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Can We Use Regulation to Reduce Inequality?

Legal Planet

Inequality is a burning issue in our society but plays only a limited role in the design of regulations. I am skeptical, however, that agencies have statutory authority to choose regulations to maximize benefits to those communities, even assuming courts would not reject this on constitutional grounds.

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A decade of unraveling the effects of regulation on water innovation 

Legal Planet

In a recent post, my colleagues and I reported on our most recent research output in a long series of projects examining the effect of regulation on water innovation. Our team designed parallel national surveys to examine the views of regulators and wastewater utility managers about this nexus.

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To reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm pollution

Environmental News Bits

by Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and Donald Scavia, University of Michigan Midsummer is the time for forecasts of the size of this year’s “dead zones” and algal blooms in major lakes and bays.

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Nanoplastics should be included in existing regulatory frameworks

Environmental News Bits

In a viewpoint article published in Environmental Science & Technology yesterday, researchers address regulatory concerns related to intentionally produced nanoplastics and outline how the inclusion of the three above-mentioned policy and legislative processes could impact the future regulation of nanoplastics.

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Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Volunteers Make Jennings Environmental Ed Center Improving The Prairie Day A Success!

PA Environment Daily

These species, and many others, are shade intolerant and depend on full sun for growth and regulating body temperatures. Prior to working at SRI, Natalie received her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Saint Vincent College and received her Masters of Science in Environmental Science & Management from Duquesne University.

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Chevron Gets the Headlines, But State Farm May Be More Important

Legal Planet

That would be a much more serious blow to government regulation than overruling Chevron , because regulators make controversial decisions about statutory interpretation infrequently but always engage in expert judgment. Download as PDF

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California Supreme Court Finds County Ordinance Limiting Oil & Gas Development Preempted by State Law

Legal Planet

Specifically, the justices concluded that Measure Z “contradicts–and thus is preempted by” a nearly century-old system of oil and gas regulation of California’s oil and gas industry administered by state regulators.

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