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SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Sewage: You Can’t Make This Sh** Up

Union of Concerned Scientists

Paris, like many coastal cities in the US such as San Francisco, has a combined sewer system where after heavy rain events, pipes get overwhelmed and raw sewage can flow into nearby waters. EPA Supreme Court decision undermining the Clean Water Act and eroding the EPA’s ability to enforce it.

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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

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And it left Steglitz irritated that he and his staff have to spend so much energy reacting to chemical threats that compromise Ann Arbor’s drinking water. “It’s The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste.

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Protecting North Carolina Wetlands and Water Quality

Smith Enviorment

June 7, 2023 — In an unfortunate sequence of events, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a decision significantly limiting federal Clean Water Act regulation of wetlands just as the N.C. General Assembly has been moving legislation to limit state water quality protection for wetlands. First, some background.

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PA Clean Water Academy Releases 2 New Courses On Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, 2024 Integrated Water Quality Report Viewer

PA Environment Daily

Pennsylvania's integrated water quality monitoring and assessment report satisfies the requirements of sections 305(b) and 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). 305(b) is the narrative report.

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Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

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This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters Rivers and lakes are becoming saltier while law and practice limit effective responses.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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For Platte Lake, the solution was controlling the source of contamination: the 94-year-old Platte River State Fish Hatchery in Honor, eight miles upstream. The federal Clean Water Act includes specific provisions to limit pollution from such “point sources” of contamination. Stabenow said. .

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ESA Policy News: May 30, 2023

ESA

In this issue: Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach Biden administration must now rework recent Clean Water Act regulations. million over FY 2023 levels. 27, 2022) CNSF – FY 2023 Conference Committee Appropriations Letter (Oct.

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