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Fighting Big Coal––Washington Judge Allows Novel Clean Water Act Citizens’ Suit to Proceed

Vermont Law

If proven, this would constitute violations of the federal Clean Water Act. _. A Washington Federal District Court Judge has cleared the way for a novel citizen suit to proceed to protect communities and waterways across the Pacific Northwest from dangerous coal pollution. By Kelly Nokes. appeared first on.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The Washington Court of Appeals held that the Pollution Control Hearing Board erred when it approved the Washington Department of Ecology’s general permits for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). June 25, 2021). Washington State Dairy Federation v. Washington Department of Ecology , No. 52952-1-II (Wash. June 29, 2021).

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

Circle of Blue

The petition asserts that because every CAFO discharges polluting wastes EPA has the authority and duty to require them to operate under wastewater permits. Water worries. EPA is weak on regulations on CAFOs,” said Emily Miller, a Food & Water Watch attorney. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.