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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for Friday May 05, 2023 ( 2 items )  

Environmental Law & Policy Center: Federal Judge Approves Consent Decree to Limit Lake Erie Nutrient & Algae Pollution
TOLEDO, Ohio, May 5 (TNSgov) -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Federal Judge James Carr (Northern District of Ohio) signed a consent decree today, establishing deadlines for completion of an action plan to address the toxic algae blooms that continue to plague western Lake Erie every summer. The consent decree requires the Ohio EPA to submit a final plan, known as a total maximum daily load, or "TMDL", to U.S. EPA by June 30, 2023, and sets dea  more

Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis: 200 and Counting - Global Financial Institutions Committed to Coal Divestment Has Doubled in Three Years
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 5 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: In its latest report, IEEFA has found that globally significant financial institutions (FIs) are committing to divesting away from coal at a quicker rate as climate change becomes a priority globally. It took almost six years for the first 100 institutions to adopt coal exclusion policies, but since then the number has doubled in just over three years. IEEFA's debt ma  more