PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

On February 15, the Department of Environmental Protection told the Environmental Quality Board conventional oil and gas drilling companies only paid $46,100 of the $10,600,000 it cost for DEP to regulate that industry in FY 2020-21. Overall, DEP expects an annual revenue deficit of at least $10.5 Read more here.]

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Legal Planet

JUNE 29, 2021

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. The 2012 MS4 Permit in a Nutshell. Taking the 2012 MS4 Permit to Court. WMPs and EWMPs, however, are unenforceable.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2022

The groups supporting allocating American Rescue Plan for conservation included the PA Farm Bureau, County Conservation Districts, the Chesapeake Bay Commission and Rep. This will result in county conservation districts receiving four years of predictable funding that they can use to help farmers implement best management practices.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

21-454, an important appeal involving the scope of federal authority to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act. In a case involving the extent of the government’s authority to regulate wetlands under section 404 of the CWA, the Court was unable to reach a decision on the merits. This week the U.S. USEPA , No.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2023

The Supreme Court will decide which wetland ecosystems are included in the Clean Water Act, the law that regulates the dumping of pollutants into American waters. Many of the water conservation plans that have been created still depend on the drought ending, which hasn’t yet happened.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. in Physics from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 12, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeking to compel EPA to “fulfill long-delayed nondiscretionary duties” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by issuing revised regulations governing oil and gas wastes. See Appalachian Voices v. McCarthy , 989 F. 2d 30, 53-56 (D.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

And while state laws across the region regulate how, when and why water rights are sold, some worry it won’t be enough to hold back the tide. “I The regulation requiring that water be used would seem to discourage speculative behavior. Conservation groups use them to increase in-stream flows to help native fish.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He brings this commitment to his role as a Trustee for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Washington. The Taylor Bridge Fire of 2012 was a critical moment that proved the power of small, local government to act swiftly and deploy help. Paul became a Trustee for TNC in Washington after leaving public office.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017, and Hurricane Irma in 2021 were all accompanied by the same question. That means they are a conservative estimate of how much extreme weather costs the United States each year.” A 2021 analysis of more than 88,000 studies since 2012 now finds 99.9

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2023

23 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Invites Comments On Cooperative Fish Nursery General Permit; Hearing Set For Feb. 23 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Invites Comments On Cooperative Fish Nursery General Permit; Hearing Set For Feb. 22 RiverWatch Video Report -- First Street Foundation: Over 3.2

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Yaw, Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, said he was instrumental in helping create legislation establishing the Marcellus Shale Impact Fee, now known as Act 13 of 2012. Since its inception, the impact fee has generated more than $2.5 1 Price Changes: Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8%

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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

Clair River Corridor is just one place where state regulators are pushing towns to consolidate water systems for greater efficiency as aging, costly plants near their expiration date. Michigan regulators also lack almost any authority to oversee water systems’ financial health. . Other examples include: . and nearly 1,400 in Michigan.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 26, 2024

Credit: Rodale Institute My earlier example of soil ecology does not do justice to what functions soil organisms provide; a more comprehensive list includes improvement of soil fertility via nutrient transformation, soil aggregation, pathogen suppression, carbon storage, biofilm formation, water cycling, and temperature regulation 2.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Thank you one and all for your conservation leadership! Is your story being told? -- In Memoriam: Louise Dunlap A Leading Force Behind Coal Mine Reclamation, Regulation -- In Memoriam - Dr. Jim Finley, Fmr. This kind of leadership deserves our respect and the support by state lawmakers. Support Local Journalism!

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The most compelling interventions are those which not only inhibit methane emissions but also conserve expensive or ecologically vital resources; remain effective in the long term; can achieve economic scale; improve animal or crop productivity and nutritional value; and lack harmful health or environmental side effects. 2012 , Bayat et al.,

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A career specialist in soils and forestry health, most of it with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, a unit of the U.S. Not far away, Tim Stutzman, another conservation-minded farmer, feeds cattle and farms 2,800 acres in Morenci. Regulation Begins. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue. Video: Lake Erie’s murky algae water.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

Collecting and reusing stormwater can conserve potable water, diminish downstream environmental impacts, and help prevent overflooding of the stormwater system. Stormwater capture plays an important role in the city and county of Los Angeles’ overall plan to conserve and source water locally. Stormwater Capture in L.A.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 10, 2024

