PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2024

NFWF will award DWCF grants in four grant categories including: Implementation Grants; Capacity Building Grants; Planning Grants; and Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Grants. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and AstraZeneca. Fish & Wildlife Service Delaware River Watershed program staff.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 29, 2021

Turkey will begin constructing a major canal that opponents say will damage marine ecosystems and the country’s fragile water supply. The Category 4 hurricane made landfall in late August with wind speeds touching 150 miles per hour. Louisiana lawmakers plan for a complete overhaul of the state’s water infrastructure. ON THE RADAR.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On November 16, 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a proposed rule to expedite the environmental review process for certain renewable energy infrastructure projects through the use of categorical exclusions. Major federal actions include those that are undertaken, funded, or authorized by a federal agency.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2022

PennDOT was recognized for its efforts as part of the I-579 Cap Urban Connector project in Pittsburgh, in the “Quality of Life/Community Development” category. In the 1950s, homes and businesses in Pittsburgh's Lower Hill District neighborhood were demolished to construct the Civic Arena and other developments.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 25, 2022

An EIR may also include a discussion of the economic and social effects of the project. ( Id., § 15131.). CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15124, 15126, 15126.4, This modification does not affect the judgment. (8/24/22 8/24/22 Order, emph. Please contact Arthur F. Coon of Miller Starr Regalia. For more information, visit www.msrlegal.com.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The lawsuit is a challenge by a pro-housing advocacy group (California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CARLA)) to a decision by the City of San Mateo to reject a multi-family housing project. Instead, I want to discuss the question of whether the state can even constrain local government regulation of land-use in California.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects involve various legal issues. Like traditional exploration and development, CCUS projects require the operator to secure both the necessary private property rights from landowners as well as regulatory approval from the appropriate administrative agency in order to proceed.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The total emissions of the 2022 Qatar World Cup can be divided into three categories. The emissions related to preparing for the tournament inc the infrastructure investments such as the construction of stadiums, roads and other public areas.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2023

The September 5 incident resulted in a heavy sediment plume in the Loyalsock Creek that ran for several miles downstream impacting aquatic life and the habitat of the rare Eastern Hellbender salamander in what DEP classifies as an Exceptional Value stream, the highest stream classification category. Read more here. Read more here.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Under the lower environmental scenario, if funding is secured and the projects are implemented, the plan states that it would reduce annual storm surge damage by $11 billion, the state would save an average of $11,000 in damages per structure, and 310 square miles of land loss would be avoided. [2]

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Peter Petokas , from Lycoming College Clean Water Institute , found habitats of the rare Eastern Hellbender salamander are being significantly impacted by sediment plumes from natural gas pipeline crossing and shale gas drilling-related water withdrawal construction projects. Read more here. Read more here.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

1) held the San Diego County Board of Supervisors committed a prejudicial abuse of discretion in granting project opponents’ appeals of the Planning Commission’s decision upholding County’s use of the CEQA Guidelines section 15183 exemption for a construction debris and inert materials recycling facility project. 2024) Cal.App.5th.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

These weather elements can also create problems for young tree plantings along streams as a riparian buffer or upland as a reforestation project. Storms with high winds, changing temperatures, rain, snow, and ice can all cause property damage. Click Here for more.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

CCS Protocol : The 2018 amendments adopted a protocol to allow crediting of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects. CCS projects must incorporate monitoring, reporting, and verification requirements to demonstrate that the GHG reductions are permanent in order to generate LCFS Credits.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 26, 2022

Project-specific radial lines directly run from each individual offshore wind farm to the onshore grid, whereas with a meshed network, projects are interconnected to each other via an offshore grid, which is further connected to the onshore system. 4% of project cost for the construction of a mesh-ready substation).

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2021

The Intended Use Plans include a list of drinking water, wastewater treatment, nonpoint source and pollution abatement projects to be considered for a design and engineering or construction loan or grant from funds the Commonwealth expects to receive from EPA under the Clean Water and Drinking Water Revolving Fund Programs.

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E2 Law Blog

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Greenberg Traurig Energy and Natural Resources attorneys recognized, and their corresponding category/practice area(s), include: Lawyer of the Year Troy A. Neumann – Construction Law, Environmental Law, Real Estate Law, Denver Christopher Thorne – Water Law, Denver Dale Wainwright – Oil and Gas Law, Appellate Practice, Austin David C.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2022

SBN’s Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Partners honored exemplary projects and the people behind them that bring the environmental, social, and economic benefits of green stormwater infrastructure to life in Philadelphia and the region. Our local waterways are important, and we must do everything possible to protect and preserve them.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We saw a continued focus on incentivizing affordable and infill developments on the condition that the project pay prevailing wages (AB 2011), reducing barriers for specified sustainable transit projects (SB 922), and amendments akin to “pet project exemptions” that are targeted to solving a narrower set of concerns (SB 118 and SB 886).

