Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 1, 2022
It’s now being raised as a political issue. Court of Appeals issued a ruling that lends legal muscle to a five-year old petition that Food & Water Watch and 36 allies filed to compel the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update CAFO permitting regulations. Water worries. As a legal issue. As a legislative issue.”.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Their collective trauma dates back to August 2, 2014, when she and half a million other Toledoans woke to alarming news: the water coming out of their taps was toxic. Their drinking water contained microcystin, a toxin known to cause diarrhea, vomiting, and liver damage at small concentrations. And political power with it.
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Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Fifty years ago the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed and the Clean Water Act was enacted to clear pollution from the region’s waters. clean water statute, though, give farmers and their wastes special treatment. A Weakened National Imperative. Both the bi-national agreement and the U.S.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The authority to do so is embedded in the federal 1972 Clean Water Act, which defined large livestock and poultry farms as “point sources” of water pollution that require permits to discharge their wastes. . In 2014, many of those EGLE staff members provided the technical details underlying Republican Gov.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 23, 2021
PaEN] -- Delaware RiverKeeper Applauds Federal Court Action To Vacate Rollback Of Section 401 Federal Clean Water Act Reviews [PaEN] -- Natural Gas Pipeline Advocate Fmr. Coal Production Up Sharply After Hitting 50-Year Low Last Year -- The Economist: All Manner Of Industries Are Piling Into The Hydrogen Rush PA Politics -- Sen.
Vermont Law
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
In March of 2014, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued an “interpretive rule” regarding section 404 of the Clean Water Act, circumventing a notice and comment period. Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), “interpretive rules” are merely advisory and do not carry the force of law. Summary. :
Vermont Law
APRIL 6, 2015
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently released the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Report Card. In 2010, following years of missed deadlines, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jumped into the morass by exercising its power under the Clean Water Act. Researchers at the. In Maryland, proposed.
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