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PFAS News Roundup: End of Chevron deference may intensify drinking water contamination by further delaying PFAS cleanup, experts warn | Great Lakes Now

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PFAS News Roundup: End of Chevron deference may intensify drinking water contamination by further delaying PFAS cleanup, experts warn

In an article by the Wisconsin Examiner, legal experts cited the myriad of ways the Supreme Court ruling on Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned the Chevron deference, will likely harm future PFAS litigation. The decision came just days after a group of utilities and chemical companies filed three lawsuits in the U.S.

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Denmark moves to tax farmers on livestock greenhouse gas production

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Danish government officials and Danish livestock farmers have reached agreement, judging by widespread reports, on details of a proposed tax on methane emissions from that nation’s ruminants.  Beginning in 2030, Danish farmers are to pay a tax of 300 kroner ($59.38 CAD) per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent, rising by 2035 to 750 kroner ($148.46), […]

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SPORTS BRIEFS: Owen Sound local playing for Team Belgium

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OWEN SOUND LOCAL PLAYING FOR TEAM BELGIUM Owen Sound’s Brittany Stephens is playing for Team Belgium at the European Women’s Lacrosse Championships in Portugal. Stephens started playing lacrosse with the Owen Sound North Stars girls’ field lacrosse program in 2010 before playing NCAA lacrosse at The University of Findlay in Ohio. Stephens later coached with […]