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District Court Failed to Consider Maui Factors as to Mining Company's Groundwater Discharges, Tenth Circuit Holds

MGKF Law

On January 3, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed a district court decision that held that a Colorado gold mining company’s operation of four settling ponds constituted an unpermitted discharge of pollutants into navigable waters under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”). In Stone v.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

Circle of Blue

Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms Water sampling finds no reduction in bloom-producing nutrients. A determined woman with a keen mind, Taylor knows farming, environment, water, minerals, education, and a lot more about Lenawee County where she lives. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue.

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Statement on the Government of Alberta’s Moratorium on Renewable Energy Projects

Enviromental Defense

The price tag to clean up that mess is at least $120 billion – and mounting. Every province must do its part to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, at the pace and scale dictated by science. The fossil fuel industry has disrupted close to 900 square kilometers and left tens of thousands of inactive and orphan wells.

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Bay Journal: Legacy Sediment Behind Old Mill Dams Could Help Heal Abandoned Mine Land

PA Environment Daily

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal Fertile sediment bottled up behind old mill dams in Pennsylvania is a relentless source of nutrient and sediment pollution in local waterways that flow toward the Chesapeake Bay. Sediment makes the water murky, smothering fish habitat and blocking sunlight for underwater grasses.

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Federal Court Dismisses all but CERCLA Cost Recovery Claim in Challenge to McClellan Air Force Base Clean-Up

MGKF Law

Water Dist. The water utilities allege that during active operations of the Base, the federal government used products containing Cr6, which contaminated the groundwater aquifer from which the water utilities derive municipal drinking water, making it unsafe for human consumption. In Rio Linda Elverta Cmty.

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Keep PA Beautiful Launches Waterway Steward Program To Protect Water Trails July 1

PA Environment Daily

Keep PA Beautiful is launching the new PA Waterway Steward Program to engage Pennsylvania water trail users in citizen science and build long term stewardship of our water trails, while providing valuable data to tell the story about litter in our waterways. Applications accepted starting July 1. Click Here to become a member.

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DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24

PA Environment Daily

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