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NEPA as an environmental back-stop

Legal Planet

Why might we have an environmental review statute such as NEPA when we already have a range of other environmental protection statutes such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and more? The first post is here. What does NEPA do that these other statutes are not already doing?

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San Francisco v. EPA: Impact on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

In a 5-4 decision, the Court curtailed the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to issue pollutant discharge permits. The case involved a wastewater treatment facility that discharged treated water into San Francisco Bay under a CWA permit issued by EPA.

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PennVEST Invests $222.2 Million In 31 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects In 21 Counties

PA Environment Daily

PennVEST funding for water improvement projects originates from a combination of state funds approved by voters, Growing Greener funds, Marcellus Legacy funds, the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, federal grant awards to PennVEST from the U.S. Click Here for a list of projects funded and the PennVEST announcement.

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DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit Renewal For The Max Environmental Yukon Hazardous/Residual Waste Treatment Facility In Westmoreland County

PA Environment Daily

Resource Links: -- EPA Issues Consent Order To Max Environmental Technologies For Clean Water Act Violations At Yukon, Westmoreland County Facility [PaEN] -- Mountain Watershed Assn.

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Regulating Ocean Regulating Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement in Washington State Enhancement in Washington State

Law Columbia

Several OAE projects have been proposed for Washington State waters. One such OAE project , advanced by Ebb Carbon , uses electrochemical technology to reduce the acidity of seawater, then returns the seawater back into the ocean so that more carbon dioxide can be absorbed from the atmosphere.

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New This Thanksgiving: Toxic Turkey

Legal Planet

But instead, these questions are only now being posed via an EPA “ innovation challenge ,” in which the agency is endeavoring to crowdsource technologies for decomposing PFAS. Meanwhile, U.S. In the meantime, the waning Biden Administration has one last opportunity to move PFAS policy forward.

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The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic

Environmental News Bits

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