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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Latest Guardian Newsletter Now Available

PA Environment Daily

For more information on programs, training opportunities and upcoming events, visit the Susquehanna River Basin Commission website.

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Guest Essay: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Celebrates 5 Million Trees Planted

PA Environment Daily

Trees are among the most cost-effective tools for cleaning and protecting waterways by filtering and absorbing polluted runoff, stabilizing streambanks, and improving soil quality. Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants Starting Oct.

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Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 -- Three Mile Island

PA Environment Daily

The accident at TMI involved a broken valve, the loss of cooling water to the white-hot operating reactor, and then a series of cascading failures of gauges, pipes, and operators. By then the reactor had finally begun to cool and the end was in sight. Jimmy Carter was then, and is, a real class act.

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12 Legal Tools to Push Climate Preparedness

Law Columbia

Permit conditions – Several statutes require permit holders to have and implement plans to prepare for extreme events – e.g., Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Oil Pollution Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

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EPA Pulls Back Regulations Setting Methane Emission Limits, Regulating Wastewater From Oil & Gas Operations, Risk Management Rule At Petrochemical Plants

PA Environment Daily

Under current regulations, discharge of treated wastewater is only allowed for agricultural and wildlife water uses in the western United States. The Clean Water Act requires EPA to revise industry-wide wastewater treatment limits, called effluent limitations guidelines, to keep pace with innovations in pollution control technology.

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CBF Blog: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Partners Create Unique Watershed Restoration Plan For Halfmoon Creek In Centre County

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), making its implementation eligible for federal funding through Section 319 of the Clean Water Act. It also involved compiling historical water quality monitoring data and conducting current water quality assessments." Robert Casey (D-Pa.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.)

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Justice Breyer’s Nuanced Voice for the Environment

Legal Planet

The Clean Water Act only requires a permit for discharging pollution into waterbodies, and the Trump EPA argued that discharges into groundwater are never covered by this requirement. Most observers expected the Court to rule for the county. Of course, Scalia was never big on nuance.)