Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Navigator responds that it has complied with state regulations, which require the company to notify landowners in the pipeline’s path and consider citizen safety when routing the project. The company is seeking powers of eminent domain from state regulators.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Lawyers with a conservation group filed a complaint with the UK’s environmental watchdog say the country is failing to stop water companies from discharging raw sewage into rivers. The law is clear and has been since 1991. Lebanon’s water crisis is worsening as its economy crumbles.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 14, 2024

The Pathways Alliance is a group of the biggest oil sands producers in Canada: Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus, ConocoPhillips, Imperial Oil, MEG Energy and Suncor. Alberta Wilderness Association is the oldest Alberta-based environmental conservation group with more than 7,500 members and supporters in Alberta and around the world.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 2 PA Bulletin that MTM Trading LLC (Tagital) is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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Environment, Law, and History

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Smith's The Conservation Constitution: The Conservation Movement and Constitutional Change, 1870–1930 (University Press of Kansas, 2020). A recent issue of Perspectives on Politics has a review by Richard Andrews of Kimberly K.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Off the Floor. [No No video coverage] February 5-- NEW.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The construction and monitoring of Class VI injection wells and the financial responsibility requirements for Class VI well operators are currently regulated by the EPA under the Underground Injection Control program of the Safe Drinking Water Act. [2] Tammany zoning ordinance prohibiting hydraulic fracturing was preempted under State law. [4]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

We need to better understand these changes, and to adapt biodiversity conservation strategies to take them into consideration. But protected areas are themselves under threat from rapid climate change, and conservation planners are urgently working to understand and ameliorate the risks. Photo: UNESCO/David G.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2022

By Chris Fireston e, Ecological Program Specialist, and Rebecca Bowen , Ecological Services Manager Forty years ago, Pennsylvania declared that it was in the public’s interest to preserve and enhance native wild resources, including non-game animals and wild plants. The Wild Resource Conservation Program was born!

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Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

In Minnesota , stricter penalties for water overuse are signed into state law. “We Permit holders are required to report their annual water use to the state Department of Natural Resources. The program’s funding comes via the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was signed into law in November 2021.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 14, 2014

Recently, at Vermont Law School’s annual Solutions Conference, a panel discussion highlighted the need for a stronger indigenous voice in natural resource management. On Friday, March 28, Vermont Law School (VLS) held a panel discussion, revealing the need for a stronger indigenous voice in natural resource policy.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design. Despite California regulators’ stated interest in pricing based on marginal costs, however, fixed costs have often been bundled into volumetric rates. Environmentalists have successfully advocated for low fixed charges on the basis of conservation.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point. Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 13, 2023

The company’s CEO and top paid lobbyist had 13 meetings, 11 of which were with directors, Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADM), and other top officials at Finance Canada, National Resources Canada, Transport Canada, and the Privy Council Office. and Enbridge Inc.,

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

With shutdowns and stay-at-home orders in place and regulatory deadlines looming, Louisiana operators are looking for guidance from regulators on how to proceed. Conservation stated that in light of the current circumstances, it will automatically grant a six-month extension to the 90-day deadline.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2024

In November 2023, conservation and environmental protection leader Deborah Nardone was appointed as the Executive Director of the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds. FPW is a grantmaking foundation that invests in local efforts to protect healthy streams, clean up pollution, and restore degraded wildlife habitat. Donations to the R.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 2, 2022

He also served as the manager of the program’s market monitoring section and as an attorney supporting the development and implementation of climate and air quality regulations at CARB. from Lewis & Clark Law School, with a certificate in environmental and natural resources law, and a B.A.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

PGE’s failure is a violation of the state’s Clean Streams Law,” said Barb Jarmoska, spokesperson for the Friends of the ‘Sock. The Loyalsock is classified by DEP as an Exceptional Value stream whose water quality must be protected by law, with no degradation.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

because they are not complying with the state’s electronics recycling law. ( PA Bulletin, page 6008 ) -- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Formal Notice Of Special Fall Round Of Community Conservation Partnership Grants. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

The regulations accompanying many recent changes included in Bill 23 have yet to take effect. Image Source: Ontario’s wetland conservation strategy (archived). Historically, wetland evaluations under OWES were administered by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry working in consultation with local authorities.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

PaEN] Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2022

One of the teams enrolled in the NGICP is from the Allegheny County Conservation District (ACCD), which is responsible for protecting, improving and conserving natural resources in Allegheny County.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 10, 2022

Conservancy forester Kyle Smith takes measurements in the old-growth forest at TNC’s Ellsworth Creek Preserve in southwest Washington. Several of our priorities this year seek to stem the loss of irreplaceable natural and working lands and ensure our state is empowered to plan more thoughtfully for the years to come.

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E2 Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Governor Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget proposal (the Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation budget bill (A.8808/S.8308)) The RAPID Act would require ORES to promulgate regulations and adopt uniform permit terms and conditions for major electric transmission facilities within 18 months of the bill’s enactment.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

On September 12, former DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell was appointed President & CEO of PennFuture , a statewide advocacy organization dedicated to protecting public health, restoring and protecting natural resources, and moving Pennsylvania toward a clean energy future.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But, the idea of a shared benefit—both to the world and Brazil—is a paradox developing and developed nations have struggled with concerning their global commitment to reduce overall carbon emissions because, as Bolsonaro implied during his remarks, overly restrictive environmental regulations could impair a nation’s economic growth and development.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2017

On April 4, 2017 , a federal district court dismissed a citizen-enforcement action under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act that could have profound impact on fracking suits against the oil and gas industry. In Sierra Club v.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 29, 2021

Wells Environmental Clinic at UCLA School of Law is representing Los Angeles Waterkeeper on matters related to the subject of this post. The MS4 permit is an important document that regulates how municipalities can allow stormwater to flow through the MS4 system and out into natural (or modified) waterways.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In addition, recently enacted Louisiana Revised Statute § 30:1108 expands eminent domain authority over surface and subsurface rights to CCS operators that have obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Office of Conservation (“Office of Conservation”).

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Washington Nature

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It was an incredible experience to join firefighters and The Nature Conservancy yesterday for their prescribed burn,” said Rep. The state Department of Natural Resources has a blueprint to get us to the scale needed. Schrier in a press release about her visit. It’s one thing to see photos.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Environmental, conservation, wildlife and many other groups have opposed this legislation. For any existing litigation, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources would be substituted for the private entity trying to claim the public easement. 2015-011-L ). Read more here.

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Columbia Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The rationale for this proposed amendment is that designating critical habitat in this context “could create a regulatory burden without providing any conservation value to the species concerned.”. This provision seems reasonable at first blush.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

student, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, India August 17, 2023 I. And as all so-claimed “eco”-friendly things do, it gained significant popularity as a way to experience nature’s wonders while supporting conservation efforts. By Tejaswini Kaushal , B.A. In Nagarahole Budakattu Hakku Sthapana Samithi v.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 19, 2022

The meeting is related to implementing the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? The Department of Environmental Protection will host a virtual meeting August 31 on Preventing Power Outages and Enhancing Resilience of Electric Grids. Read more here. Click Here to sign up.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A federal court enjoined that resolution on the basis that the parish does not have the authority to regulate CCUS operations. [2] A second bill has been filed that would prevent the Commissioner of Conservation from permitting any activity related to carbon dioxide sequestration in St.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

On December 7, the Delaware River Basin Commission voted to adopt final regulations banning the discharge of wastewater to the waters or land from high volume hydraulic fracturing drilling operations in the Basin and strengthening rules on exporting and importing water to support fracking.

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