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Happy 50th Anniversary, Federal Clean Water Act

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The Clean Water Act (CWA), one of the nation’s most important environmental laws, is 50 years old today. The nation’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters are dramatically cleaner and healthier than they were a half-century ago. (credit: Amazon). Environmental Protection Agency.).

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Will the Supreme Court Gut the Clean Water Act?

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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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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 149. With respect to climate change, the D.C.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 147. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 103. and non-U.S.

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ESA Policy News: May 30, 2023

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In this issue: Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach Biden administration must now rework recent Clean Water Act regulations. Fish and Wildlife Service States and Tribes Minneapolis climate equity action plan: How is the city approaching climate justice?

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. degrees Celsius. or WOTUS. “In

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