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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider whether federal and state agencies must clearly define limits on wastewater pollution when issuing discharge permits. 🔗Read more about this story and our other notable updates mentioned below in this week's California Environmental Law & Policy Update: https://hubs.li/Q02z7WQ30 ✔️ Carbon offsets, a much-criticized climate tool, get federal guidelines ✔️ Environmental groups urge California wildlife officials to investigate bottled water operation ✔️ California attorney general seeks to enforce plastics probe subpoenas in court #WasteWater #EnvironmentalUpdate #California #Environmental

Hollywood screen legend Audrey Hepburn once said, “Water is life and clean water means health.” – and, apparently, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agrees. In her latest article, Eastman & Smith’s #environmental attorney Lindsay Rich Steinmetz explores the EPA’s recent - and first ever! – standard that regulates the presence of ‘forever chemicals’ in American drinking water. Highlights include: ~the actual definition of forever chemicals (or, as they are officially known, PFAS); ~the new allowable limits of PFAs; ~federal funding available to help communities comply with the new standard; and more. To read the complete analysis, please visit https://lnkd.in/d--P-PqS. #EastmanSmith #EnvironmentalLaw #CleanWater #Water

For over 50 years, the Clean Water Act has improved the health of many waters and prevented deterioration in many more. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 63 percent of the nation's wetlands and up to 4.9 million miles of streams will lose federal protections due to a Supreme Court's ruling. Watch this video to learn more. #CleanWaterAct #Water #CleanWater #WaterisLife

☣️ On March 28, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published a final rule (the 2024 Rule) that expands the number of facilities required to develop a facility response plan for a worst-case discharge of certain hazardous substances or the threat of such a discharge. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g3FC_ACw #AllyLaw #GlobalMatters #Environment #AllyLawNetwork

(Environmental Concerns) (2011 CLD 1280 ENVIRONMENTAL-TRIBUNAL-LAHORE): The Environmental Tribunal highlighted the importance of compliance with environmental protection orders. If the premises are sealed due to environmental violations, the.de-sealing could be considered only after thorough adjudication at the final hearing immediate de-sealing may not be permitted if it may cause adverse.environmental effects and irreparable loss to the public. #thevalueoflaw

'Environmental vandalism': Anger as watchdog says government may have broken law over sewage spills The row over the government's handling of sewage pollution in the UK's waterways escalated further this morning, after the Office for Environmental Programs (OEP) confirmed current regulations covering sewer overflows may have breached environmental laws. The watchdog said it had identified possible failures to comply with environmental law by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Environment Agency and Ofwat, following an investigation that was launched in June last year. Read the full story on BusinessGreen 👇 http://ow.ly/CO9A104U1Jg #Environmentalvandalism #sewagepollution #seweroverflows #environmentallaws #sewage

📢 Regulations update: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published the proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) to address lead in drinking water and protect public health. Among the changes in the new rule is the requirement to replace all lead service lines within 10 years 🚰 ⏰ Find out more in the comments. #DrinkingWater #PublicHealth #OneWater #ConsultingAdvisory

The EPA has selected six priority areas as National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives for the 2024-2027 fiscal years. These NECIs outline issues that the EPA has identified as posing environmental and public health challenges, including mitigating climate change, drinking water standards and PFAS exposure. Learn more about the initiatives in this alert by Max Kelln, Aaron Szabo and Brianna Edwards. #EPA #Environment #ClimateChange #PFAS #DrinkingWater #Law

What is the Clean Water Act, and how does a Supreme Court's decision impact clean water for all? “The Clean Water Act is a 50-year-old law to help control water pollution. Last year, the Supreme Court decided that the Clean Water Act didn't apply to many waters it had protected for decades. As a result, over half of the wetlands in the country don't have Clean Water Act protections now,” explains Julian Gonzalez, Senior Legislative Counsel for Earthjustice. Watch this video to learn how this ruling sharply undercut the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to safeguard millions of acres of waterways from pollution and destruction. #Protectourwaters #CleanWaterforall #CleanWaterAct #Cleanwater

What laws exist to protect the environment? 🤔 Download this free #teachingresource and explore environmental protection laws and Green Crime with your students. ➡️https://ow.ly/wq8350S9mRv #WorldEnvironmentDay #LessonPlans #CitizenshipEd