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State Net
over 7 years ago
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State Net Capitol Journal – Here Comes El Nino and Drought Stokes Wildfires in Western States
California Update: Here Comes El Nino While much of the West suffers through an epic drought that has contributed to a deadly fire season, state and local officials are bracing for a severe El Nino winter that could bring substantial rain along the...
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
over 7 years ago
Environmental
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USFWS WV Field Office Guidance on Bat Conservation Plans – Proceed Cautiously
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has released the “Guidance on Developing and Implementing a Myotid Bat Conservation Plan. http://www.fws.gov/westvirginiafieldoffice/PDF/WVFO_IBCP.pdf . Key teaching points about this guidance are raised in the following...
Ted Zwayer
over 7 years ago
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Duane Morris LLP
over 8 years ago
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California State Water Resources Control Board Issues Drought Regulations Restricting Certain Water Uses and Ordering Curtailments in Several Watersheds
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, California is experiencing severe to exceptional drought conditions. Twice in 2014, California Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr. has issued proclamations regarding the State of Emergency related to...
Duane Morris LLP
over 7 years ago
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Clean Air and Clean Water
California Governor Issues Drought Emergency Proclamation for 25-Percent Urban Water Conservation
On April 1, 2015, California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. issued an Executive Order to address the significant drought conditions in the state. This Alert provides a summary of the key measures, which are effective immediately. 25-percent urban...
State Net
over 9 years ago
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Governor Jerry Brown Urges Conservation As California Runs Dry
BROWN URGES CONSERVATION AS CA RUNS DRY: With the state facing its worst drought in decades, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) urged Golden State residents last week to cut back their water usage wherever possible. Brown said residents should voluntarily...
LexisNexis Environmental Law Community Staff
over 10 years ago
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Roadless Rule Emerges Victorious From Decade of Legal Challenges
By Mr. Michael Anderson Get the latest expert analysis on the federal "Roadless Area Conservation Rule," which bans road building and logging on millions of acres of national forest land in numerous states. This article includes an overview...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
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Animal Welfare Institute Sues BP For Allegedly Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive
NEW ORLEANS - The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court June 30 against British Petroleum America Inc., British Petroleum Exploration & Production and British Petroleum...
Nancy Greening
over 14 years ago
Real Estate Law
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Green factors in choosing home include mileage!
How many miles would you need to drive to work, shopping, and other necessary places, from the home you're considering purchasing or renting? Increasingly, purchasers and renters are becoming as interested in mileage as they are in square footage...
Vetstein Law Group, P.C.
over 11 years ago
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Vetstein Law Group: Wetlands, Swamps and Buffer Zones: A Primer on Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Law
By Richard D. Vetstein, ESQ Overview of Wetlands Regulations Massachusetts has one of the most restrictive wetlands and environmental codes in the U.S. Simply put you cannot do anything - not clear, cut, fill, dump (not even leaves, grass clippings...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 13 years ago
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National Marine Fisheries Service concurs, pesticides acting together harm salmon
As noted in a prior post, researchers have found that various pesticides act synergistically to harm salmon. The report by scientists of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center evaluated the effects of 5 of the most extensively used pesticides in the Pacific...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 13 years ago
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Conservation could reduce peak electricity demand by 20%, notes FERC report
A recent FERC report notes that conservation measures by both business and residential electricity customers (known as demand response programs) could reduce peak demand by as much as 20%. The decreased demand could prevent the need for several hundred...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 13 years ago
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Can the decreasing size of fish due to fishing be reversed? Perhaps
The common practice of catching only the larger fish in a population becomes an evolutionary pressure for later generations to stay small and grow slow, a problem seen emerging with a number of fish species commonly taken for food. A recent study suggests...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 14 years ago
Environmental
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Migration patterns of bluefin tuna result in an over-estimation of their numbers, and complicate option for management plans
A number of strategies have been noted in prior posts for increasing marine life in a particular area. In terms of commercial fishing, two strategies that have shown some success have been a) the creation of islands of no-fishing, which allow all marine...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 13 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law Blog
Contrary to popular belief, leave them alone and damaged ecosystems will bounce back much more rapidly than believed
Many studies on various aspects of the global environment provide evidence that humankind is inflicting significant damage to the ecosystems that support human livelihoods. Many such studies also predict that ecosystems will take centuries to recover...
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