PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2025

federal government, whose institutions prohibited them from attending, except on their own time and dime. What will happen to the Clean Water Act? And we met with government leaders to share innovative solutions that help farmers grow food while restoring degraded water resources.

Clean Water Act

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Cooperation between conservation organizations and government , at a cost of nearly a half-billion dollars in private funds alone , has not only brought these birds back from the precipice but made them so plentiful that they roam residential streets from Boston to the Bay Area.

Clean Water Act

Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This framework allows state environmental laws passed pursuant to a federal environmental law, like the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) or Clean Air Act (“CAA”), to have the force and effect of federal law if the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) approves the state implementation plans.

Law

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Our new report discusses various federal laws that may apply to OAE, including the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA). The MPRSA is the primary federal law governing OAE activities that involve dispersing alkaline materials into the ocean via vessels.

Ocean

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The law authorized specifically two categories of response actions by the government: short-term removals to address a prompt release of a hazardous substance; and long-term response actions to permanently reduce releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. Navy stemming from a toxic waste and ammunition disposal site.

Climate Change

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2025

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Recycling

Circle of Blue

JULY 10, 2025

The agency’s proposal to make it a state responsibility for coal ash cleanup, the EPA said, will allow governments to customize disposal programs to their specific needs without endangering the environment or human health.

2015

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

The term “final agency action” comes from the Administrative Procedure Act, the federal law that governs agency procedure, and is defined as an agency action that is “made reviewable by statute” or “for which there is no other adequate remedy” other than in a court of law. 5 U.S.C. § The plaintiff in CTM Holdings, LLC v.

2013

Circle of Blue

JULY 8, 2025

Led by new public concern about the consequences of industrialization, landmark environmental legislation in the 1970s steadily assured protections for air, water, and wildlands. The collateral damage of nation-building was paid little heed by the federal government and larger public. ” Before 2024, experts at the U.S

Endangered Species Act

Circle of Blue

MARCH 6, 2025

With the federal government issuing its second-highest critical alert, local authorities have been urged to activate pumps to clear out water and conduct weather modification operations – which typically includes shooting salt flares into clouds to trigger rains before they reach land. The plant, the first of its kind in the U.S.,

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

MARCH 19, 2025

This month, in a series of despicable announcements, the EPAs newest senior leader set out to end the federal governments essential role in conserving natural resources and scrubbing poisons from air and water. The statutes that form the foundation of the program, like the 1972 Clean Water Act, dont seek to close polluting plants.

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

Over the past few months, we have witnessed a massive dismantling of science and scientific processes in the federal government, and especially at the U.S. Government Accountability Offices (GAO) High-Risk Series. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). IRIS assessments are used by federal, state, local, and even international agencies.

Toxic Substances Control Act

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

Here are 146 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.

Conservation

Legal Planet

MARCH 13, 2025

Heres what he said about efficiency standards: I am hereby instructing Secretary Lee Zeldin to immediately go back to my Environmental Orders, which were terminated by Crooked Joe Biden, on Water Standards and Flow pertaining to SINKS, SHOWERS, TOILETS, WASHING MACHINES, DISHWASHERS, etc., The major one is in section 401.

Clean Air Act

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The new law includes several provisions typically associated with the Farm Bill, the omnibus spending bill that governs various agricultural and food programs in the United States. The OBBBA includes provisions related to agricultural commodity programs, nutrition programs, tax policies, and conservation programs.

2013

Circle of Blue

MARCH 13, 2025

There is even talk of sending massive amounts of water to the struggling Sea of Galilee, which is actually a lake near the Syrian border that serves as Israels prime freshwater source. The water ministry intends to present the plans for government approval in the near future. Senator Thad Cochran, a Mississippi Republican.

2018

Inside Climate News

APRIL 29, 2025

Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which inform the water decisions of local and state governments across the country. The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. By Wyatt Myskow Across the country, the data collected at stream gauges managed by the U.S.

Clean Water Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 6, 2025

EPA significantly weakened the Clean Water Act (CWA) by stripping away federal protections for millions of acres of wetlands and streams. Please use every opportunity to urge the federal government to protect the wetlands and streams that sustain our communities, economies, and the environment.

