Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In an unforeseen turn of events, a pivotal climate litigation case unfolded in Montana , where 16 young environmental advocates challenged the state’s fossil fuel policies. A Montana judge declared those state laws unconstitutional. With this case, we saw litigation move through the courts to a ruling (which I did not predict)!

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Two other state initiatives were successful: In New York, fifty-nine percent of voters approved an environmental bond of about $4 billion. Before the amendment takes effect, the Legislature must pass laws that define what types of projects are eligible. The blooms prevent sunlight from nourishing the seagrass that sustain the manatees.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It is too early to know what specific policies are driving these reductions, but a return to implementing existing laws, supporting conservation efforts, and ensuring better protection and enforcement around Indigenous territories and protected areas all seem to be having a role in the results. Gray: Yes, for sure.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

Groundwater professionals, natural resource managers, educators, and anyone interested in the management and protection of water resources are invited to attend. The Symposium will be preceded by an optional day-long field trip highlighting springs, caves and other groundwater resources in the Cumberland Valley on May 22.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 30, 2023

Passage of Bill S-5 marks a significant milestone towards better protecting people in Canada and the environment from pollution and toxic chemicals. Bill S-5 is the first major update to Canada’s cornerstone environmental law since Parliament last reformed the law in 1999.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Beginning today, California’s “Little Hoover Commission” will convene a series of three public hearings to consider how well–or poorly–the state’s California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is currently working. The law was a mere four pages long when it was created in 1970. Enter CEQA.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the December 16 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice of 2024 meetings of its advisory committees, boards and commissions and contact persons for each group in the December 16 PA Bulletin. All through its eNotice system.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

At the core of the unit’s work is a unique, first-of-its-kind online screening tool developed by state regulators, research scientists, and data visualization experts. If the tool projects damage to streams and fisheries, the registration is denied. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2023

As the Legislature debated the merits of the package, the two bills that received the most attention were amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Just last week, Governor Newsom signed an amended version of this package into law, with the CEQA bills passing through largely untouched.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 22, 2023

The Rundown The EPA wants to expand the number of coal ash facilities regulated to protect water bodies from contaminants. Lawmakers in Congress introduce bills on hydropower reform , mining law reform , and water technology adoption. The EPA orders Baltimore to protect its drinking water reservoirs from animal waste.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

On March 28, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited Cashman’s Hardware Store in Adams County to promote Pennsylvania’s updated fertilizer law and educate consumers on best practices to manage their lawn care in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable way. The revisions to the Pennsylvania Fertilizer Law, signed by Gov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 1, 2023

Lately, I have been writing a lot about cumulative impacts from environmental hazards. These standards no longer adequately protect the public. And by considering multiple facilities at a time, this UCS report shows that Minnesota should act to reduce ethylene oxide emissions to protect public health. What can be done?

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

During the pursuit of cultural resource protection, tribes are compelled to reveal an extraordinary amount of sensitive information. Background: What Do Tribes Seek to Protect and Why? As previously stated, tribal cultural resources include intangible traditional knowledge as well as tangible resources and landscapes.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This call-to-action seeks to garner an initial $1 billion in investments and support to transform the status quo that values cleared lands more than standing forests into new forest economies that are built on environmental sustainability and deliver robust and equitable economic growth for the people living in GCF Task Force states and provinces.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Candidate at UCLA Law (2L) Last week, Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula introduced AB 2623 , a bill designed to guard California communities against the dangers of transporting carbon dioxide in pipelines. However, it is unclear how protective the new federal regulations will be. Guest contributor Jennifer Imm is a J.D.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In 2015, the Dutch environmental organization Urgenda Foundation with nearly 900 co-plaintiffs took the Dutch government to court. They argued that the government was failing to take sufficient action to combat climate change, which was, in their view, a violation of its duty to protect its citizens’ well-being.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2024

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the January 27 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 27 PA Bulletin it is extending the deadline for conventional and unconventional natural gas facility operators to submit their first methane pollution emissions report to June 1, 2024.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2023

Do US environmental laws recognize “cumulative risks” and “cumulative impacts” as real and substantial? Working in this field has meant interacting with experts from various backgrounds, areas of study, and experiences who are working to enact more holistic and protective environmental policies. Do they harm us?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 21, 2023

