MGKF Law

JULY 6, 2023

Sinclair applied for a hardship exemption from EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standards for compliance year 2018 and, when EPA did not immediately respond, submitted Renewable Identification Numbers (“RINs”) in compliance with the regulations.

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MGKF Law

AUGUST 30, 2022

Read More » Tags: Citizen Suit , Clean Water Act , Federal Jurisdiction , New Jersey , Statutory Notice , Subject Matter Jurisdiction , Third Circuit , Waste. §135.3(a). §135.3(a).

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MGKF Law

DECEMBER 14, 2021

What happens when a property owner agrees with a regulator and a prior owner/operator to accept a commercial-level clean-up with institutional controls, but before the remediation is complete and the deed restriction recorded, a new owner takes title and insists on a clean-up to residential standards? Crown Real Estate Holdings, Inc. ,

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Recent research reveals California’s failure to regulate groundwater contamination from the oil and gas industry. Urban planning experts in the Indian city of Bengaluru are calling on officials to overhaul the city’s stormwater drainage system. A water bottling plant in West Michigan announces plan to decrease water withdraws.

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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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Clean Water Act 2006 2023 Environmental Protection 40

Washington Nature

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Some days are spent tagging and tracking clam development, others gathering water samples at low tide to test for biotoxins. Outside of his work at WWU, Marco is on the advisory committee for the United Nations Ocean Decade Collaborative Center for the Northeast Pacific. I am driven by envisioning healthy communities within those ecosystems.

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Ocean 2002 Environmental Science Conservation 98

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2023

From June 10 to 16, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 651 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 67 violations of environmental regulations-- 61 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 6 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry.

Natural Gas 94

Natural Gas 2023 2011 Regulations 94

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

The reason looking at Waste Management Program enforcement actions is important is in December 2021, the Program determined the disposal of millions of gallons of conventional oil and gas wastewater by dumping it on dirt roads as a dust suppressant did not meet the requirements of DEP’s Residual Waste regulations. Read more here.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Today, the program employs roughly a dozen men to mend fences, tag and inspect Buffalo, and on this night, they were all gathered for the large task of adding the relocated herd to their fields. Photo by Leah Palmer, TNC writer/editor Derrick Bluff is the third generation of his family to herd Buffalo. This is as it should be.

Conservation 98

Conservation 2018 Waste Regulations 98

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 22, 2022

Plants regulate their salt concentrations much like how our bodies regulate blood pressure. The price tag? $13 A salt-affected corn plant on a field in Somerset County, MD. Browning, yellowing, and wilting leaves are a sign of high soil salinity. Photo © Manan Sarupria / UD. In Hyde County, a 17.7 13 million. “It

Sea Level 321

Sea Level Conservation Ocean 2009 321

Frontiers

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We found that tagged sharks spent most of their time adjacent to the MPA, in an area of heavy commercial shark fishing. We made recommendations for management to reconsider the MPA’s shape and regulations to better protect this species. This research resulted from my time as a graduate student.

Ocean 98

Ocean Conservation 2030 Climate Change 98

Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

Critically, and as we’ll discuss in greater depth shortly, hydrogen combustion (as opposed to its use in fuel cells) also leads to greater emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), a toxic group of pollutants regulated under the Clean Air Act. All this is not to say there is no place for hydrogen in a clean energy future.

Natural Gas 147

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Carbon Dioxide 147

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2021

Degrees Celsius Of Warming DEP Forming New PA Energy Storage Consortium; Stakeholder Meeting Sept. 12 Workshop On Adapting Stormwater Management Practices In A Changing Climate Register Now! 19 To Hear Update On Penn State Study Of Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Continue Review Of Draft Conventional Drilling Regs.

2030 52

2030 Conservation 2021 Regulations 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

“Pennsylvanians have a constitutional right to clean air and pure water, and my Administration will hold all companies – no matter how big or small – accountable when they violate the laws and regulations protecting our air and water,” said Gov. Josh Shapiro. Shell recognizes that as a company, it must do better, and this $6.2

Air Pollution 97

Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide 2023 97

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 4, 2024

If and when fossil fuel assets become stranded and lose their value due to government regulation and changes in the energy sector, pension funds are going to be some of the hardest hit financial entities. In 2022 , the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP) alone had $21.72 billion invested in fossil fuels.

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Climate Change Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement 2023 89

Vermont Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

Hogwashing and Greenwashing While the surge of eco-consciousness post- 1992 Earth Summit led to businesses embracing the “green” tag, it also gave rise to “greenwashing,” which distort s environmental objectives for profit using the right buzzwords.

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Frontiers

MAY 20, 2021

The neuro was solid and very cool, but it was the background on honey bee behavioral biology, especially how work is regulated within the hive, that blew my mind. In these experiments, we train honey bees that are individually marked with a little number tag to collect sugar syrup from an artificial feeder at a known location.

