Via the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic The Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic submitted comments in opposition to the Trump Administration’s proposal to revise the definition …
Clinic Paper Supports Use of Ratepayer Funds to Replace Lead Service Lines
Via the Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic The Clinic is releasing a paper analyzing the authority of water utilities in thirteen key states to use ratepayer funds to pay for full lead service …
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Laws in states with the most lead service lines support using rates to fund replacement on private property: New analysis
Via the Environmental Defense Fund By: Tom Neltner Lead service lines (LSLs) – the lead pipes that connect a building’s plumbing to the water main under the street – are a significant source of …
Coastal Resilience Partnership unites 10 municipalities in effort to combat effects of climate change
Via the South Florida Sun Sentinel By: Austen Erbalt A new partnership between Palm Beach County and 10 of its coastal municipalities is hoping to combat the effects of climate change with a …
Puerto Rico Benefits From Harvard’s Living Lab
Via Harvard Law Today A plan designed by a team of Harvard University students to create a reliable source of renewable, affordable electricity for a Puerto Rican community hammered in 2017 by …
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More than 20 Utah local leaders file court briefs opposing shrinkage of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase monuments
Via The Salt Lake Tribune By: Taylor Stevens A group of 21 mayors and council members from around Utah have signed onto briefs with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in support …