2023 Clean Water Act Fossil Fuels Natural Resources 
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
During law school, Dadashi was a legal fellow at Los Angeles Waterkeeper and a legal intern in the Natural Resources Law Section of the California Attorney General’s Office and at the California Coastal Commission. Circuit challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of federal vehicle pollution and fuel economy standards.
ESA
MAY 4, 2023
Federal Register ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill The 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) Cohort of 15 students flew in from around the country to learn about science policy and meet with lawmakers. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters.
ESA
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 6, 2023
The bill takes aim at Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, which has been a source of conflict in recent years over permitting fossil fuel projects. You can’t put toothpaste back in the tube, and once water is released downstream there’s no way to return it. That includes $8.3
ESA
APRIL 11, 2022
Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Despite the panel’s regular reports about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, between 1990 and 2019 global emissions rose 54 percent and they are still rising. The Magnuson Stevens Act is the main law governing U.S. fisheries.
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