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Legal Planet
OCTOBER 18, 2022
The Clean Water Act (CWA), one of the nation’s most important environmental laws, is 50 years old today. Foremost among them were two events in 1969: the Santa Barbara offshore oil spill in January 1969 and, five months later, a heavily-polluted Cuyahoga River catching on fire in Cleveland, Ohio. .”
Environment, Law, and History
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Legal Planet's Richard Frank posted today on the US Clean Water Act's 50th birthday. Nevertheless, and with the possible exception of the Clean Air Act, no law enacted as part of the outpouring of federal environmental legislation in the 1970’s has proven more successful and transformational than the CWA.
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ESA
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The EPA receive $100 million for air quality and climate research and NASA gets $115 million for climate research. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 The bill includes the Senate’s drinking water infrastructure reauthorization bill ( S. billion for coastal mapping, resilience and related projects.
ESA
JANUARY 31, 2022
Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. UN seeks input about possible topics for the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue. Clean Water Act: In what will be one of the most important final environmental rulings in the history of the U.S., EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Feb.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
The EPA receives $100 million for air quality and climate research and NASA gets $115 million for climate research. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 The bill includes the Senate’s drinking water infrastructure reauthorization bill ( S. billion for coastal mapping, resilience and related projects.
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
The company owned a steel mill that discharged toxic chemicals into the ocean, devastating more than a hundred miles of coastline in four central provinces of Vietnam. USA: How many burial sites are on the land where Formosa Plastics plans to build? USA: Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp.,
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
The court held that the City’s claims were not completely preempted by the Clean Air Act and also was not persuaded by the companies’ argument that the claims necessarily arose under federal common law. Minnesota Court Affirmed Water Quality Certification for Line 3 Replacement Project.
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