Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 3, 2024
2023 was a rough year for clean water. The Supreme Court took a hammer to the Clean Water Act with its decision in Sackett v. The Sackett decision was a tremendous loss for everyone who depends on clean water—that is, for all of us. In response, 27 states sued , and the rule was put on hold.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2023
In its friend of the court brief in the Idaho case, the American Petroleum Association, the American Gas Association, and the Association for Oil Pipelines complained that the Clean Water Act led to a permitting system so “onerous” that the failure to obtain a permit after years of waiting “can be ruinous.”
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Smith Enviorment
JULY 9, 2019
July 9, 2019. The 2019 legislative session got off to a very slow start. In 2018, the legislature allocated $2 million to DEQ’s Division of Water Infrastructure to help local governments extend water lines to properties affected by contamination caused by per? fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) including GenX.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Just as with climate change, local, state, provincial, and national governments in Canada and the United States have collaborated with science agencies, universities, and non-profit groups to develop effective responses, especially for Lake Erie. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law.
Acoel
MARCH 28, 2023
Posted on March 28, 2023 by Jeff Porter Inside EPA is reporting that the United States Forest Service is going to work with EPA to obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit coverage under the Federal Clean Water Act authorizing it to continue fighting forest fires from the air.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 6, 2022
The Biden administration unveiled its “ action plan ” for global water security that acknowledges water scarcity and pollution abroad can threaten U.S. The plan in some ways is standard government boilerplate: collaboration, partnerships, data, whole-of-government approach. Local Government and Water Infrastructure.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
The Government Accountability Office says that Congress needs to come up with a permanent solution , since the Yucca Mountain storage site has been taken off the table. Regan also said that the EPA will propose a draft regulation in November that would define the waterbodies that are regulated by the Clean Water Act.
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