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Federal Water Tap, June 14: Biden Administration Will Rewrite Trump-Era Clean Water Act Rule

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Environmental Protection Agency, explaining how the administration would go about revising the scope of the Clean Water Act. 512 billion : Estimated cost of cleaning up the Department of Energy’s contaminated sites, including soil, water, and groundwater pollution and treating radioactive waste, according to a watchdog agency’s audit.

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California Water Challenges Remain Despite Significant Precipitation in 2023

Clean Energy Law

Accordingly, it retained key elements of the state-wide drought emergency, including the ban on wasteful water uses, existing groundwater directives, emergency measures for drought-stricken watersheds like the Klamath and Colorado Rivers, and a state of emergency across all 58 counties to facilitate ongoing drought response and recovery.

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??DEP Announces Local Climate Action Training Provided To 121 More Municipalities; Apply Now For Training

PA Environment Daily

Climate change is often discussed in terms of global temperature increase, sea level rise, and hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” said Secretary McDonnell. Video and photos of the event will be available later today at PAcast.

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Upstream Action to Protect Our Ocean and Coasts

Ocean Conservancy

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 and could dramatically reduce CWA protections. Intensifying storms and sea level rise are wiping out weakened wetland ecosystems, eliminating these biodiversity hotspots and leaving the coastal zone and its residents at even more risk.

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Houston, This is Harvey: Hurricanes are Hazardous

Vermont Law

In addition to causing untold damage to homes and businesses and disrupting the lives of millions of residents in the process, Hurricane Harvey also provided a clear view of the risks industrialized coastal communities face from the release of toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes during extreme weather events. We have already. Vermont. ,

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Progressive New Jersey: The Garden State continues its environmental leadership by enacting forward-looking programs

Acoel

New Jersey has been a leader in addressing the most significant environmental problems of the day. Among the geographically smallest states, with only a modest-sized population and lacking in a major metropolitan area, New Jersey’s leadership in environmental protection might be regarded as surprising.

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The federal infrastructure bill is now law

Washington Nature

A healthier Puget Sound, cleaner waters and help for salmon The Environmental Protection Agency’s National Estuary Program protects and restores 28 estuaries around the country, including the Puget Sound and Columbia River Basin. Cape Flattery is part of the traditional homelands of the Makah Tribe. Photo by Elise Eliot.

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