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Local Law Prohibiting Natural Gas Piping is Preempted, Ninth Circuit Holds

MGKF Law

2024), the Ninth Circuit was tasked with determining whether the City of Berkeley’s attempt to prohibit the use of natural gas pipelines in new buildings through a local ordinance conflicted with the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act (“EPCA”), 42 U.S.C. § City of Berkeley , 89 F. 4th 1094 (9th Cir.

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87 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Kate Moran Honored For Ocean Science And Planet Sustainability Leadership By Canada [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Steve Sorenson Takes Home PA Outdoor Writers Assn. 16 Update On DCNR, Bureau Of State Parks Land Management Program [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: 5-Part Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept.

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Environmental groups enter legal fight over regulation of plastics pollution

Enviromental Defense

Industry opposition to regulating plastics is out of step with science and public opinion. OTTAWA | Unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Environmental groups are jumping into the legal fray to support the federal government as it fends off an industry-led lawsuit challenging its efforts to regulate plastic pollution.

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“Fighting for Inches” in the Southeast’s Struggle With Salt

Circle of Blue

Conservation easements can facilitate a transition of cropland to salt marsh, providing numerous ecosystem services and up to 90% of the market value for farms. Plants regulate their salt concentrations much like how our bodies regulate blood pressure. By Hannah Richter, Circle of Blue – August 22, 2022.

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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

Circle of Blue

Fish and Wildlife Service and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council — have failed to implement recommendations from their own scientists about how to improve outcomes at the hatcheries they support. That hatchery, one of 23 facilities overseen by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, opened in 2013.

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National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Awards $1.8 Million In Chesapeake WILD Grants To Restore Freshwater Mussels, Other PA Projects

PA Environment Daily

Twenty-five new conservation and restoration grants totaling more than $7.4 Twenty-five awards announced generated $12 million in matching contributions from the grantees, providing a total conservation impact of more than $19.4 million were awarded. Click Here for a complete list of grants awarded.

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Rematriating Buffalo in Washington State

Washington Nature

For Kalispel people, InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC), and The Nature Conservancy, this transfer was not only a recognition of sovereignty but it was also an act of justice—setting things in right relationship. Today, the US Fish and Wildlife Service reports roughly 440,500 bison are in conservation or commercial herds.