Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

Only portions of the legislation apply directly to units of local government, but taken as a whole it can be expected to help U.S. Still, how does a local government tap in? There are six broad ways local governments will need to navigate the IRA. . There are six broad ways local governments will need to navigate the IRA. .

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

acres of commercial use on a 775-acre portion of the West Parcel and withdraw those lands from the TPZ zone, while designating the entire East Parcel as Forest and TPZ; upon approval, real parties would sell or restrict the East Parcel for conservation purposes in perpetuity. acres of commercial uses. City of Newport Beach (2017) 2 Cal.5th

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2023

To avoid the same fate as the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which was struck down by the conservative Supreme Court in West Virginia v. With regards generation shifting, states will have greater latitude than the federal government to force dirty power plants to close.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries is heavily influenced by nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution delivered from the watershed and can vary year-to-year due to a number of factors including land use, fertilizer and manure use, wastewater and septic discharges, and river flow. October Is Buffer Month!

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2022

On October 7, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the award of $3 million in grant funding to local governments and organizations to restore the health of local watersheds around the state by reducing water pollution. Funding comes from the U.S. The projects annually will remove approximately 20.7

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2022

million in Growing Greener Plus and Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management grant funds is available to organizations and governments to reduce nonpoint source pollution in their local streams, rivers, and lakes. Environmental Protection Agency, through Section 319(h) of the federal Water Pollution Control Act.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

This administration will continue to uphold our constitutional responsibility to conserve and maintain clean air and pure water for all people, including generations yet to come.” Pennsylvanians strongly favor strong protections for the air we all breathe, the water we drink, and the land we live, work, and play on.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

House Bill 991 responds modifying the definition of “forest mitigation banking” to be the intentional restoration, creation, or qualified conservation of forests undertaken expressly for the purpose of providing credits for afforestation or reforestation requirements with enhanced environmental benefits from future activities.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

To make meaningful progress in lowering water pollution, the federal government should begin incentivizing agroecological practices that both allow farmers to keep their land in production and actively work to reduce excess nutrients, pesticide waste, and erosion. However, funding for these programs is limited.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Formosa Unit Offers $500 Million for Causing Toxic Disaster in Vietnam VOA | June 30, 2016 One of the biggest environmental disasters to hit Vietnam was caused by a unit of a Taiwanese conglomerate leaking toxic waste into the sea, the Hanoi government said Thursday, ending months of mystery and rare public outrage.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Here are 63 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. PaEN] -- DCNR: Laurel Run Dam Removal Underway In Plains Twp.,

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In applying state law to ending a harmful algal bloom, the Platte Lake Improvement Association joined a select group of governments, citizen groups, researchers, and private companies seeking to achieve the same result. billion to be spent on farmland conservation programs. The federal government paid 80 percent of that bill. .

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 5, 2022

As water crises beset North America, all eyes are on the Great Lakes and the leaders, systems, and rules that govern them. The proposed Great Lakes Authority would focus on workforce development and environmental conservation in the region that lawmakers call the “core of the United States’ commercial and defense industrial base.”

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 23, 2023

That bill, introduced in 2001 and passed the next year, told the California Air Resources Board to create such standards using ARB’s special powers under the Clean Air Act to develop more strict air pollution controls for cars than the federal government (explained here ).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2022

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Witnesses Unanimously Support Allocating American Rescue Plan Funding For On-Farm Conservation Projects At House Committee Meeting; Rep.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

I named the Priority Pollutants a moment ago, which are 129 chemicals of interest under the Clean Water Act, RCRA, one of two federal laws governing hazardous wastes has several hundred “Appendix IX” groundwater monitoring compounds. Through this law, water pollution is managed by controlling wastewater discharges.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

‘While we may not agree on everything, we thank President Biden for making methane pollution a priority in this administration and for finalizing a truly robust standard. Methane pollution, however, is a global problem. This is a rare case where the final standard is even stronger than what was originally proposed.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

In one of those decisions, Justice Scalia and three other conservatives favored a much narrower definition, which was more or less tracked in later Trump Administration regulation. Moreover, the government points out, this test would eliminate federal jurisdiction over non-navigable tributaries of navigable streams. Download as PDF.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The court also found that judicial economy and conservation of resources weighed in favor of a stay. Tennessee Federal Court Allowed Conservation Groups to Proceed with Challenge to TVA Long-Term Contracts. The states appealed the dismissal of the case. Missouri v. Biden , No. 4:21-cv-00287 (E.D.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The third-party complaint asserted that while the plaintiffs’ claims were meritless, Statoil, “as well as potentially the many other sovereign governments that use and promote fossil fuels,” must be joined as third-party defendants. Chevron filed similar notices of withdrawal in other cases brought by California localities. June 21, 2021).

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various federal and state government agencies and potential litigants. N: Memorandum from Director, Pollution Control & Clean Up Directorate, EPA Office of Inspector Gen., 26, 2021).]] 24, 2021).]]

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ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

House passes measure keeping the government open through March 11. Fish and Wildlife Service to combat illegal wildlife tracking and $52 million annually for coral reef conservation. The government could save money through a new approach and put the funds toward forest restoration, the sponsors said. Executive Branch.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2022

Read more here. -- DCNR Secretary Outlines 2022 Priorities To Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council, Including Need For $1.4 WITF Smart Talk: Is EPA Committed To Restoring Chesapeake Bay? . -- DCNR Secretary Outlines 2022 Priorities To Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council, Including Need For $1.4

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As an academic, he had sounded a cautious note about government regulation, calling for more deliberation and greater consideration of costs. In one case, the Court held — in an opinion by Justice Scalia no less — that the government cannot consider cost in setting national air quality standards. Justice Breyer concurred.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court said its August 2017 decision rejecting challenges under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Natural Gas Act to DOE’s authorization of LNG exports at another Texas facility largely governed the resolution of the instant cases. The court addressed three narrow issues that remained in one or more of the cases.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

As an academic, he had sounded a cautious note about government regulation, calling for more deliberation and greater consideration of costs. In one case, the Court held — in an opinion by Justice Scalia no less — that the government cannot consider cost in setting national air quality standards. Justice Breyer concurred.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. 5830 ) which would authorize $9 billion to the State Department for international forest conservation efforts. Wealthy countries and global charities also pledged $1.6

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. The Corporation for National and Community Service receives $6.9 billion for national service programs to carry out projects related to climate resilience and mitigation.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

President Biden, National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and many others in the administration leadership have touted its highly ambitious, whole-government approach to taking the climate crisis. US Capitol Hill – Flickr. In the administration’s first three months, we have already seen this begin to take shape.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

23 Celebration [PaEN] -- Tribune-Democrat: Stakeholders Celebrate ‘Vitally Important’ Somerset County Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Systems -- DCNR, Crawford & Warren Conservation Districts Host Field To Forest Workshops On Sept. Matt Connell For Conservation Efforts At Sept. What’s Your Community Doing?

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. The House Rules Committee will consider these amendments during a hearing tomorrow, Feb.

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ESA

MAY 15, 2023

Conservation: Nine bipartisan Senators and Sen. billion in annual mandatory funding to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for the conservation of at-risk species and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. President Joe Biden has pledged to veto both resolutions. This bill provides $1.4 The House also passed Rep.

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