Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The soaring demand for batteries relies heavily on the extraction and refinement of critical minerals, processes that have far-reaching environmental and social impacts. The electric vehicle (EV) market is growing rapidly, but with this growth comes public pressure to ensure supply chains for EV batteries are sustainable.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

There are many challenges that can arise when managing a pond; this webinar will discuss five steps you can take as an earthen pond owner to help manage and minimize these challenges. Nutrient Retention On Pasture Lands Managing pastures for nutrient and soil retention is in the best interest of producers and the environment.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

The Symposium is an annual event to give students the opportunity to showcase their environmental projects, research, service projects, internships and artwork. For each category a winner and honorable mention were selected by a team of judges. This year was the 15th year that Westminster College has hosted the event.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

With increasing emphasis on environmental education in schools, we are seeing more students take an active role in watershed preservation and protection,” said Laura Martin, senior director of government and external affairs for Pennsylvania American Water.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

On March 13, Kurt Klapkowski, Acting Deputy for Oil and Gas Management, told the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board , DEP expects to submit a letter of intent as early as this week to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to apply for primary to regulate underground injection wells.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 3, 2021

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE SUPPORT, TORONTO ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE, CITIZENS’ NETWORK ON WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTE WATCH OTTAWA AND CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION. Emily Alfred, Toronto Environmental Alliance, emily@torontoenvironment.org. Toronto, Ont. – 30 – . .

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the April 15 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Agriculture published notice in the April 15 PA Bulletin it is now accepting applications for Agriculture Research Grants on a variety of research areas. DEP ID:  250-4000-004 -- Final Guidance: Waste Management Program Enforcement Actions.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

As Anthony Turton from the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State states, this represents “a tsunami of human waste inundating our rivers and dams, without respite, for more than a decade.”. The Green Drop report itself shows a significant failure in wastewater treatment quality over almost a decade.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 24, 2023

And lastly, the EPA establishes that water and wastewater are eligible categories for billions in federal funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. “We Forest Service released a web-based tool that displays data sets related to watershed health, carbon storage, biodiversity, management practices, and other topics.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

With advice and input from local experts, Berks Nature identified 25 environmental indicators across five categories: Water, Energy, Air, Waste, and Land. Berks Nature launched the first State of the Environment report in 2008 with the philosophy of “what gets measured, gets done.”

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Circle of Blue

MAY 17, 2023

Photo courtesy Brent Anderson / South Florida Water Management District via Flickr Creative Commons YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Public hiking paths have opened along the Han River, a biodiverse estuary which flows through the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. The latest, Cyclone Mocha, made landfall early this week in Myanmar.

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Breezometer

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed two air quality Indexes for communicating air quality to the public, the U.S Both indexes use color-coded categories, and each category is identified by a simple informative descriptor. Both the US AQI & Nowcast are divided into six categories.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The funding opportunities listed below are broken down into three categories: Research and Education Local Food (including urban and rural-focused programs) and Nutrition Climate, Conservation, and Energy The Requests for Applications (RFA) in this post are organized by category and then by application date, from earliest deadline to furthest out.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 6, 2022

For instance, the UK based environmental, social and governance equity funds (ESG) which in recent years have grown in prominence have seen a record 1.5billion of investments. When investors have cash to add, they add it to ESG, and any impulse to sell is felt by other categories.”

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Brag

DECEMBER 28, 2022

EPA states that it will review applications by product categories. In spring 2023 , EPA will announce the order in which product categories will be assessed. Bergeson and Carla N. EPA will use the responses to determine the applicant's eligibility and scope of assessment.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Arnold & Porter was named to the Financial Times list of "Top 20 Most Innovative Law Firms in North America" in the "Practice of Law" category. The ranking highlights firms that excel in areas of legal practice, business and operational management, inclusion, and environmental, social and governance issues.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Delaware County Sustainability and Resilience Manager, and Keep Delco Beautiful affiliate coordinator, Rebecca Yurkovich had this to say about the partnership, “The Delaware County Office of Sustainability is thrilled to join the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful affiliate network.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 9 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the draft NPDES General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities (PAG-02). Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for a summary of additional changes and instructions on how to submit comments.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 23, 2023

The new categories include urban/small properties less than one-quarter acre and large or institutional properties greater than 15 acres. The large property certification is designed for anyone who manages a property greater than fifteen acres in size. What does a certified property look like? How can you certify your property?