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 2, 2023

In a published opinion filed December 6, 2022, the Third District Court of Appeal reversed in part and affirmed in part the trial court’s judgment denying writ petitions in consolidated actions challenging the EIR for a major state government project affecting the Historic State Capitol Building and Annex in Sacramento. Save Our Capitol!

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This is the first in a series of articles in which Liskow’s offshore team will discuss the regulatory framework for wind energy projects in federal waters and highlight legal issues pertinent to this dynamic area. The regulatory process leading to the Vineyard Wind Project offshore Massachusetts began in 2010. federal waters.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Department of Energy (DOE) to support the development of four regional “direct air capture hubs” (DAC Hubs)—networks that connect direct air capture projects with sequestration facilities and commercial users of captured carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 directed the U.S.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Candidate in the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Management at Colorado State University Sustainability and resilience of cities are different, but intertwined concepts, and should be used in conjunction with each other when planning and designing cities (and their components).

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Renewable + Law

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Although the proposed rule includes other proposed revisions, the most notable change is the Service’s proposal to create general permits for certain projects and activities. For projects or activities that do not qualify for a general permit, individual or specific permits will remain available.

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Renewable + Law

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Although the proposed rule includes other proposed revisions, the most notable change is the Service’s proposal to create general permits for certain projects and activities. For projects or activities that do not qualify for a general permit, individual or specific permits will remain available.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2022

But Jevon Rock also wants to show me the results of another practice assignment, on the tablet he carries with him: a three-dimensional floor plan of his mother’s apartment, which he drafted using Google Maps, a laser measuring device and the Magicplan construction and floor plan app. “They were like, ‘You planning to rob a bank?’

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

You can find the complete list of federal supports announced in 2020 in the report, but here are the major categories we were able to track. Notably, the agency loaned up to $500 million for the Coastal GasLink Pipeline, a project opposed by hereditary leaders from all five clans of the Wet’suwet’en Nation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Daimler, along with NextEra Energy Resources and BlackRock Renewable Power, plans to begin construction of a nationwide charging system for long-haul tractor trucks in 2023. EnergIIZE includes a funding category for MHD public charging, offering up to $500,000 in incentives per project.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Wind and solar farms often spark siting battles between local residents who welcome renewable energy projects and their neighbors who are concerned about visual or other impacts. The Sabin Center’s Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative provides pro bono legal counsel to community members who support renewable energy projects.) .

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

143-215.10C, to require a groundwater compliance boundary at animal operations: “[animal operations] shall have a compliance boundary as may be established by rule or permit for various categories of animal waste management systems and beyond which groundwater quality standards may not be exceeded.” See: House Bill 600, Sec.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The CLCPA will require siting and developing a very large number of major renewable energy projects at an unprecedented pace throughout New York State. So far, ORES has met all statutory deadlines and, for six out of seven of the approved projects , ORES issued its final decisions in “around six months,” well within the one-year deadline.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

These parts have three high-level impacts: Increasing electric truck purchase requirements for large commercial, federal, state, and municipal fleets, beginning as early as 2024 and ramping up to a 100-percent zero-emission fleet requirement in 2042, based on vehicle category. A full transition to electric drayage truck operations in 2035.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 2, 2022

The case holds that the City’s water allocations to the City’s agricultural lessees were authorized under its existing 2010 leases and thus did not constitute a new project subject to CEQA review before they could be lawfully implemented. The trial court ruled in favor of the County. The City appealed and the Court of Appeal reversed.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

billion capital program that includes replacing water mains, rehabilitating aging sewer lines, constructing new stormwater infrastructure, and implementing the Water Reliability Plan - a series of once-in-a-generation projects to renew key components of our water production and distribution systems.

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 9, 2019

of the 2019 budget bill reallocates those funds for a number of projects unrelated to PFAS. In an unusual (and unprecedented) provision, the legislature earmarked over $800,000 to eliminate a conservation easement on a completed stream restoration project. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) road construction projects.

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Ohio Environmental Law

DECEMBER 5, 2020

If the project is certified as eligible, the property owner can sell or transfer the rights to the tax credits to insurances companies. The tax credit will help developers raise upfront money to help fund their project. Each project is capped at no more than $40 million of estimated tax credits.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 23, 2022

Waves are complex and operate in turbulent environments and multiple categories of WECs along with even more specific prototype and experimental designs that exist to generate electricity. Now, let’s dive in. What does wave energy look like? Since 2015, the U.S.

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