2023 Clean Water Act Environmental Protection Natural Resources 
Circle of Blue
MAY 16, 2023
May 16, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. million from the state Department of Natural Resources. In the News FISH STICKS: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources approved $1.7
Smith Enviorment
DECEMBER 14, 2023
December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. The annual Appropriations Act (House Bill 259), the N.C. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.
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PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed rule to establish federal water quality standards (WQS) for certain zones of the Delaware River under the jurisdictions of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The Delaware River is arguably the region's best known, most beloved natural resource.
ESA
DECEMBER 20, 2021
2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
In the United States, excess nutrients build up in waterways from Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, precipitating algae outbreaks that kill fish, close public drinking water utilities, and pollute water. Environmental Protection Agency is undertaking a mandatory review of federal drinking water standards, due in 2023.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Paul Stowe is its natural resources manager. Environmental Protection Agency approved $1.7 But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.
Circle of Blue
MAY 31, 2023
In Senegal , water-saving farming methods are producing higher rice yields while improving soil health. Supreme Court narrowed Clean Water Act protections for wetlands that aren’t directly connected to “lakes, oceans, streams, and rivers.” “The The attempt succeeded. from polluters and development.
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