Circle of Blue

MARCH 9, 2023

Conservation easements protect the region’s depleted groundwater. Pragmatic ingenuity is being applied here to overcome them, including a new easement program that uses federal and state tax benefits to conserve groundwater. Easements are the latest step in a developing strategy to meet Colorado’s water conservation directive.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2024

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. National- $3.53 National- $3.53 National- $3.53

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Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2024

The only thing worse than a wet heat is being governed by climate change deniers in a wet heat. Instead, Florida lawmakers have passed a bill that strips local governments of the ability to protect workers from extreme heat fueled by climate change. Swamp Politics Florida’s recent legislation is a backwards approach to climate policy.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Despite assurances that the legislation is a government priority, it has not yet been scheduled for a third reading. It’s time for the government to fulfill its 2019 promise. Members of Parliament must put politics aside and pass this important legislation.”

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 4, 2022

Knowing they are targets, farmers in southern Arizona and California who receive irrigation water from the Colorado River are discussing a plan that could go a long way toward meeting a federal conservation mandate in the drying basin. Besides the irrigation districts, urban suppliers in the basin are also putting forward conservation plans.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

In that case, Our Children’s Trust represented a group of Oregon youths who sued the federal government, seeking redress for what the children claimed was the government’s failure to protect them from the environmental, health and economic damage wreaked by climate change. United States. The August 14th Held v.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A similar measure stalled earlier this year due to opposition from conservatives on the state’s Natural Resources Board. One in 20 tests performed by the city’s water department detected the toxic metal at concentrations exceeding government limits for drinking water. Evers restarted the process after new guidance from the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Ed Rendell -- PennLive - John Baer: Politics In Harrisburg, Washington In A Double-Time Race To Bottom -- NPR: More Americans Say They Support Political Violence Ahead Of 2024 Election -- PA’s Role In Assault On US Capitol -- WITF: Republican PA Cong.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The federal government has gotten a late start in cutting US emissions anyway, due to Republican resistance. And of course, he would flood the federal courts with more ultra-conservative judges. All of these possibilities fall within what might be considered “normal” political behavior. That might be an overstatement.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The 2008-era slogan is shorthand for the Trump campaign’s energy policy, but we know much more about current conservative thinking on the subject thanks to Project 2025 , the 920-page transition plan for the next administration by policy strategists from the Heritage Foundation. That chant is back in vogue, as the general election heats up.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- The Dick Thornburgh Forum For Law & Public Policy Oct. 5 Preserving Democracy - The Critical Role Of The Media Featuring CNN Senior Reporter Katelyn Polantz 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shale Oil Drilling Is Slowing Down Due To Factors Beyond Anyone’s Control -- PA/Harrisburg Politics Potpourri -- PA Capital-Star: Here’s What The U.S. Shapiro -- York Daily Record: Behind The Hold-Up Of Shapiro’s Nominee For Secretary Of State -- Gov.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Given the Court’s conservative supermajority, there’s a real threat to the power of agencies like EPA to issue regulations and enforce the law The Threat to Agency Regulatory Power The Chevron case gives agencies leeway in interpreting the law when issuing regulations. In the other, the issue is agency power to sanction violations of the law.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Justice Dept.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2023

In the past two years, however, the things have started trending upward after years of inaction by conservative governments. As in the US, Australia’s climate policy was long a victim of a lengthy period of divided government and political upheaval. So the change in government was more than welcome.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2022

Australia has had a change of government. The Liberal Party — conservative in everything but name — lost control of the federal government to Labor. So the change in government is more than welcome. Despite the obstacles, however, at least Australia now seems to be heading in the right direction politically.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Huntington Beach: No Middle-Class Please After patiently requesting, begging, insisting, pleading, and incentivizing local governments to plan for more affordable housing, the California Department of Housing and Community Development, armed with new powers from the state legislature, has had enough.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2023

