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. Pittsburgh Press, 2018). Her argument is broken into three sections.

Clean Water Act

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

Government

Academy of Natural Sciences

JUNE 2, 2022

These systems have federal, state and supplier regulations to ensure it remains safe and clean. Well water — which comes from the ground — is not regulated, since limits on contaminant levels are only enforced in public systems. Pennsylvania has an estimated one million private wells in use for drinking water. Brian Yurasits/Unsplash.

Waste

Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

Climatology, or sometimes known as climate science, is the study of the Earth's weather patterns and the systems that cause them. Known as ENSO, they are opposite effects of the same process and are defined as an oscillation (a variation in magnitude) between the temperature of the atmosphere and the ocean. What Climatology Is.

Atmosphere

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

They argue for defunding or tightly regulating all solar geoengineering research – drawing analogies with chemical weapons research, for example. And such a normalization of research – from my reading of the social science literature – risks enabling further climate procrastination.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Several new regulations controlling methane emissions have been adopted recently, including two new rules for the US oil and gas sector announced last week. First, underwater – in the sediments on the bottom of swamps, lakes, and the ocean. This tension is very much alive in using GWPs to regulate.

Atmosphere

Environment Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In this article, you will learn how ISO 14000 can help businesses to adapt to our environmental crisis and how to get certified. Seas are rising and oceans are acidifying. The number 14000 is an identifier that refers to the broad family of Environmental Management System (EMS) standards. Author Bio. Jane Courtnell.

2015

ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities. million acres of the Arctic Ocean from oil and gas exploration.

2023

ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Delayed Formaldehyde Critique by Science Advisers Set to Begin – Bloomberg. EPA says state agencies’ regulation of air pollution may violate civil rights of Black residents – Nola.com. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press. White House OSTP – Ocean Climate Action Plan.

2022

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

It is a practice and a philosophy, utilizing scientific tools and methods with applied ethics, and, where necessary, regulation and environmental law to limit the use of certain materials. Most sciences are about looking for answers to problems within the data generated and devising tests to solve them. Sponsored Content.

Conservation

ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The significant nexus test determines that the Clean Water Act applies if wetlands have a “significant nexus” to regulated waters. White House : The Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Council on Environmental Quality are requesting input to inform the development of a U.S. Ocean Climate Action Plan.

2022

ESA

JULY 12, 2021

Amid competing House and Senate proposals to increase funding levels for the National Science Foundation, the House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill covering NSF, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. The bill includes $9.63 The Biden administration requested $10.2

2021

Legal Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

One is the recent EPA announcement of their finalized National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) which establishes Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) of 6 PFAS (often called “forever chemicals”). Sabrina Ashjian: T here are lots of legislative and regulatory actions happening which provide hope.

Earth Day

ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award Do you know someone who has made positive efforts toward environmental sustainability in Portland, Oregon? Congress Senate votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule, Biden is expected to veto the measure. Four Democratic Senators, Sens. Another bill ( H.R.

2023

ESA

MARCH 6, 2023

Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities. States Washington state holds carbon allowance auction.

2023

ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In this issue: Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities. Other recommendations include increasing U.S.

2023

ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

EPA – Environmental Justice Considerations for the Development of the Proposed Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) National Primary Drinking Water Regulation Public Meeting (March 2). EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Science Advisory Board (March 2-7). Comments are due by March 4, 2022.

2022

ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

World leaders gather in France for ocean summit. Morris (State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry), W. The policy should remain in place, the resolution says, until the Forest Service drafts and completes new regulations that would establish a revised wildfire strategy. International.

2022

ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

A NASEM report “ Motivating Local Climate Adaptation and Strengthing Resilience ” provides guidance for active and ongoing efforts to move science and data into action and to enable and empower applied research that will strengthen capacities for hazard mitigation and resilience in communities, across the nation, and around the world.

2021

ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

The report’s authors conclude that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land and that widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. Regulation, Litigation – Bloomberg Law. Commerce, Science and Transportation. UN Climate Report Expected to Drive U.S.

2021

Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Rick Perry blames ocean for climate change: Energy secretary once again denies scientific consensus. Trump regulators trigger pollution fight. Trump's alarming environmental rollback: what's been scrapped so far. Groups see climate science review as chance to undercut regulation. Supreme Court Stymies Science. .

Climate Change

Legal Planet

MAY 22, 2025

EO 14285: Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources EO 14276: Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness EO 14270: Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy EO 14264: Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads EO 14260: Protecting American Energy From State Overreach EO 14241: Immediate Measures (..)

Fossil Fuels