Acoel
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Posted on September 30, 2022 by Robin Kundis Craig. The Supreme Court is stepping once more into Clean Water Act “waters of the United States,” more popularly known as WOTUS. If you’re a Clean Water Act wonk, there may be a little voice in the back of your head yelling, “Theeeey’re baaack!”
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 26, 2022
In Case You Missed It: HotSpots H2O: As Dust Settles in Tonga After Volcanic Eruption, Drinking Water Now the ‘Biggest Life-Saving Issue’ – Ocean water and volcanic ash have contaminated the drinking water of tens of thousands of people in the Pacific Island nation. In context: EPA Clean Water Rule Meets Political Pushback.
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Acoel
JANUARY 12, 2023
The definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) determines federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA). As one of their last actions for 2022, U.S. EPA and the Corps (the Agencies) released a pre-publication notice of a new definition of WOTUS on December 30, 2022. 715 (2006)).
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
The harrowing trail of toxic nutrients in farm country water. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – February 2, 2022. In the United States, excess nutrients build up in waterways from Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, precipitating algae outbreaks that kill fish, close public drinking water utilities, and pollute water.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Supreme Court begins its October term today with a wetlands lawsuit that could redefine the Clean Water Act. Tribes tell the Bureau of Reclamation to prioritize long-term infrastructure solutions for the $4 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funds for western drought response. government water policy. The Rundown.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 19, 2022
Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Justice Alito has displayed similar cynicism about water protection.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. September 22, 2022 . To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. .
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