Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

environmental organizations, and climate activists were appropriately enthused last summer when Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act. Agricultural nutrient pollution is the primary reason that the Clean Water Act has not come close to meeting its “fishable and swimmable” goal for US surface waters.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The Task Force’s duties include recommending strategies, policies and incentives aimed to curb growth of greenhouse gas emissions in Louisiana. Army Corps of Engineers permitting requirements under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Part 585.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The Task Force’s duties include recommending strategies, policies and incentives aimed to curb growth of greenhouse gas emissions in Louisiana. Army Corps of Engineers permitting requirements under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Part 585.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. Council on Environmental Quality – National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change. Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Information System; Number NNH23ZDA009L.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In the United States, excess nutrients build up in waterways from Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, precipitating algae outbreaks that kill fish, close public drinking water utilities, and pollute water. Some residual nitrogen was lodged in soils where microbes converted it into nitrous oxide, a significant greenhouse gas.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 10, 2023

The Rundown An EPA proposal to cut mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants would decrease water pollution and accumulation of pollutants in fish. President Biden vetoes a Clean Water Act rollback. An EPA survey of drinking water utilities estimates the number of lead service lines.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The key difference according to the US National Park Service is that conservation ethics seeks the “proper use” of natural resources while preservation seeks to protect nature against any kind of use. This concern about natural resources meant the 19 th century was also a great expansion in conservation in other areas.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Climate Change, and Tree Planting. If a water test sample for a drinking water outlet was analyzed on or before June 1, 2021, and the analysis indicated a concentration of lead that was more than 5 ppb but less than 20 ppb, a school must take appropriate remedial measures by August 1, 2022.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Circuit Stayed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Truck Trailers.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. The court also held that these claims were not ripe.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

The bill includes provisions increasing firefighter salaries, creating a 10 year wildfire strategy for the Forest Service and standardizing water data. 7025 ), sponsored by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), that aims to stop U.S. The legislation passed largely along party lines. 18, 2022.

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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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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advances nomination of Asmeret Asefaw Berhe to lead Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Supreme Court hears Clean Power Plan case. Maryland State Senate Committee advances a bill to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. NSF receives a four percent increase.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Lawmakers have submitted over 500 amendments to the America COMPETES Act. Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. Executive Branch. International. This bill provides a combined $1.4

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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. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. The planned pipeline is to be 162.5 miles long and is intended to carry crude oil.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Failure to act means tough choices in the future. The Magnuson Stevens Act is the main law governing U.S.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Natural Resources Defense Council v. The court also found that denial of the permit application based on State Environmental Policy Act substantive authority was not clearly erroneous.

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ESA

MARCH 6, 2023

Congress House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule using the Congressional Review Act. Executive Branch USFWS proposes listing two populations of California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. States Washington state holds carbon allowance auction.

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ESA

MAY 15, 2023

This proposed rule requires power plants to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 90% between 2035 and 2040 – or shut down. NRCS – Proposed Revisions to the National Handbook of Conservation Practices for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Comments must be received by NOAA on or before June 2, 2023.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

However, the world could avoid the more extreme scenarios in the report if governments sharply reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Energy and Natural Resources. The full Senate confirmed Todd Kim as the assistant attorney general of the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Joe Neguse (D-CO)’s Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act ( H.R. The Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act protects 400,000 acres of land in Colorado. The House voted to approve a provision from House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raul Grijalva that permanently bans new mining claims near Grand Canyon National Park.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Congress Clean Water Act: President Joe Biden vetoed a Congressional Review Act measure that would have nullified the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule, which seeks to define the “Water of the U.S.”

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

An internal House Natural Resources Committee document obtained by E&E News shows that the committee intends to spend $3 billion on the Civilian Climate Corps, $120 million for the NOAA Civilian Conservation Corps and $500 million for the Tribal Civilian Conservation Corps. The House also expects to pass the Senate’s $1.2

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ESA

JULY 26, 2021

Senators reintroduce Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. Judge rules Maui County, Hawaii must receive a Clean Water Act permit in a case that reached the Supreme Court. Nominations: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 10-10 to advance Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to the full Senate.

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Congress President Joe Biden vetoes measure to nullify the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Courts Climate lawsuit filed by Hawai’i teens advances in state courts. Forests: Reps.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

s challenge to the constitutionality of the linkage between California’s greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program and Quebec trading program. 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.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Sanders and progressive Democrats in the House are opposing Manchin’s permitting proposal, citing concerns that the reforms would helps fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. The Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act (H.R.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

At this point, the administration has failed to develop its policy beyond a catchy tagline,” House Natural Resources Committee ranking member Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) introduced the Safeguarding America’s Future and Environment (SAFE) Act ( S. will halve its greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels. 1420 and H.R.

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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.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

CEQ is also planning to revive guidance on how to factor greenhouse gas emissions and climate change into NEPA reviews, after Obama-era guidance was yanked by the Trump administration. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) reintroduced a revised Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act ( H.R.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The House Natural Resources Committee and the House Science Committee passed their portions of the reconciliation bill out of committee Sept. The House Natural Resources Committee intends to spend $3 billion on the Civilian Climate Corps, divided among the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S.

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Acoel

JANUARY 21, 2025

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

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on claims that the Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to consider environmental impacts of certain immigration programs and policies. Mayorkas , No. 20-55777 (9th Cir. July 19, 2021).

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Congress Senate votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule, Biden is expected to veto the measure. The Biden administration said that rule aims to create a ‘durable’ definition of the Waters of the U.S. The Biden Clean Water Act rule was released in late December and the rule was originally set to take effect in late March.

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