Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

and Canadian mayors and government officials that work to protect waterways.” We work together to produce news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water. This independent journalism is supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The EPA and Army Corps of Engineers sent a revised version of the Waters of the U.S. Major rules like the definition of what waterways are protected by the Clean Water Act are first sent to the Office of Management and Budget before they are released publicly. Federal Water Tap is a weekly digest spotting trends in U.S.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

It’s an expert, hours-long guided excursion across Lenawee County during which Taylor explains the cross-cutting complexities, underperforming government programs, ineffective conservation investments, and cascading ecological and health threats from liquid manure that aren’t visible but exist everywhere across her region’s bucolic landscape.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Also, a different set of environmental challenges: drought and drinking water supply; rhinoceros poaching; managing heavily vegetated bush and grassland habitat; and protecting the Cape’s extraordinary biodiversity. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 30, 2021

As a result of natural processes, the oceans have already absorbed around 30% of all carbon dioxide emitted by humans since the start of the Industrial Revolution, helping to reduce the rate of climate change. laws specifically governing OAE, but a number of general environmental and other laws could apply.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2022

On October 19, member of Congress Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia) joined with environmental advocates and the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed (CDRW) at Bartram’s Garden to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passage of the federal Clean Water Act. The Coalition is also calling on Congress to provide $8.1

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Council includes governors of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, the mayor of the District of Columbia, the chair of the tri-state legislative Chesapeake Bay Commission and the administrator of the EPA on behalf of the federal government. climate change). Regan, administrator of the EPA.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

“The William Penn Foundation is proud to partner with the Coalition in its work, and we look forward to examining together how to best extend CDRW’s record of achievement in confrontation with the key 21st century challenges of climate change and equitable sustainability.” The Delaware River Watershed provides drinking water to 13.3

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2024

The PA Association of Environmental Professionals will host an April 24 webinar on Protecting PA’s Aquatic Ecosystems from Thermal Discharges In An Era of Climate Change starting at Noon.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Here are 73 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Annual Symposium Nov.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The decision at the Glasgow climate conference to phase down fossil fuels is an important step forward — and not just because of climate change. We think of fossil fuels as a source of climate change, but that’s only a one part of the problem. Combustion of fuels is an even bigger problem.

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Acoel

JANUARY 12, 2022

A global movement is underway to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s lands and waters by 2030. More than seventy countries support this goal to combat climate change and slow the pace of species extinction, both of which are accelerating at an unprecedented rate. lands and water and 30 percent of U.S. ocean areas by 2030.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

However, as explained below, siting decisions for pipelines and transmission lines are governed by different laws, and while both are subject to environmental review, their environmental impacts are not comparable. The recent pipeline decisions turned mostly on water quality concerns that are specific to oil and gas projects.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The expansion of industrial-scale farming in the basin, plus rainstorms made worse by climate change, have caused the blooms to surge in recent years. Climate change promises to raise all of these costs. Climate change events, and its related impact on nutrient runoff, are not fair in their impacts.

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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. The second feature was a massive infusion of federal funding to state and local governments to upgrade sewage treatment plants across America. (credit: Amazon). Environmental Protection Agency.).

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 21, 2021

The Senate confirms Radhika Fox to lead the EPA Office of Water. Addressing climate change will help human health. As America stands at a crossroads in this new energy age, we must ensure that infrastructure includes strategic investments in energy, clean energy, climate, and water resources innovation.” – Rep.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 2, 2022

As the nation prepares to pour hundreds of billions of federal dollars into rescuing water systems, the Great Lakes News Collaborative investigates the true cost of water in Michigan. Even though water bills are rising fast, revenues are still not enough to keep pace with needs. This story is part one of a ten-part series. .

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Acoel

JANUARY 22, 2024

Managed (or rotational) grazing can improve plant health, soil health, and water infiltration, and in places increase soil carbon. Utilizing these practices can shift industrial agriculture from being a major driver of climate change to becoming a more climate-neutral industry. Indeed, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

"EPA will continue to provide substantial financial and technical support to close the gap in meeting goals while increasing the percentage of rivers and streams meeting water quality standards. EPA and its partners are committed to tackling climate change and countering the impacts it has on the Bay.” The clock is ticking.”