Clean Water Act

Acoel

DECEMBER 17, 2024

I thought maybe it is true that the voters get the government they deserve. In 1971 the Clean Air Act was passed and Nixon signed it. In 1972 the Clean Water Act was passed and Nixon signed it. In 1973 the Endangered Species Act was passed and Nixon signed it. Until yesterday.

Endangered Species Act

Circle of Blue

MARCH 10, 2025

The Rundown State and local governments still responsible for most U.S. water infrastructure funding , CBO finds. Supreme Court narrows Clean Water Act discharge permits. spending on water supply and wastewater treatment facilities that comes from state and local governments. farther north.

Clean Water Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 7, 2025

Congress overwhelmingly voted for the Clean Water Act in 1972, and George H.W. Bush respectively signed into law the Clean Water Act and the North American Wetlands Conservation Act in 1989. The unmatched value has been recognized in the past on a bipartisan basis. Photos by Derrick Z.

Endangered Species Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2025

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is among the foundational environmental protection laws in the United States, and it is under unprecedented attack from the Trump Administration. And if the idea of environmental protection was new, the concepts of government transparency and public input were downright radical.

Endangered Species Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eventually, the company agreed to a $310 million settlement with the federal government for Clean Water Act violations and to cover the costs of a cleanup and water and health monitoring programs in the community. The are several other settlements pending legal actions brought forward by impacted residents.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2025

Here are 136 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.

Conservation

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

It has been informally referred to as the “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act ,” or “OBBBA.” Currently, the federal government pays fully for the cost of SNAP benefits, and the USDA and states split the costs of administering the program.

2013

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2025

Prohibiting State Appeals Of Natural Gas Pipeline Permits: Senate Bill 158 (Bartolotta-R- Washington) eliminates the ability of citizens, local governments and anyone else to appeal permits issued by DEP for natural gas pipelines and related facilities to the Environmental Hearing Board. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

JANUARY 21, 2025

404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec. 404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec. 404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec.

Endangered Species Act

Circle of Blue

JULY 29, 2025

The state has long been the nation’s pioneer in establishing protections for public health and against climate change — from the first vehicle exhaust regulations , to the prototype for the federal Clean Water Act , to ambitious carbon neutrality goals. We need government agencies to get involved.”

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

history, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin yesterday unveiled its intent to unleash an unprecedented assault on dozens of science-based standards that safeguard the environment, protect public health, and ensure the federal government does its part to restore the Chesapeake Bay.

Climate Change

National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

Further, the FDA may conduct inspections on its own, it also has a program for contracting with state and territorial government regulatory agencies. Currently, the FDA has 48 contracts with state and territorial government regulatory agencies. Specifically, 43 states and Puerto Rico have been awarded contracts. food supply.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

It prohibits standards or requirements that are “in addition to” or “different from” those imposed by the federal government. There are no federal requirements governing the living space required for laying hens. This section has two express preemptions, one focusing on federal standards, and the other on labeling.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

Nevertheless, many states are influenced by the federal government. The new change allows the Oklahoma government to continue keeping records of cottage foods sold in case of food safety issues while also protecting cottage food operations’ personal information from the general public. Particularly, the U.S.

Law

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).

Clean Water Act

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

While there are approximately twenty-eight states that specifically prohibit or limit foreign ownership of agricultural land within the boundaries of their state, the federal government only monitors certain foreign acquisitions and landholdings in agricultural land through the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (“AFIDA”) of 1978.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

SB 17 prohibits governments and individuals who are citizens of or domiciled in a “designated country” from purchasing or acquiring any interest – including leasehold interests of less than one year – in real property located in Texas. SB 17 is set to go into effect on September 1, 2025.

Law

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Davis School of Law will convene a major, day-long conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act. This conference will provide an important, interdisciplinary perspective on the Clean Water Act and water quality issues, thanks to CELPC’s conference planning partners: U.C.D’s

Clean Water Act

Circle of Blue

MAY 9, 2022

Short-Changing Michigan Local Governments Has Resulted in Deteriorating Water Systems and Other Services. water systems are aging. In some communities, this means water bills that residents can’t afford or water that’s unsafe to drink. Throughout the Great Lakes region and across the U.S.,

Government