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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

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.

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The Supreme Court Ruled Against Wetlands in 2023. We Can Still Save Them.

Union of Concerned Scientists

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.

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ESA Policy News: January 9, 2023

ESA

The Environmental Protection Agency’s topline budget is $10.13 The EPA’s Geographic Programs budget, which funds the restoration of nationally significant bodies of water, such as the Great Lakes and the Chesapeake Bay, is increased to $681.7 Appropriators increase the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget $6.2

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants. John Sarbanes (D-MD) introduced the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education and Ecosystem Enhancement (SEEE) Act ( S. 1816 & H.R. This definition prohibits the U.S.

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