This week, on March 21 and 22, the federal government is defending its Impact Assessment Act (IAA) (formerly Bill C-69) at the Supreme Court of Canada. Instead, the broken process led to controversy and political gridlock – and a loss of public trust in Canada’s environmental laws and the decisions being made. Remember Bill C-69?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro -- AP: Gov. Shapiro Says Millions Will Go To Help Train Workers For Infrastructure Projects -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Here’s What Gov. Shapiro Says About Permitting Reform In PA -- Budget 2023 -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Gov.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

The case involves a constitutional challenge brought by a coalition of conservative (“red”) states to E.P.A.’s Since then, the issue of CAA section 209(b) waivers has become a game of political football between successive Democratic and Republican presidential administrations. EPA decision.)

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In political terms, this seems like a lost opportunity to showcase the government’s achievements; it’s also a disservice to those in the policy community who are tracking implementation. 12) Department of Agriculture Another part of the government that has actually done a good job on reporting is, surprisingly, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Here are 105 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. Thank you for your leadership! -- Sen. 1 Draw -- DCNR To Hold Feb.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 6, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his government are intensifying their support for the fossil fuel industry, and they have thus distanced themselves further from climate action previously pursued by successive UK governments. The Conservatives are significantly trailing the opposition Labour Party in the polls.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 25, 2021

That brought a legal challenge from 20 states, tribes, and conservation groups. The report, one of many recent intelligence agency activities to document these risks, underscores the complexity and deep reach of climate-water-social-political interactions. government water policy. Dam-building will strain relations.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 13, 2022

Today, the Court’s conservative Justices split the difference in two cases involving vaccine mandates, striking down OSHA’s mandate but upholding a more limited mandate for healthcare workers. Today, however, I’m going to focus instead on the conservative split and what it might mean for environmental law.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Here are 138 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. Westmoreland County? PaEN] -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Feb.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 7, 2021

If the government of Ontario hoped that abolishing the Environment Commissioner, and transferring the position’s responsibilities to the Auditor General would free it from accountability on climate change, wilderness conservation, pollution and species at risk protection, it must surely be disappointed. . ENDANGERED SPECIES.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Here are 92 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. 17 [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: Feb. 19 & Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Pennsylvania Society Weekend Stages A Comeback In NYC -- Inquirer: At Pennsylvania Society, Jockeying For 2024 Race For State Attorney General -- Governor’s Transition -- City & State PA: Shapiro To Be Sworn In As Next Governor Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Election In Lancaster County -- May 2023 Elections -- Politics PA: Who Is Running For Office In 2023? -- Election Reform/2020 Election Fallout -- LancasterOnline/Spotlight PA: State Voting Laws Are On Legislative Agenda, But Neither Party Will Get Their Full Wish List -- Erie Times: Sen. Raises Going Around In PA State Government Come Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Here are 48 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. Thank you for your leadership! -- In Memoriam: Walter N.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Because it spans the entire government, though, it has many provisions relating to climate change. But the fact that they can pass as part of a bipartisan spending law is a sign of how climate change is slowly becoming normalized as a political consideration. The omnibus spending bill is by no means a “climate law.”

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Worse, it disparages people in the federal government who have devoted their lives to fighting climate change. And it may also feed into the dangerous message that there is no real difference between political parties in terms of climate change. Why is there no chance of success? I’ll unpack that a little.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Here are 68 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. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2023

Here are 48 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. Thank you for your leadership! -- What Can We Expect From Gov. Shapiro, Lt.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 24, 2023

Travel east in the Mediterranean and Tunisia is cutting urban water service at night to conserve supplies amid a harsh, multi-year drought. The time for more collective action at all scales of governance is here,” she said. The government passed a €2.2bn ($2.4 bn) plan to help farmers and other water consumers manage drought.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 20, 2022

As we told you last month, Ontario’s government is poised to lock in 30 years of highway-and-sprawl-driven land use. In particular, Environmental Defence has asked all of the major political parties to commit to: . Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC) Response: . To see the full answers visit: greenprosperity.ca/election.

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