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 25, 2022

The firm has expertise in all real property matters, including full-service litigation and dispute resolution services, transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, construction, management, title insurance, environmental law, and redevelopment and land use. CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15124, 15126, 15126.4, 8/24/22 Order, emph.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

IRA dollars function as a supplemental pool of funding for four conservation programs: the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP.) Appendix Table 1.

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CEQA Developments

APRIL 21, 2021

Falling more into the category of “spring cleaning” than “breaking news,” readers should note that a Second District decision, published last spring and covered in this blog, was ordered depublished by the California Supreme Court late last summer. 5th 588; my April 21, 2020 post on the case can be found here. Questions?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection announced it will begin accepting applications for the next round of Growing Greener Plus and EPA Section 319 Watershed Grants on April 22. The deadline for applications is June 24. Growing Greener Grants The Department has identified multiple priority areas for this grant solicitation.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By Robinson Low and Darby Swayne, graduate students at UW School of Marine and Environmental Affairs Catalyzing Innovation in Stormwater Solutions The iconic rain of the Puget Sound region creates problems when it hits the streets and other impervious surfaces that characterize this highly developed urban landscape. The Q-Methodology.

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Capaccio

OCTOBER 11, 2022

PFAS are known as “forever chemicals” because of their resistance to degrading naturally – which is why preventing their release to the environment is so critical in managing the levels of PFAS. appeared first on Capaccio Environmental Engineering. Moving Forward. The post Is PFAS Showing up in Your Wastewater?

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2023

The package consists of 11 separate trailer bills, dealing with a variety of topics ranging from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to state contracting rules. The bill would eliminate the most restrictive category of species protection under California law, which has existed since 1970 and applies to 37 species.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2023

We are thrilled to recognize these first three workplaces for their achievements in driving measurable progress in advancing socially just and environmentally sustainable operations,” shared Joylette Portlock, Ph.D., Reflecting that work, we’ve earned the top score for our category in the Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge for several years.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2022

July 2022 was the second-warmest July on record for North America, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. An agency under the purview of the Department of the Interior, Reclamation manages dams, river systems, and irrigation infrastructure in 17 western states. It was the planet’s sixth-warmest July.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

Focused on five common agricultural systems, these case studies will document the agronomic and financial impacts of transitioning from conventional to certified organic management. Kitchen Table Consultants has provided Financial and Management Consulting services to over 500 food and farm businesses across the country since 2009.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 18, 2024

The article helped popularize the issue and the Bureau of Land Management today announced a final rule that, as the BLM press release describes, “recognizes conservation as an essential component of public lands management, on equal footing with other multiple uses of these lands.”

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E2 Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

lawyers in the firm’s Environmental Practice in their 2024 edition. The annual edition recognized 47 environmental attorneys in 16 U.S. The Greenberg Traurig Environmental attorneys recognized, and their corresponding category/practice area(s), include: Lawyer of the Year Troy A. Cooke – Environmental Law, Tampa John A.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2022

Representatives of the Department of Environmental Protection visited Dries Orchards in Northumberland County to tour their apple packing and storage facility and learn how a recent LED lighting upgrade, funded in part by a DEP Agricultural Energy Efficiency Rebate , has benefited their operation.

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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

MAY 27, 2022

The National Steering Committee of Small Business Environmental Assistance Programs and Small Business Ombudsmen has recognized the Pennsylvania Environmental Management Assistance Program (EMAP) of Widener University with the 2022 Small Business Environmental Assistance Program Excellence Award.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2023

Steve Ward, Scranton Tomorrow’s, Safe, Clean, Green and Design Project Manager will serve as the point person for the new affiliate. Over the next several years Scranton Tomorrow will focus on litter abatement, waste reduction, beautification, and connecting schools and volunteer groups to foster more environmental stewardship opportunities.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.] barrels or 0.41

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Smith Enviorment

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The reference to ‘‘interstate wetlands’’ as a stand-alone category of jurisdictional wetlands has been removed. Environmental Management Commission, to ask the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to advise the EMC on implications for state water quality rules.

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