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Political Stunts Worsen Western Water Woes

Union of Concerned Scientists

A related Executive Order directed federal water projects to ignore legal protections like the endangered species act and water quality standards in order to pump more water South. No one benefited not farmers, not fish, not cities. The political theater didnt stop there.

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121 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

New Lawsuit Adds To Doubts -- Post-Gazette: Local Ohio School Officials Sue Norfolk Southern Over Broken Promises To Reimburse Them For Costs Related To Train Derailment, Including Abandoning A $30 Million Plan Building Plan -- DEP Sets June 4 Meeting/Hearing On Liberty Soils Biosolids Facility Permit In Schuylkill County [PaEN] -- Chesapeake Bay Journal: (..)

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50 Years Ago: Environmental Law in 1973

Legal Planet

In the previous three years, Congress had passed NEPA, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. Continuing the legislative wave, 1973 saw the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA. rate increase would decrease recycling, which in turn would result in more litter in the parks that they used.

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35 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

13 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For Newberry Twp.

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Ontario Election Issues Guide: Endangered Species, Conservation Authorities, Aggregates & Water Pollution

Enviromental Defense

For example: Ontario undermined Ontario’s Endangered Species Act protections in 2019 with Bill 108, which empowered the Minister broad and reckless exemptions to let developers destroy endangered species and their habitat, delay extending any protection at all for species that desperately need it, and even “pay to slay” endangered species.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

9 Meeting [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Feb. 13 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For Newberry Twp.

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Environmental Defence congratulates the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party on its election win and seeks rapid action on key environmental issues 

Enviromental Defense

Do this by restricting the use of Minister’s Zoning Orders, reversing changes that weakened Conservation Authorities, the Growth Plan and Planning Act and the Endangered Species Act. Ensure we don’t recycle toxics by requiring that products sent for recycling do not contain dangerous substances.