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Redefining WOTUS: What Businesses Need to Know

3BL Media

EPA and subsequent agency actions have significantly shifted how WOTUS is interpreted and enforced. EPA (2023) concluded that the U.S. EPAs definitions and utilization of adjacent and significant nexus in the CWA was inconsistent with the structure of the Act. EPA authority over the navigable waters of the U.S.To

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EPA Issues First Permit to Store DAC-Captured CO2 to Oxy

ESG Today

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to sequester CO2 captured from its Texas-based DAC megaproject STRATOS in deep underground wells. EPA Regional Administrator Scott Mason said: EPA is committed to approving permits as quickly as possible and ensuring they meet requirements to protect drinking water sources.

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Woodside wrestles with EPA after reports it has rejected biggest new gas field in Australia

Renew Economy

The post Woodside wrestles with EPA after reports it has rejected biggest new gas field in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy. Woodside says it is working with "relevant regulators" amid reports a $30 billion gas megaproject in one of the world's richest marine zones has been rejected.

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SCOTUS ruling on EPA leaves US businesses with the devil they don’t know

GreenBiz

EPA just made an already uncertain environment worse. For American companies seeking clarity on U.S. climate policy, the Supreme Court decision on West Virginia v.

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“Tough cop on the beat,” or new plod enforcing old “broken laws”? Labor’s EPA gets a grilling

Renew Economy

Labor’s EPA gets a grilling appeared first on RenewEconomy. Legislation to set up Australia’s first national environment protection agency promises strong new powers and penalties to protect the natural environment. Critics are not so sure.

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Robbins Island wind project heads back to court, as EPA digs in over “sensitive dunes”

Renew Economy

The post Robbins Island wind project heads back to court, as EPA digs in over “sensitive dunes” appeared first on RenewEconomy. The fate of a $1 billion-plus, 900MW wind farm remains in limbo, with Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority confirming it will appeal the huge project's approval.

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New EPA report highlights climate impacts of food waste

GreenBiz

The food waste reduction strategy with the greatest environmental benefits is not recycling, it is prevention.

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