2022 Clean Water Act Politics Regulations 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 2, 2023
I had a small glimpse into this work in early 2022 when his office reached out to me after reading a report I co-authored on the risk of chemical spills from storage tanks in Virginia. Among its provisions, the legislation will: Require consideration of cumulative impacts in permitting decisions under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act.
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 26, 2022
In Case You Missed It: HotSpots H2O: As Dust Settles in Tonga After Volcanic Eruption, Drinking Water Now the ‘Biggest Life-Saving Issue’ – Ocean water and volcanic ash have contaminated the drinking water of tens of thousands of people in the Pacific Island nation. In context: EPA Clean Water Rule Meets Political Pushback.
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PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 10, 2022
But if Justice declined to act, the two intrepid canoers were positioned to make a political statement as well. Some history: Congress passed annual Rivers and Harbors Acts in the late 19th century, to make appropriations to the Corps of Engineers, to regulate construction in navigable waters, and to protect navigable channels.
Circle of Blue
MAY 9, 2022
By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio – 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. Part of the water infrastructure crisis is the lack of political will to pay for it.
Acoel
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
Posted on February 11, 2022 by Allan Gates. The state defendants moved to dismiss the suit on grounds that: (i) the plaintiffs lacked standing, (ii) their claim involved a non-justiciable political question, and (iii) the plaintiffs had failed to exhaust administrative remedies. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement v. State of Iowa.
Acoel
MAY 24, 2023
But these fireworks obscured a longer abortion battle lingering in the Fifth Circuit since 2022: an attempt to overturn S.B. The Fifth Circuit quickly tossed that hot potato to the Texas Supreme Court by requesting an advisory opinion on whether certain state officials could be sued under Texas law if they acted on a private bounty lawsuit.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 17, 2023
But that and other farm-related regulations were often unenforced. For decades, basically, we just sort of ignored that they were there,” said Matt Ehrhart, former executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Pennsylvania Office and now director of watershed restoration with the Stroud Water Research Center.
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