Circle of Blue
MARCH 13, 2023
The Bureau of Reclamation prepares $250 million to pay Colorado River water users not to use water. The House passes a resolution to reject the Biden administration’s Clean Water Act definition. And lastly, the EPA’s draft rules for PFAS in drinking water could come at any moment. “So,
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Harmful algal blooms are the biological consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. These nutrients are the source of some of the nation’s worst water pollution. . Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law.
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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. After the Massachusetts v.
The Energy Law Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
On October 18, 2023, the EPA published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“SNPR”) regarding incidental discharges from vessels, proposing national performance standards under the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (“VIDA”). Coast Guard (“USCG”) to develop corresponding regulations to enforce compliance with the EPA’s standards.
Circle of Blue
MAY 9, 2022
Much of the water and sewer infrastructure in Michigan began with a huge move by the federal government to fund the building of water and sewer systems starting in the late 19 th century. The federal government passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, and spending on drinking water and wastewater systems skyrocketed.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Wetlands that filter water draining from creeks into the lake are removing 90 percent of the phosphorus, she said. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law. Circle Blue.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 18, 2023
The Ohio River has made tremendous progress through the processes of both The Safe Drinking Water Act and The Clean Water Act. The Lehigh River in Pennsylvania was also included on this year’s Most Endangered Rivers list. There is more work to be done and vital federal resources are needed to sustain this work.
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