Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

The first is practical impact: some rulings are very helpful to environmental lawyers and others are very unhelpful. Previously, the mere fact that someone liked to hike in a wilderness area might not have been seen as a serious enough justification for filing a lawsuit to protect the area. South Carolina Coastal Council.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Those funds were directed toward protecting and restoring vital wild salmon habitats that run along the Hoh, Queets, Clearwater, and Quinault Rivers on the Olympic Peninsula, an area that he and Ric loved. “As Being honored on the same stage as Frank reminded Mike of the power of individuals to protect our shared resources.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

He is a lifelong resident of Seldovia and works to protect the subsistence resources used in the region for generations. A common saying among the coastal people of Alaska is “When the tide is out, the table is set.” The resources APMI provides to the Chugach and Lower Cook Inlet area are far reaching. Never miss an update.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 8, 2021

And we talk about the problems facing our ocean—and the solutions we can develop to solve them. During that same time, these areas have also been the site of oppression, segregation and racism for many, including Black Americans and other minorities and oppressed peoples. Theft of coastal lands. Love our content?

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 6, 2023

As PFAS pollution in Lake Superior threatens Ojibwe fishing practices, a new EPA proposal would require states to consider treaty rights in water quality standards. In an effort to slow coastal erosion, $74 million will be used to build islands and rubble reefs in Illinois Beach State Park. Find all the work here.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2022

Inspired by and modeled after a similar small grants program sponsored by Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup® (ICC) in support of ocean cleanup projects, Ocean Conservancy launched its GGGI Small Grants Program in 2021. Developing infrastructure necessary to collect and properly dispose of waste gear.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 26, 2022

Taller Salud’s mission is to improve women’s access to health, reduce community violence, and support Loíza’s economic development through activism and education. But that isolation also resulted in a lag in socio-economic development. Loíza’s coastline has not been the target of much development (there are no hotels, for example).

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CEQA Developments

JULY 10, 2023

1) affirmed a judgment granting a writ of mandate directing the City of San Diego (City) to set aside its approvals of an ordinance submitting to the voters a ballot measure that would exclude the Midway-Pacific Highway Community Plan Area from the City’s 30-foot height limit on construction of buildings in the Coastal Zone.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 11, 2024

This legislative session, we are committed to protecting this legislation and supporting a strong implementation process. Invest in a Just Transition by reducing the financial burden of energy use and investing in the workforce development needed for a climate-friendly future.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 10, 2021

Vincent’s larger cities–the more technologically developed southern communities of Georgetown, Kingston, and Biabou–are quite different from those on the opposite side of the dry meander. Still, these are the country’s poorest areas, ones that have only recently enjoyed the arrival of electricity.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 11, 2023

Climate change and ocean injustice present dual crises that disproportionately impact marginalized coastal and ocean communities. These recipient organizations are advancing ocean justice in one or more of the following areas: Strengthening coastal communities. Promoting sustainable fishing and traditional Indigenous practices.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Since Mexico is one of 15 countries with the largest marine and coastal areas, it’s not surprising to learn that the presence of abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) exists in Mexican waters. The goals of the project include: Develop knowledge of ghost gear in Mexico. Never miss an update.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Farm Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 582) and the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 (House Bill 600) all contained provisions weakening existing environmental protections and in some cases preventing adoption of new standards. A legislative directive to modify or replace a specific permit appears to cross a significant constitutional line.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 15, 2023

California Coastal Commission, et al. 6) affirmed the trial court’s order denying a motion to intervene filed by a number of interested nonparties (the Northern Chumash Tribal Council, Oceano Beach Community Association, and Center for Biological Diversity, or “Appellants”). Friends of Oceano Dunes, et al. 2023) Cal.App.5th.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

we saw a shift in travel patterns, as people, limited to domestic travel, explore lesser-known areas.” Furthermore, India’s legislative frameworks afford limited protection because of fragmented state-wise tourism policies and the National Ecotourism Policy, 2022 plays a normative function at best. Preserving Nature's Playground a.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The City certified an EIR in 2010 and approved a specific plan for certain land (Areas 3 and 4) next to the Bay, which allowed development of up to 1,260 residential units and a golf course and trails. Area 4 contains wetlands habitat for the harvest mouse. It found use of fill to raise Area 4 housing units 10 to 14.5

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Frontiers

JUNE 12, 2023

Author: Thimedi Hetti The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water is about aiming to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development. My aunt, who was a big part of our childhood, used to take us to her village and remote inland river areas.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2022

From 2016 to 2021, DEP approved 752 plans for the permanent disposal of drill cuttings at oil and gas well drilling sites through the decades-old practice of “dusting”-- forcefully blowing drill cuttings on the ground around their drilling sites, according to DEP’s response to a Right To Know request. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 23, 2021

Without the ocean, we would not be here and we should protect it as best as we can.” I am blessed to live in one of the prime areas for sea turtle nesting in the United States. The ocean is a source of our food, our clean air and for some folks, a way of life; all of this needs to be protected.” Love our content?

