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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

This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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What’s a Major Question? Opinions differ.

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

EPA , the Supreme Court used the “major question doctrine” to overturn Obama’s signature climate change regulation. The cases are split 3 to 3, with some courts applying the major question to regulations that were so minor I’d never heard of them. In West Virginia v. No, not a major question. Biden , 67 F.4

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

And special measures to dispose of the toxic waste product costs $220 million, though not all of those costs are strictly related to algae. These expenses trickle down into residents’ water bills. And political power with it. The cost of treating algae blooms trickle down into residents’ water bills.

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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. In virtually all other nations, enforcement of water pollution control and other environmental laws is the sole responsibility of government regulators. (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. It manufactures plastics, and is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). billion complex in St.

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Upstream Action to Protect Our Ocean and Coasts

Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 18, 2023

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”. are the most likely to face challenges in accessing clean water and sanitation.

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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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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. .

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.12.23

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2023

Capitol -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Looks To Bring Tavern ‘Skill Games’ Under Gambling Regulation Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: April 12, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

It is a practice and a philosophy, utilizing scientific tools and methods with applied ethics, and, where necessary, regulation and environmental law to limit the use of certain materials. Working to maintain biodiversity is conservation (regulate), making it illegal to build in a designated wilderness zone is preservation (eliminate).

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Harmful algal blooms are the biological consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. These nutrients are the source of some of the nation’s worst water pollution. . Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.15.21

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

7 [PaEN] -- Patch: Major Extension Of Chester Valley Trail To Link To Schuylkill River Trail -- WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.: 7 [PaEN] -- Patch: Major Extension Of Chester Valley Trail To Link To Schuylkill River Trail -- WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.:

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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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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. Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to Executive Order on Reducing Regulation. The planned pipeline is to be 162.5 Public Citizen, Inc.

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Federal Water Tap, September 7: New Federal Office Connects Climate Change and Health

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A federal judge overturns the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act definition. Bureau of Reclamation contributes $19 million for a Colorado River water conservation program. Before the EPA could act, a federal judge stepped in. Chemical Risks of Sewage Waste. The Rundown. Colorado River Conservation.

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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. In the interim, state regulators this year are directly asking municipalities with storm sewer systems to outline steps for controlling salt runoff from roads.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.14.22

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

THURSDAY 10:00: Independent Regulatory Review Commission meeting on Final EQB Manganese Regulation. 15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.12.22

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

Read more on Agenda. -- Erosion & Sediment Permit Fee Report -- Rural Recycling, Waste Disposal Options -- Reports On Oil & Gas Well Bonding Petition -- Gov. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov , 717-772-3277.

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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. Table of Contents. Draft Contaminant Candidate List Included All PFAS.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.12.23

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2023

As Next Secretary Of Health -- TribLive: Allegheny County Health Director Dr. Bogen Nominated For PA Health Secretary -- EPA Invites Comments On Draft Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Permit In Young Twp., Million Investment For Trail Gaps, ATV/Snowmobile Projects; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. Jefferson County; Feb.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Circuit erred by “untethering” Section 111(d) standards from the existing source being regulated. Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.25.22

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2022

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) [Information on conventional drilling wastewater is inaccurate, according to the industry’s own waste reports.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

The appellate court agreed with the court below that the lawsuit raised nonjusticiable political questions. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Reynolds v. State , No.

2021

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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. PFAS Accountability Act of 2021 Would Create Federal Cause of Action for PFAS Exposure.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court said the trade group had satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending judicial review and stayed the rule “insofar as it purports to regulate trailers.” The court granted the company leave to amend its complaint with 21 days. Resolute Forest Products, Inc. Greenpeace International , No. 3:17 -cv-02824 (N.D.

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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

Financial regulators say they need a better understanding of climate risks to the U.S. A federal district court strikes down Trump-era Clean Water Act rule related to state reviews. This includes stiffer regulation of new chemicals and stricter controls on their disposal from industrial facilities.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.22.22

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Million -- The Allegheny Front: ‘We Do Have Questions To Answer’ About Single-Use Plastic Waste, Shell Internal Emails Reveal -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Harmed By Erie Coke (Coal) Plant? Attorney: ‘Significant New Development’ In Case Of Crawford County Man’s Criminal Case Related To Assault On U.S.

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Policy News: March 14, 2022

ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

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. under the Clean Water Act to the pre-2015 standard.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It will likely be at least two weeks before the Senate takes up the legislation and the Senate will likely make major changes to the bill before passing the legislation for political and parliamentary reasons. All 50 Senate Democrats will need to vote for the bill to pass the Senate. or WOTUS. “In United States.

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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

PFOA and PFOS Drinking Water Regulations Back On and Only the Beginning. In the final days of the Trump Administration, EPA issued final determinations to regulate PFOA and PFOS in drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), a process the Agency started in 2018.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.10.21

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2021

EPA Invites Philadelphia To Apply For $260 Million In Water Infrastructure Finance Loan -- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. Noon to 12:45 p.m. -- ScrantonT: Man Charged With Clean Water Act Violations Can Call Witness -- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec.

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

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In the year since the Supreme Court embraced the “major questions doctrine” (MQD), industry and Republican state attorneys general have argued that federal regulations ranging from stricter vehicle emissions standards to climate change disclosures must be struck down under its banner. Env’t Prot.

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A wave of frontline resistance is now breaking across the Upper Midwest and around the country as organized campaigns aimed at regulating concentrated animal feeding operations, known as CAFOs, are being felt at every level of government, and in state and federal courts. It’s now being raised as a political issue. As a legal issue.

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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

What’s a Major Question? Opinions differ.

Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

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

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.12.23

Conservation: History and Future

Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.15.21

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

March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Federal Water Tap, September 7: New Federal Office Connects Climate Change and Health

Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.14.22

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.12.23

May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.25.22

June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

The Chemical Compound—May 2021

November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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

Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.22.22

Policy News: March 14, 2022

Policy News: November 22, 2021

Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.21.21

Eight Important Updates About Recent PFAS Regulatory Developments

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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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