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Guest Essay: Before The Federal Clean Water Act, There Was The Rivers And Harbors Act Of 1899 To Help Clean-Up Pittsburgh’s 3 Rivers

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But if Justice declined to act, the two intrepid canoers were positioned to make a political statement as well. Some history: Congress passed annual Rivers and Harbors Acts in the late 19th century, to make appropriations to the Corps of Engineers, to regulate construction in navigable waters, and to protect navigable channels.

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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Farm Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 582) and the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 (House Bill 600) all contained provisions weakening existing environmental protections and in some cases preventing adoption of new standards. This session, the legislature amended the animal waste system permitting law, G.S.

2023

2023 Clean Water Act Waste Law

Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Commercial Waste : Any waste material produced as a byproduct of commercial or industrial activity. Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment. Anything with this designation, of spilled in US waters, must be reported to the EPA.

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Happy 50th Anniversary, Federal Clean Water Act

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Clean Water Act (CWA), one of the nation’s most important environmental laws, is 50 years old today. It’s proven to be one of the most successful of America’s bedrock federal environmental statutes. Environmental Protection Agency.). (credit: Amazon).

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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The company first attracted global attention when it was caught dumping 3,000 tons of toxic mercury-laden waste in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, that originated at a PVC plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. A court ultimately revoked the company’s air permits in September 2022, in a major victory for environmental justice activists.

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Upstream Action to Protect Our Ocean and Coasts

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”. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was taken up by the U.S.

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Ohio River Basin Alliance Responds To Listing Of Ohio River As America's 2nd Most Endangered River In The Nation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

These threats include a legacy of toxic chemical discharges, bacteria impairment, nutrient pollution, mine waste, and other serious problems. The Ohio River has made tremendous progress through the processes of both The Safe Drinking Water Act and The Clean Water Act.

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

President John F Kennedy introduced the Clean Air Act in the US as one of many introduced in developed nations with heavy industry (15). Deeper into the 1960s, Richard Nixon signed the executive order creating the Environmental Protection Agency. Conservation Economics. Some may call this conservationism.

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Funded by the Erb Family Foundation and the Joyce Foundation, the project comes on the 50 th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a high point of environmental diplomacy, and the U.S. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. There are many others. In 2009, the U.S.

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In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. A principal reason farmers won’t is because they don’t have to.

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Ontario Election Issues Guide: Endangered Species, Conservation Authorities, Aggregates & Water Pollution

Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

Pushed forward with projects that would rapidly escalate aggregate mining in the Greenbelt , and threaten water. . Here is how Ontario’s main political parties responded: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC) . On strengthening Ontario’s Endangered Species Act and Restoring a Science-Based Approach to Recovery.

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The Supreme Court Ruled Against Wetlands in 2023. We Can Still Save Them.

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 3, 2024

2023 was a rough year for clean water. The Supreme Court took a hammer to the Clean Water Act with its decision in Sackett v. The Sackett decision was a tremendous loss for everyone who depends on clean water—that is, for all of us.

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Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2023

This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. You can think of chloride as a permanent pollutant in the water,” said Christe Alwin of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S. The court also denied motions to transfer the action to the District of Wyoming, where a challenge to the Waste Prevention Rule is pending.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. The House bill ( H.R.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Army Corps of Engineers’ motion to hold in abeyance a case challenging the Trump administration’s rules defining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. The court rejected other arguments related to noise impacts, waste storage and disposal, land alterations, wetlands, and procedure.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency on January 19, 2021, Renewable Fuels Association moved to voluntarily dismiss its petitions for review challenging the exemptions in the Tenth Circuit and the D.C. The appellate court agreed with the court below that the lawsuit raised nonjusticiable political questions. Reynolds v. State , No.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental entities to allow continued enforcement of environmental laws related to ongoing mining operations. The court determined, moreover, that even if the plaintiffs’ claims could be construed as post-effective date claims (i.e., Resolute Forest Products, Inc.

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Federal Water Tap, October 25: Warming Planet Threatens Global Political Stability, U.S. Intelligence Agencies Warn

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A federal district court strikes down Trump-era Clean Water Act rule related to state reviews. The EPA’s internal watchdog will begin investigating whether states are providing enough subsidies to poor communities via a major drinking water loan program. Federal Court Tosses Trump Clean Water Act Ruling.

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. N:News Release, EPA, EPA Takes Action to Protect Scientific Integrity (Feb.

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Policy News: March 14, 2022

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MARCH 14, 2022

Lawmakers give the Environmental Protection Agency a 3.5% Jared Huffman (D-CA), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, expressing their disappointment in the EPA’s January 2022 announcement to restart the Clean Water Act review process for protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska. increase to $3.26

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.21.21

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2021

PaEN] -- Lancaster Clean Water Partners To Begin Accepting Applications For Clean Water Implementation Grants On Jan. House returns to session Jan. 4, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session Jan.

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Eight Important Updates About Recent PFAS Regulatory Developments

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In the months since our 2020 update on federal actions affecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to take action on its PFAS Action Plan. Subscribe to our "Biden-Harris Agenda" mailing list to receive our analyses. * * * * *.

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The Major Questions Doctrine is a Fundamental Threat to Environmental Protection. Should Congress Respond?

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 19, 2023

With many federal judges sympathetic to the MQD’s anti-regulatory bent, and the Supreme Court majority that created this doctrine predicted to last for years, a legislative response from Congress may be a practical solution – if the politics can handle it. Env’t Prot.

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

“It’s been building and building,” said Rob Michaels, an attorney for the Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC), a Chicago-based legal group, who is working to limit CAFO manure discharges in Ohio and Michigan. It’s now being raised as a political issue. to issue new rules that limit discharges of CAFO wastes into waters.

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Guest Essay: Before The Federal Clean Water Act, There Was The Rivers And Harbors Act Of 1899 To Help Clean-Up Pittsburgh’s 3 Rivers

N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Happy 50th Anniversary, Federal Clean Water Act

Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Upstream Action to Protect Our Ocean and Coasts

Ohio River Basin Alliance Responds To Listing Of Ohio River As America's 2nd Most Endangered River In The Nation

Conservation: History and Future

Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded

Ontario Election Issues Guide: Endangered Species, Conservation Authorities, Aggregates & Water Pollution

The Supreme Court Ruled Against Wetlands in 2023. We Can Still Save Them.

Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

The Chemical Compound—August 2021

May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Federal Water Tap, October 25: Warming Planet Threatens Global Political Stability, U.S. Intelligence Agencies Warn

The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Policy News: March 14, 2022

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.21.21

Eight Important Updates About Recent PFAS Regulatory Developments

The Major Questions Doctrine is a Fundamental Threat to Environmental Protection. Should Congress Respond?

Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

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