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Unless the states acted, she said, the federal government would “protect the system” and apply its own remedy. John Entsminger, the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, which supplies the Las Vegas area, affirmed the groundbreaking nature of the pronouncement. Floods wash away homes; droughts kill livestock and crops.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Some communities have even seen their efforts and livelihoods undermined by outside scholarship, and from these negative experiences, develop a healthy distrust of academics. In doing so, we consider the possibility of fostering solidarity through practices of scholar-activism. has decreased by roughly 90%.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

League to Save Lake Tahoe, Mountain Area Preservation, et al./California Most of the East Parcel is also designated Forest and zoned TPZ, except for a 670-acre portion zoned for development of up to 1,360 dwelling units and 6.6 California Clean Energy Committee v. County of Placer, et al. Sierra Pacific Industries, et al.,

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 30, 2023

Despite the serious and costly risk of coastal flooding, waterfront properties remain alluring to home buyers in California. Include more specific references to coastal regulations (e.g. development restrictions in the Coastal Zone) in the Real Estate Transfer Disclosure Statement or in an addendum to this statement.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 21, 2022

When we think about the sea, most of our attention is paid to areas like the ocean’s surface and coastlines. If you’re fascinated by the ability of certain organisms to thrive in the darkest areas of the deepest parts of our ocean, look no further than this captivating documentation of bioluminescence. Love ocean content?

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Physics World

AUGUST 8, 2021

In essence, the fibre is like a 40 km-long (in our case) seismometer that sits inside a 4 m-deep trench (which protects the fibre from icebergs that might ground and catch on the cable) in the sea floor and measures vibrations in the Earth. It’s already working well, though. What are ice quakes? Read more.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Specifically, developed countries will contribute USD 20 billion a year until 2025, increasing to 30 billion a year until 2030, into international finance for developing countries to mobilize conservation efforts globally. Cassie Barker, Toxics Senior Program Manager, Environmental Defence.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 27, 2021

Our fisheries face challenges in rebuilding stocks to healthy population levels, reducing our impact on ocean habitats and other ocean creatures, supporting subsistence and Tribal fishing and cultural activities, and maintaining strong fishing communities and coastal economies. Never miss an update. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

US federal agencies use SCC as part of their cost-benefit analysis to help with making decisions in several public policy areas, such as transport and energy. The US Environmental Protection Agency has already announced its recommendation that the SCC should be raised to almost $200 per tonne.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 9, 2021

Supercharged storms, drought, rising seas, heat, plagues and wildfires are likely to push people away from coastal areas and parts of the South and West. But as population and industries grew, large swaths were filled in for farms and development. Some Great Lakes farmers are already experimenting with such practices.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 11, 2022

In practice, she is the housing and unusual development secretary for seabirds on Maine’s Petit Manan Island. This was clear as she led me to nesting areas there for Atlantic puffins. Petit Manan is located about 20 miles east of Acadia National Park and is part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

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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. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 and could dramatically reduce CWA protections. Love ocean content?

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com. Here are the additions to the U.S.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

There are four broad types of desert: coastal, cold, hot & dry, and semi-arid. Coastal Deserts. Coastal deserts experience a brief winter of moderate average temperatures of 5C/41F for winter while summer typical reaches an average of between a mild 13C/55F to warmer 24C/75F. The threshold is 10 inches, or 25cm.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 6, 2020

In Apocalypse Never I note that higher temps increase the risks of fires in Australia and California — but that those risks are outweighed by the build-up of wood fuel & new development. may already be doomed to extinction” rest upon something called species area model. He is using the word "disaster" differently than the IPCC.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Devastating climate impacts, from rising sea levels to more intense storms facing our coastal communities simultaneously, come with this global warming. Two of these pilot programs deal with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) investments into systems that manage wastewater, storm water and drinking water. Never miss an update.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 9, 2022

As our ocean connects us, so does the need for solutions to protect it. City Opportunity Statement Summaries: Can Tho, Vietnam: Vietnam aims to reduce 75% of marine plastic debris by 2030 by eliminating single-use plastics and non-biodegradable plastic bags from all coastal tourism areas. Never miss an update.

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