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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

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They are allowed by law and timid regulatory inertia to annually spread 400 millions of tons of solid manure, and 4 billion gallons of raw, untreated liquid animal feces and urine – 5,000 to 7,000 gallons per acre – on 600,000 acres across Michigan; . “If There’s no excuse for these blooms to be happening in Michigan.”.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery 

Union of Concerned Scientists

It is mind- bog -gling, syllable pun intended, that scientists still do not know how many wetlands lost protection in last year’s crippling of the Clean Water Act by the Supreme Court. Nearly half of threatened and endangered species dine in, or seek shelter in, wetlands during their lives.

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Court Vacates CWA Section 401 Certification Rule

National Law Center

In October 2021, a federal district court issued a decision vacating the 2020 Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule (“2020. The post Court Vacates CWA Section 401 Certification Rule appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Reflections on a Half Century of Environmental Law Practice

Acoel

This year marks my 50 th year practicing environmental law. In 1967, I graduated from Brandeis University and worked that summer in Edison, NJ as an analytical chemist for one of EPAs predecessorsthe Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, not appreciating any potential relevance to my future profession.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

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But this is a city where 20 percent of residents report “often” or “always” reducing their spending on basic needs to afford their water bill. Water rates more than doubled between 2010 and 2020, while income of the city’s poorest one-fifth of residents inched up only 12 percent. They ripple out into the local economy.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

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Data: National Center For Water Quality Research and Environmental Working Group. A study by the Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago and the Washington, D.C.-based In 2020, according to state figures, 85.3 The 1972 Clean Water Act immunizes crop farmers from government regulations to control agricultural runoff.

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EPA Weighs in On Supreme Court Decision Regarding Groundwater and the CWA

National Law Center

In April 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued its final ruling Cty. The post EPA Weighs in On Supreme Court Decision Regarding Groundwater and the CWA appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, 590 U.S.

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