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In conjunction with a White House summit, the Biden administration proposed strengthening water quality standards for rivers and lakes in order to preserve the ability of Indian tribes to fish, gather, and use their lands in ceremonies. The agency acted after receiving a petition in 2017 from the Center for Biological Diversity.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Senate committee holds hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. California, Arizona, Nevada and the federal government reach agreement to reduce water consumption in the Colorado River basin. million for PFAS clean-up. Executive Branch. NOAA releases the annual Arctic Report Card. International.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 21, 2023

. “We appreciate your support of the Great Lakes and encourage you to emphasize the importance of our binational institutions and investments for the Great Lakes from the Canadian government.” — Excerpt from a letter to President Biden from a bipartisan group of Great Lakes lawmakers. Find all the work here.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 18, 2023

In short, all water is connected. Knowing the wide-ranging impacts of pollution on our ocean, I’m reassured by the existence of the Clean Water Act (CWA) – the legal framework for preserving and restoring “waters of the United States”. Climate change continues to amplify these issues.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This production process emits significant air and water pollution with severe health consequences for neighboring communities already bearing the brunt of climate change impacts like sea level rise, severe storms and flooding. .

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Time and space do not allow a recitation of the bills that failed, but many did not pass in a session that was widely heralded as successful, including a much discussed Senate bill that would have made broad changes to Maryland’s approach to reducing statewide GHG emissions and addressing climate change that was not well received in the House.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

For example, EPA under the Clean Water Act established 129 “ Priority Pollutants ” in 1976, a list of which is a typical analytical suite that you can order as a package. For example, VOCs tend to be more soluble in water and one can order a “VOC lab analysis.” Clean Water Act.

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Acoel

MARCH 30, 2022

In 2022, the on-going debate will continue over the hotly contested definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), a phrase that determines the scope of federal jurisdiction over streams, wetlands and other waterbodies under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

While much of the concern about climate change is understandably centered on staying beneath a threshold of temperatures that will unleash catastrophic climate impacts, the study is a reminder that there is much more to the preservation of the planet. More than half of the nation’s $5.6 Most people understand this.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Call for climate and biodiversity experts to interact with the media. ESA seeks members willing to speak to the media ahead of international climate and biodiversity meetings.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Climate Change on the Docket.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

In the 21 st century, it is common for countries to have laws in place to protect monuments, sites, and landscapes of cultural or historical importance and government-established charities or government departments assigned to their management, upkeep or conservation. Conservation Genetics. Wildlife Management.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

. – Heather Dadashi joins us as an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy for 2021-23, where she will pursue projects related to sea-level rise, water, and climate change. Reynolds is continuing his work as a consultant to climate engineering initiatives. Dadashi earned her J.D. So earned her J.D.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA When the federal Clean Water Act was established 50 years ago to regulate pollution to the country's rivers and streams and set quality standards for surface waters, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania already had a Clean Streams Law and an Environmental Rights Amendment (ERA) to its Constitution on the books.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 9, 2021

Twin Pines Minerals, a mining company out of Birmingham, Alabama, is seeking government permits to mine on land less than three miles from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. This included trimming the scope of the Clean Water Act and changing nationwide permits for dredging and filling waterways.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2022

15 In Pittsburgh -- Reminder: Bucknell University River Symposium Abstracts Due Oct. 16 -- Apply Now For Institute Of Conservation Leadership Delaware River Watershed Professionals Of Color 2022 Cohort [PaEN] -- WHYY: PA Task Force 1 Assists In Search And Rescue Operations Following Hurricane Ian -- EPA Seeking Nominations For Local Govt.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

What wetlands and waterbodies does the Clean Water Act protect? A little quick background: The term “navigable waters” traditionally meant water bodies that could be used for transportation. When it passed the Clean Water Act, Congress redefined the term to mean “waters of the United States.”

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