2002 98

2002 Conservation Cooling Regulations 98

PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2021

Of Agriculture: Secretary To Tour Urban Gardens Building Resilient Communities -- Ag Progress Days: Exhibits Focus On Animal, Plant Diseases, Invasive Pests [Aug. Of Agriculture: Secretary To Tour Urban Gardens Building Resilient Communities -- Ag Progress Days: Exhibits Focus On Animal, Plant Diseases, Invasive Pests [Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2023

-- AP: After Decades Of Delays And Broken Promises, Coal Miners Hail Rule To Slow Rise Of Black Lung Disease -- Scranton Times Editorial: Overdue Action On Coal Mine Safety -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Adaptation Carries $15 Billion Price Tag For PA Towns, Study Says -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Municipalities Have Big Climate Tab (..)

Natural Gas 75

Natural Gas Ocean Conservation Waste 75

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

That figure is consistent with the price tag for clearing American waters of contamination. The 1972 Clean Water Act immunizes crop farmers from government regulations to control agricultural runoff. Almost $1 million was spent in Lenawee County, and $3.5 million in the five other southeast Michigan counties. .

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Industry opposition to regulating plastics is out of step with science and public opinion. OTTAWA | Unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Environmental groups are jumping into the legal fray to support the federal government as it fends off an industry-led lawsuit challenging its efforts to regulate plastic pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2023

. -- WHYY: SEPTA Natural Gas Power Plant In Nicetown Still Faces Opposition As Philadelphia Weighs Permit Renewal -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak/Jonathan Salant: White House Pushing To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Wells; Methane Accounts For 12% Of All Greenhouse Gas Emissions In PA -- NRDC: PJM Electric Grid Operator Report Confirms (..)

Conservation 87

Conservation Natural Gas Climate Change Waste 87

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

Natural Gas 102

Natural Gas 2024 2023 Carbon Dioxide 102

Vermont Law

APRIL 26, 2019

It is exceeding important for legislators and consumers to be aware that drastic shifts 100% renewable energy markets might placing a huge price tag on the consumer end. She has an interest in international and domestic energy law, regulation and policy. Clean Energy Act, all stakeholders will try their luck at making a profit.

Clean Energy 40

Clean Energy Law Renewable Energy 2018 40

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

After the 2014 Toledo water crisis, the binational International Joint Commission tried to put a price tag on the event. If severe blooms repeat year after year, the price tag rises to $1 billion over a decade. . Fishing guides have grown accustomed to an annual cough, consistent with health warnings.

2014 359

2014 2022 Climate Change Politics 359

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. Climate change, pollution and biodiversity carry price tags that are heftier and longer lasting. This directly impacts human health and wealth.

2020 40

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

The bird was already banded, meaning it had previously been tagged for identification. A new regulation, issued a mere two weeks after the Duke Energy case, allows wind farms to secure thirty-year exemptions from the prohibitions of MBTA. In those two years, that Veery had migrated from New England to Brazil and back.

Law 40

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Physics World

JUNE 9, 2021

The BBB is a semipermeable layer of cells that regulates the movement of ions and molecules between the blood and the central nervous system. Cerebral SVD is the most common cause of vascular cognitive impairment, with many cases leading to dementia. clearance, and may represent a biomarker of the early stages of SVD.

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Regulations 125

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Public outrage is also expected over the $10 billion price tag when the money could be more effectively invested in getting trucks off the congested 401, onto the nearby and underused Highway 407, and building public transit. In 2024, we expect the finalization of these new regulations to drive down emissions.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 28, 2022

Regulators in New York require utilities to perform climate risk assessments. Supreme Court could transform federal climate regulation. Chicago’s heating ordinance already required landlords to regulate apartment building temperatures during cold weather, but it had no similar requirements when the temperature exceeds 68 degrees.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Due to enhanced regulation of these industries and conservation efforts by natural resources agencies and their partners, great strides have been made in treating legacy sources of pollution. There will also be hands-on opportunities for local conservation organizations and schools to participate in mussel-focused classroom programs.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This bill allows fishermen to exchange lionfish tails for fishing tags for other species. Visit this page on ESA’s website for updates on opportunities from the Federal Register , including upcoming meetings and regulations open for public comment. . Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a bill ( H.R. Executive Branch.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Considering social commentary, we look at the FCA’s proposals to regulate diversity and inclusion within the financial services sector, and consider various proposals to address ethnic and racial bias within the criminal justice system.

2007 52

2007 2021 Law Government 52

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

No Environmental Compliance Requirement The PA Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit is awarded without regard to whether a facility receiving the tax credit is complying with the state’s environmental laws and regulations. So far, the Department of Environmental Protection has imposed penalties totalling over $10.6 Read more here.

Air Pollution 110

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The new message from the state comes nearly a month after local activists joined a host of state and national groups to file an emergency petition with the EPA asking federal regulators to intervene in Benton Harbor, citing concerns that a lackluster response from state and local regulators was putting residents at risk.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Whether any such gaps exist in IEL is doubtful, since ordinarily the absence of a legal rule regulating an issue (say, plastics pollution or protection of a species) does not create a gap in the law; it simply means that, legally, states are free to act as they choose. The ‘pact’ could resemble the high-sounding 1982 ‘charter’ for Nature.

Law 52

Law Politics 2015 Sustainable Development 52

MGKF Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

This decision marks the latest action in the ongoing efforts by EPA and states to regulate greenhouse gas emissions; particularly in terms of carbon emissions from currently existing power plants. Read More » Tags: Air , Case Update , Clean Air Act , Climate Change , D.C. Circuit , Greenhouse Gas , Rulemaking.

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