Shell Exceeded Emissions Cap During Cracker Plant Startup -- New Castle News: DEP: Opening Of Shell’s Western PA ‘Cracker’ Plant Caused Pollutants To Spike -- The Allegheny Front - Reid (..)

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Policy News: September 27, 2021

ESA

President Biden appoints 30 members to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider 2019 decision to not list Joshua Trees under the Endangered Species Act. WHO slashes guideline limits on air pollution from fossil fuels – The Guardian. Executive Branch.

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