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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Whats the point of a beach adventure if you cant even go into the ocean? How does raw sewage end up in our oceans and rivers? In some cities, a combined sewer system means that usually both wastewater and stormwater get treated to the same high standards before releasing into the ocean. San Francisco City and County v.

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U.S. Supreme Court Narrowly Construes Permitting Program Under the Clean Water Act, Limiting EPA’s Authority

Vermont Law

Background Federal involvement in regulating water quality has a long history, stretching back to 1948 when Congress passed the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA). This results in discharges of untreated water, including raw sewage, into the Pacific Ocean. In so ruling, the Court reversed the Ninth Circuit.

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Attorney General Sunday Files Criminal Charges Against Equitrans For 2022 Leak Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas From Its Rager Mountain Gas Storage Field In Cambria County

PA Environment Daily

The 51st Statewide Investigating Grand Jury recommended charges under the Air Pollution Control Act and Clean Streams Law regarding negligent maintenance and upkeep of the well. This took several attempts, which heavily contaminated the soil, groundwater, and vegetation around the well with salt water.

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Ask a Scientist: A Hundred Days of Harm—How the Trump Administration Is Eviscerating Science and What We Can Do About It

Union of Concerned Scientists

Trumps political appointeesmany with a record of science denial or close ties to the industries theyre supposed to be regulatingare threatening to stop enforcement and roll back rules on chemical safety, clean transportation, emissions standards, pollution control, and other important issues.

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PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Paul O. Swartz - From Photojournalist To Susquehanna River Basin Commission

PA Environment Daily

He has fond memories of seeing the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, and the Pacific Ocean for the first time on that journey. Following his service with DER, Paul worked as a Field Representative for the Joint Air & Water Pollution Control Conservation Committee (JLCC) for the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1981/1982. (In

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Happy 50th Anniversary, Federal Clean Water Act

Legal Planet

The nation’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters are dramatically cleaner and healthier than they were a half-century ago. In virtually all other nations, enforcement of water pollution control and other environmental laws is the sole responsibility of government regulators.

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RECLAIMING POLLUTED WATER: CAPACITIVE DESALINATION

Cleannovate

Among the pollutants of concern, metals and dissolved industrial chemicals are significant. Though several treatment strategies have been used before, efficiency of pollutant removal still has a long way to go. Desalination involves the removal of dissolved pollutants from water. CONCLUSION.