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Regulator sells out community safety for pennies on the dollar, as Imperial Oil gets 95 per cent “discount” on oil sands spill fine

Enviromental Defense

While the Alberta Energy Regulator has the ability, and responsibility, to hold companies that break the law to account, it has repeatedly demonstrated an unwillingness to enforce its own laws when it comes to industry rulebreakers — leaving Albertans to bear the costs and clean up the mess.

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Celebrating 30 Years of Environmental Progress As The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

While DCNR took the lead in managing parks and forests, DEP was entrusted with the vital responsibility of protecting Pennsylvania’s air, land, and water resources, an increasingly complex and critical mission. billion to date for reclamation efforts.

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The Deal With Dicamba: EPA Proposes Unconditional Registration for Over-the-Top Use

National Law Center

FIFRA is the primary federal law regulating pesticide use in the United States. The ESA is one of the main wildlife protection laws in the United States. For more information on pesticides from the National Agricultural Law Center, click here. More information on the FIFRA registration process is available here.

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Chile’s Lithium Boom: A Green Revolution or Environmental Ruin?

Law Columbia

Since 1979, Decree Law No. A court-mandated settlement required 14 mitigation measures, including a phased cessation of water extraction, ecosystem conservation efforts, and community development funding. At the regulatory level, oversight has also intensified.

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WeConservePA Honors Cynthia Carrow With 2025 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award

PA Environment Daily

WeConservePA will honor Cynthia Carrow with the 2025 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award at its PA Land Conservation Conference in State College on April 2-5. Cynthia Carrow began her career at the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) in March of 1973, more than 51 years ago.

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Water Determines Great Lakes Region’s Economic Future

Circle of Blue

The supply of fresh water is essential to our quality of life and creates a competitive advantage for our region, said Howard Learner, executive director of the Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center. Laws and policies could also use a refresh. Midwesterners understand the importance of the Great Lakes.

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New This Thanksgiving: Toxic Turkey

Legal Planet

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.