Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Despite this, a year later, Imperial Oil has not faced charges or penalties under the Fisheries Act or provincial environmental protection laws. “It Governments watch as oil companies break the rules, raking in record profits while leaving an environmental disaster. million litres of industrial waste into the environment.

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Law and Environment

MAY 31, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency , which significantly narrowed the Clean Water Act’s (“CWA”) test for determining whether wetlands are protected “waters of the United States” and the federal permitting requirements for development projects in covered wetlands areas. United States , 547 U.S.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 14, 2022

With increasing temperatures, “we’re seeing places that do have drought, the intensification is more rapid,” says Roger Pulwarty, a senior scientist in the physical sciences laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Activists in Arizona are gathering signatures to put groundwater regulation on the ballot.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

million homes over the next decade in Ontario, also changes environmental protections and regulations required for development plans. Many are calling for the plans to include, at minimum, greater environmental accountability, especially within such a crucial freshwater haven.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In Uganda, national regulators are cracking down on the illegal destruction of wetlands in an attempt to reduce flood risk in the east African country. Regulators are keen to act because wetlands reduce flood risk by absorbing heavy rains. Transcript. Until recently, truck drivers who poured the fill met little resistance.

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Environment, Law, and History

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

H-Environment recently published a review by Samm Newton of Teresa Sabol Spezio's Slick Policy: Environmental and Science Policy in the Aftermath of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill (U. Part 1 describes environmental science and policy before 1969. Before the oil spill, no entity was officially in charge of managing the oceans.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2022

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ECOJUSTIC, OCEANA CANADA. Groups defend federal government’s authority to regulate single-use plastics. More than two dozen plastic manufacturers have filed a lawsuit in Federal Court challenging the new regulations. That case is expected to be heard in March 2023.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2023

Consequently, the response to this advisory opinion request should consider the climate change regime set by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (Paris Agreement) concerning the ocean. However, ITLOS is not responsible for implementing the UNFCCC or the Paris Agreement.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The two bureaus stated their focus for fiscal year (FY) 2022 would be on the development of regulations to address the IIJA requirement; accordingly, both BOEM and BSEE have budgeted funds for FY 2023 to develop such a framework. Easements and rights-of-way may provide more flexibility to the agency in structuring the authorizations.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As another year comes to a close, I am reflecting on the incredible progress Ocean Conservancy has made in 2023 towards a healthy, resilient ocean future. For better or worse, this is the nature of ocean conservation work—sometimes we hit roadblocks, but it’s a reminder of why this work is so critically important.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of the Interior (DOI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—to implement the IRA.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 12, 2023

The interplay between the ocean and climate change is in the scientific literature , including recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The ocean is both a ‘victim’ of climate change (e.g., absorption of GHG by the oceans is the upstream cause of ocean acidification) and ‘part of the solution’ (e.g.,

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 4, 2021

With that wide public sentiment for fireworks, there is actually almost no environmental regulation for the setting off of millions of little explosions of the more than 99% of fireworks imported from China. But, San Diego does regulate fireworks for locations near the coast, requiring expensive permits (.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

A few months later, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified the Sacketts that their property contained wetlands and ordered the couple to restore the site or face penalties of up to $40,000 a day. at __ (slip op. at (slip op. at 14) (citations omitted). Thus, States may permit discharges into A minus B, which includes C.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

25 might strike some as a drop in the Pacific Ocean toward repairing the planet, or even just Hawaii, but the 8 main islands, of the 137 island archipelago, had more than 9.5 million tourists last year, so maybe $68 Million (. tourists share hotel rooms) is a start. Some have argued this novel initiative would violate the right of U.S.

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Acoel

AUGUST 22, 2022

Of special note was the enactment in 2020 of legislation to address environmental justice through the permitting process for potentially polluting facilities that are to be located in “overburdened communities.”

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 18, 2023

As a person immersed in this interior, “fresh coast” worldview, I hadn’t spent much time considering how our practices might affect the ocean thousands of miles away. Love ocean content? Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was taken up by the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In August, French regulators suspended thermal pollution standards for rivers, allowing nuclear plants to overheat streams. A similar initiative to regulate groundwater in nearby Willcox basin did not pass. Circle Blue. Many chose to do so. Polluted legacies were undone. Hannah Richter.