In 2020, the Brazilian Congress introduced the controversial " Fake News Bill ", intended to regulate social networks. In the 2022 elections, the TSE actively censored various conservative figures on social media, many of whom remain silenced by judicial orders. Embassy in Brazil.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

EPA decision , upheld the EPA’s authority to regulate such emissions under the Clean Air Act but significantly constrained its ability to do so. The case ultimately wound up in the US Supreme Court, which, in its controversial West Virginia v. That “aggressive pursuit” goes both ways.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 29, 2021

Chicago‘s Stormwater Management Ordinance, or SMO, governs new development and redevelopment in the city and regulates how rainfall is captured, stored, or released at each site. In partnership with The Nature Conservancy, Wilson’s group wants to encourage more private investment by offering carrots. But he said it’s only a first step.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In La Libertad, Peru, a 17-year-old mine stopped operating in 2012 after five emergency declarations of high levels of metal contamination in the Moche River. Companies can participate in regulation and evaluation standards such as the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Solar Scorecard. Photo credit: Martyn Unsworth/Imaggeo.egu.eu.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2022

House returns to session May 23, 24, 25 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: Outdoor Recreation Spending In PA Up 26% [PaEN] -- WeConservePA Urges General Assembly, Gov. Scott Perry -- Gov.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 25, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration, which regulates packaged drinks, lowered the current standard that ranges between 0.8 420 Million : Second round of funding announced by the Natural Resources Conservation Service for watershed restoration, flood prevention, and dam repairs. milligrams per liter.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

in 2012: “In an increasingly carbon- constrained world, our existing environmental laws and regulatory process no longer achieve their underlying goals of long-term ecosystem conservation. Since my 2012 “Fiddling as the World Floods and Burns” warnings, . Indeed, at a Sept. rojects to reduce fossil fuel consumption.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

That’s because the region’s ongoing groundwater woes are at least two decades in the making, exacerbated in part by the very federal programs meant to conserve water in the area, The Counter has found. Then came new conservation regulations and litigation that complicated USBR’s water obligations.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

The last active well completed fracking on May 2, 2012. These fluids were stored in onsite pits for over nine months after the completion of drilling, in violation of site restoration regulations,” according to the 2017 consent order and agreement with Greylock. Read more here.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 6, 2016

In New York and Pennsylvania, anti-fracking groups have obtained a statewide ban on fracking and the allowance of local authority to regulate fracking, respectively. In March 2016, the Louisiana First Circuit recognized the preemptive authority of state law to regulate and permit fracking. City of Fort Collins v. In 2014, St.

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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. or WOTUS. “In

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Environmental Europe

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

While he has backtracked on completely shutting down the US Environmental Protection agency (EPA) he is promising to ‘refocus’ its work: “The Trump Administration is firmly committed to conserving our wonderful natural resources and beautiful natural habitats. It will be a future of conservation, of prosperity, and of great success.”

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Acoel

JULY 25, 2022

By 2012, 20 to 25 states had developed state climate plans. And states may have rulemaking authority to adopt energy efficiency building codes like the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), as well as appliance codes comparable to California’s requirements – and much more. the Departments of Interior and Energy).

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The 2012 rulemaking in which the EPA set the greenhouse gas emissions standards also established Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act. Click on the photo to watch a video on this topic with article co-author Nicole Webbert.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

In this issue: Biden administration unveils 10-year plan to conserve one-third of U.S. Plan follows up on Biden’s commitment to conserve 30% of lands and waters by 2030. Biden administration unveils 10-year plan to conserve one-third of U.S. Executive Branch. President Biden announces NOAA, BLM and DOE science nominees.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2012

Moreno On August 13, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) disapproval of revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) dealing with the state’s Flexible Permits program. 13, 2012) ( quoting in part from 42 U.S.C. State of Texas v. 7410(a)(1).

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 11, 2014

Both federal and state authorities can regulate drone technology. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) generally regulates all domestic aircraft matters. of 2012 sought to regulate drone technology. Although the FAA and Congress have set out laws regulating drones, the states are passing broader drone regulations.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. PFAS Action Act of 2021 Would Amend Major Environmental Statutes to Regulate PFAS.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Sacketts are represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation and backed by business and agricultural groups. The significant nexus test determines that the Clean Water Act applies if wetlands have a “significant nexus” to regulated waters. An ecologist explains – The Conservation. More News: What is a wetland?

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