Million Investment In 54 Electric Vehicle Charging Projects In 35 Counties Funded By The Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law University Of Pittsburgh, Vesper Energy Cut Ribbon On New 20-Megawatt Solar Energy Facility Near Pittsburgh Airport PA Assn. The August 21 PA Environment Digest is now available. 21; And Above Ground-- Oct.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 8, 2021

ECOJUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ONTARIO NATURE. Ontario government revokes MZO following pressure from local, environmental and Indigenous Groups. The area at Duffins Creek now returns to zoning laws applied by the City of Pickering and its status as an “urban reserve” with environmentally protective zoning is restored.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 2, 2022

Finally, after over two decades of waiting, the Canadian government listened to the thousands of people across Canada who called for stronger laws to protect us against toxic chemicals. At the end of June, the Senate approved Bill S-5, the long-awaited legislation to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA).

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Legal Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Wells Environmental Law Clinic and the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability have released a new report, Concentrated Overburden , that explores the connection between California’s history of racialized land use practices and environmental injustice throughout the state. The Frank G.

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JUNE 1, 2022

Environmental justice (EJ) is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies. June 15, 2022, 2 pmRegister here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2024

"Devastating floods are not a future threat, they are already happening," says Rebecca Shelton, Director of Policy at Appalachian Citizens' Law Center. These organizations collectively represent a broad cross-section of interests and expertise in the region, ranging from environmental protection to community development and economic progress.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

If you live, work, or learn near any of these facilities, you probably have a long list of questions about the chemical, about EPA’s intended actions to require emission reductions, and about how you can get involved to advocate for health-protective decisions. I’ve compiled some information to get you started.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

VPPs could also save money for customers in the long-term, helping to maintain an adequate supply of power without requiring the construction and maintenance of new and expensive power transmission and distribution infrastructure.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

She served as Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at the US Environmental Protection Agency and has spent much if not most of her career caring for our shared watershed. -- Reba Carruth is on IPC's Board and serves as our Program and Advocacy Committee!

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

So, to address global climate change, we must better protect tropical forests. This second installment of our conversation centers on the always confusing, often divisive, and sometimes not-so-good news around carbon offsets, particularly as they relate to tropical forest protection.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Their results are supported by a separate study by FEV Consulting, commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), comparing the labor hours required to build the Volkswagen (VW) ID.4 This handy tool tracks EV-related job announcements). The CMU findings are not an outlier.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 21, 2023

The IAA is the federal government’s primary tool for assessing the environmental and social impacts of major projects and proposals, such as pipelines, mines, transmission lines, and dams. Provincial and federal governments share the legal authority to protect the environment and conserve nature. We’re in a climate emergency.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

394), known as the Clean Streams Law or DEP regulations, including but not limited to, any unresolved violations or current Consent Order and Agreements, Administrative Orders or Field Orders. Visit PennVEST’s Clean Water Project Procurement Program webpage for all the details and how to apply.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 5205 ) -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 19 PA Bulletin has banned the sale of electronic products by Proexpress Distribution, LLC in Pennsylvania as a result of non-compliance with the electronic waste recycling law. ( Montgomery County.

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Law Columbia

JULY 21, 2023

This report, which forms part of the Sabin Center’s broader Climate Law and Finance Initiative , provides a toolkit to help academics, attorneys, insurance practitioners, and industry regulators model (re)insurer climate litigation risk. The economic impact of climate litigation can be enormous.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

While the analysis did not include provisions of the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) or Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, NREL did release some updated 100-percent-by-2035 scenarios with and without the IRA in its December 2022 Standard Scenarios Report. One area where the bill could do better? What’s next?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the April 8 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 8 PA Bulletin inviting comments on its intent to issue a Title V Air Quality permit for the Monessen Coke (Coal) Plant in Monessen, Westmoreland County. (

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Environment, Law, and History

DECEMBER 28, 2020

That is to say, many current regulatory bodies and laws are rooted in the sanitary boards created and statutes drafted during industrialisation to address cholera, typhus and other diseases then associated with urban life. Under the umbrella of Cicero’s maxim was also enacted legislation controlling air and river pollution.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In the Forest to Faucets program in Colorado, forest restoration in key areas is proving to be pivotal for reducing forest fires, protecting against post-fire sedimentation in the riverbeds and creeks that feed the water supply, and improving ecosystem health. We depict the interplay of these dynamics in the figure below. & Kiparsky M.

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