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Washington Nature

JULY 11, 2023

By Anya Blaney A childhood love of sea turtles led Jennifer Lee Clinchy to her life's work protecting the oceans and their inhabitants. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As Deputy General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor for Oceans and the Environment, she worked with the President’s Science Advisor and the U.S.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

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 voluntary regulations rather than law conducted for the good of the environment and the local population.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ECOJUSTICE, OCEANA CANADA. Industry opposition to regulating plastics is out of step with science and public opinion. Plastics are harmful pollutants that burden our economy and threaten the health of our environment including our wildlife, rivers, lakes and oceans. Background.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

But plastics present a much broader threat to our ocean, climate and marginalized coastal communities. More plastic means more pollution—for the climate, coastal communities and our ocean. Plastic pollution is a social justice issue, a climate issue and an ocean issue. By 2030, plastic production will contribute 1.3

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Some history: Congress passed annual Rivers and Harbors Acts in the late 19th century, to make appropriations to the Corps of Engineers, to regulate construction in navigable waters, and to protect navigable channels. Resource Links: -- Attorney General Thornburgh’s Address to the Oceans ‘88 Conference on October 31, 1988 -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2022

A report from the World Economic Forum estimates that by 2050 there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish (by weight). Environmental Protection Agency, nearly 36 million tons of plastic was generated in 2018 and less than 9 percent was recycled. According to the U.S.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] This piece previously appeared in the CLS Blue Sky Blog.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 28, 2020

This effluent then travels approximately a half mile, through groundwater, to the Pacific Ocean. In 2012, environmental groups brought a Clean Water Act citizen suit against Maui, claiming that Maui was “discharging a pollutant to navigable waters” without the permit required by the Clean Water Act. 22250 (Apr.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. We are seeing the consequences in bushfires, acidifying oceans and locust invasions – which could push millions of people in East Africa into hunger.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

The US Supreme Court seems to have appointed itself as a rogue Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to protect polluters rather than the public. It would put any new initiative for environmental protection at automatic risk of being snuffed out. The current court is silent on that.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 12, 2023

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR), or the range of technologies and processes for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and oceans, promises to be a major part of US and global climate strategy in the coming decades. Conclusion: The Future of MRV Regulation.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

An expert review panel will discuss the scientific basis for the EPA’s regulation of PFAS chemicals in drinking water. Environmental Protection Agency outlined a plan to stem the flow of trash and untreated sewage from Mexico that foul the Tijuana River and Pacific Ocean. Studies and Reports. PFAS Review Meeting.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency receives $100 million for air quality and climate research. The White House Council on Environmental Quality receives $65 million for environmental and climate data collection. 6180 ) to incentivize removing invasive lionfish from the oceans. Executive Branch.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. New Jersey Appellate Court Affirmed State Authority to Take Easements for Coastal Protection Projects. FEATURED CASE.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

Important actions on this front should focus on reducing the overuse of fertilizers and pesticides, eliminating municipal and industrial discharges to oceans and freshwater systems, and reducing overall garbage that reaches rivers. Policies to stop sources of surface and groundwater pollution need to be strengthened and enforced.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 2, 2023

The letter follows a week of parliamentary hearings where members of parliament interviewed representatives from impacted Nations, Imperial Oil, and the Alberta Energy Regulator. Replacing the Alberta Energy Regulator with an independent regulatory system in which the decision-making authority is shared with the impacted Indigenous nations.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 8, 2023

YE360 also reports that countries are reconsidering their current dam proposals, and advocating for parts of the Mekong and its watersheds to become designated UNESCO heritage sites, which would grant further environmental protections. In total, 11 restrictions were issued.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 12, 2021

. — Environmental groups applaud Canada’s decision today to list “plastic manufactured items” on Schedule 1 under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) and urge the federal government to move quickly to finalize a meaningful ban on nonessential single-use plastics by the end of 2021. The clock is ticking.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We’re on track to see plastic outweigh fish in our oceans by 2050. Stop environmental regulation of plastics. They are seeking to reverse the listing of plastic as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. We’ve entered a federal election, which means we have an opportunity to have our voices heard. .

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