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Recentering Environmental Law: A Thought Experiment

Legal Planet

We thought that the key to reducing air pollution was to require better pollution control devices. Conventional pollution controls would have been seen as transition measures until the shift to clean energy, so the Clean Air Act would have been written differently.

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128 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Thompson Unveils Federal Farm Bill Text -- PA Capital-Star: Federal Farm Bill Text Released In US House, Setting Up Fight With US Senate -- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds PA Cong.

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120 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

million In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: $35 Million In Delaware River Watershed Conservation Projects Funded -- WHYY: Philly’s FDR Park Gets Federal Grant For Stream And Wetland Restoration -- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: What’s Next For The Chesapeake Bay? 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

Now, SB 1137 protects communities by establishing a setback distance of 3,200 feet for homes, schools, parks, or businesses open to the public from new wells, and requires comprehensive pollution controls for existing oil wells within the setback zone. Clean Energy.

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Defending EPA’s Authority to Fight Climate Change – at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

In 2016, the Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of staying the rule while the DC Circuit Court of Appeals considered a challenge by conservative states and coal companies, and the Trump Administration took office in 2017 before the DC Circuit issued an opinion. The court then paused the litigation while EPA revisited the issue.

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This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues

PA Environment Daily

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Witnesses Unanimously Support Allocating American Rescue Plan Funding For On-Farm Conservation Projects At House Committee Meeting; Rep.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Bizzarro: DEP Awards Environmental Education Grants To Asbury Woods Environmental Center And Regional Science Consortium At Presque Isle Center -- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Receives DEP Grant To Host Four BioBlitz Events For Students -- PA Assn.