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JUNE 24, 2021

Earlier this month, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania concluded that the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) erred in its dismissal of the petitioners’ appeal of the approval of a compressor station plan by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Photo credit: USAID US Agency for International Development via Wikimedia. But if society acts early, this price tag could be cut by up to 30-fold. They projected the price tag under three scenarios: no adaptation, reactive adaptation, and proactive adaptation. In California , for instance, high cliffs protect many properties.

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MGKF Law

MAY 29, 2023

Read More » Tags: Clean Water Act , Decisions of Note , EPA , Major Questions Doctrine , Navigability , Ninth Circuit , Rapanos , Supreme Court , United States Supreme Court , Wetlands In Sackett v. EPA , 2023 WL 3632751 (U.S. See 88 Fed.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

Additionally, Shell will spend another $5 million for environmental projects to benefit the local communities. DEP’s Office of Environmental Justice will collaborate on this effort. In total, communities in Western Pennsylvania will directly receive $6.2 Josh Shapiro. Shell recognizes that as a company, it must do better, and this $6.2

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MGKF Law

JULY 6, 2021

Read More » Tags: Air , CERCLA , Chevron Deference , Clean Air Act , Emissions , Pennsylvania , Permits , Superfund , Third Circuit. Clean Air Council v. Steel Corp. , 20-2215, 2021 U.S.

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

It garnered praise for raising environmental awareness , sensitizing the next generation , showcasing marginalized communities , preserving endangered cultures , and safeguarding wildlife. Researchers have well-studied the climatic and environmental impact of over-tourism. This leaves us to ponder the question: II. In Union of India v.

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MGKF Law

JUNE 28, 2021

Petitioners, three small fuel refineries, had each applied for a hardship exemption under the RFS program, and the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) had granted each request. Renewable Fuels Association, et al., 20-472 (June 25, 2021).

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Marine protected areas are meant to give threatened species space to live and thrive. But in a recent paper in Frontiers in Marine Science , Patricia Albano and colleagues showed that at least one protective area isn’t capturing the range that endangered sharks use as they grow, leaving them vulnerable to commercial fishing.

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MGKF Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Read More » Tags: Allocation , Apportionment , CERCLA , Cleanup , Consent Decree , Contamination , Contribution , Cost Recovery , Divisibility , First Circuit , Groundwater , National Contingency Plan , National Priorities List , Remediation , Sediment Sites , Superfund.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of the Eastwick Lower Darby Creek Area Community Advisory Group for Excellence in Community Involvement for this year’s Superfund Notable Achievement Awards. A history of flooding, toxic dumping, and heavy industry made Eastwick an environmentally vulnerable neighborhood.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2021

2021 Virtual Watershed Congress In Southeast PA [PaEN] -- DEP: Issues Air Pollution Warning For Friday, August 13 In Southeastern PA Counties -- DEP: Notice Of Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

Total Conventional Operator Penalties Over the last five years, DEP reported conventional oil and gas operators were issued more than 17,000 notices of violation for dozens of different kinds of environmental and administrative violations. Read more here. Conventional Compliance Review On July 30, Gov. The evaluation was outlined by Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2021

Wolf: Multi-Agency Resource Center To Open In Bucks County To Assist Individuals & Businesses Affected By Recent Damaging Storms -- ErieT: 18-Year-Old Man Drowns In Rain Swollen Waterways Of Wintergreen Gorge -- Wissahickon Trails: August 17 - Green Stormwater Infrastructure For Homeowners Webinar. Winter State Park, Union County -- Gov.

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Science Blogs

AUGUST 21, 2017

The NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team , or HAQAST, is collaborating with health departments, county and state agencies, and university researchers to get the word out about its satellite data. Another was improving communication and relationships between agencies like NASA, the EPA, and NOAA.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency, which earlier threatened to scuttle the plan, signed off in July on the “phased approach” to address the problem created as the dam lost its capacity to trap sediment and nutrients flowing downstream. But the price tag was more than $53 million a year, and there was no money.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. 2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Executive Branch.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2024

Since the inception of the environmental justice (EJ) movement, EJ leaders have called for accountability by the federal government for meeting the needs of communities that for generations have been systematically excluded, environmentally overburdened, and starved of much needed and deserved resources.

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MGKF Law

APRIL 9, 2023

Read More » Tags: Air , Clean Air Act , Clean Water Act , Due Process , Federal Jurisdiction , Federal Procedure , Greenhouse Gas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Procedure , Rapanos , Standing , Water Five days later, in The State of Louisiana, et al. Wiener, Jr. 13990 (the “Executive Order”).

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

On May 10, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution 72/277 (“Toward a Global Pact for the Environment”) , which calls for the Secretary General to submit “a technical and evidence-based report” on “possible gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments” at the 73rd session of the UNGA.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 28, 2022

Canada ’s House of Commons considers a bill addressing environmental racism. State Republicans initially opposed the measure, citing the multi-million dollar price tag for wastewater treatment and the paper mill industry. Regulators in New York require utilities to perform climate risk assessments. may violate civil rights laws.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 20, 2021

That’s 47 times the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s “action level,” though no amount of lead is considered safe. We were dealing with some pretty systemic issues,” said Eric Oswald, director of drinking water and environmental health for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE).

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2022

The federal agencies responsible for more than 200 hatchery programs — including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. From the very start, federal agencies had evidence of hatcheries’ failures. Federal scientists project that salmon survival will decline by as much as 90% over the next 40 years.

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MGKF Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Circuit granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) motion to stay the vacatur of the Trump administration’s Clean Power Plan Repeal Rule until EPA conducts further rulemaking on the issue in the case of American Lung Association v. On February 22, 2021, the D.C. 19-1140 (D.C.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] Senate next voting day March 18, 19, 20 -- Committee Schedule -- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Read more here. Room G-50 Iris Building.

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Acoel

JUNE 10, 2021

They were hoping to catch a rare longfin mako shark, put a satellite tag on it, and then monitor its movements and behavior. After 10 hours of rough seas, a large adult longfin took the bait and nearly capsized the boat—in the end, they wrestled the shark onto the boat just long enough to tag it and let it go. They got lucky.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal A governor-ordered inquiry into how well conventional oil and gas drillers in Pennsylvania are obeying environmental laws has found a “culture of noncompliance”, with drillers routinely abandoning wells without plugging them as required to prevent the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Ruling allows the EPA to protect Bristol Bay. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have expressed concerns over the total price tag of the budget reconciliation bill. . but it includes funding for research and other environmental provisions. Lawmakers also boost climate research at other agencies. International.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

But along with those macro-level issues, Trump and his cronies are still hammering away at climate change denial, environmental protection, research funding and public health issues. Watch Donald Trump Throw Binders Full of Highway Environmental Reviews on the Floor. Trump administration touts innovation, cuts funding for it.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council and NOAA’s Scientific Advisory Board to meet. Both Senators voted for a procedural motion to advance consideration of the bill but have expressed concerns about the total price tag. More News: Infrastructure bill protects forests for climate resilience – E&E News.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Federal judge strikes down the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule. trillion reconciliation bill to agencies under their jurisdiction. Both Senators voted for a procedural motion to advance consideration of the bill, but they have expressed concerns about the total price tag. Executive Branch. International.

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