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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Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2024
The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? In this opinion dealing with a fairly technical issue under the Clean Air Act, Justice Stevens strengthened judicial deference to administrative agencies.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 19, 2022
The PA Association of Conservation Districts wrote to members of the General Assembly opposing House Bill 1842 (Zimmerman-R-Lancaster) that redefines water pollution by letting companies decide when to report spills. 2015-011-L ). 2015-011-L ). Read more here.
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 13, 2021
An executive order requires federal agencies to establish energy and water conservation. A fuel leak at a naval base on Oahu contaminates the base’s drinking water. The Food Safety Modernization Act, an umbrella law, was signed by President Obama in 2011. Hawaii Water Contamination. Waters of the United States.
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. Trump is out of office, but he left behind a 6-3 conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Funded by the Erb Family Foundation and the Joyce Foundation, the project comes on the 50 th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a high point of environmental diplomacy, and the U.S. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. Once Cleared Harmful Blooms. did it once before. .
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