From the Endangered Species Coalition (https://www.endangered.org/): In passing the climate bill, (the Inflation Reduction Act), Congress took a large set of steps to respond to a warming world. The bill is far from perfect. However, if its benefits are incurred … Continued
From Clean Water Action (http://www.cleanwateraction.org/): The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to hear from you today. Late last year EPA released a proposal to undo the Dirty Water Rule—the Trump administration policy that gutted Clean Water Act protections for vital … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): It’s a bad idea that belongs in some kind of bad idea hall of fame: a toxic open-pit mine the size of Manhattan, dug right next to Alaska’s Bristol Bay — one of the largest wild salmon fisheries … Continued
As you may have heard, EPA and Army Corps announced their plans to begin the process of revising the Trump Administration’s “Dirty Water Rule,” which was the most severe attack on the Clean Water Act in history. This regulation removed … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): It’s official: The administration has eliminated critical clean water protections.1 The revision is called the Dirty Water Rule, and it revokes hardwon protections for streams and wetlands that help provide drinking water for millions of Americans. That’s why we’re working … Continued
The administration’s Dirty Water Rule would roll back bipartisan clean water protections for streams, rivers, and wetlands, jeopardizing access to clean water for millions of Americans in the middle of a global pandemic Washington, D.C. –Chair of the House Committee on … Continued
Court decision leaves in place vital protections for the nation’s oceans, rivers, lakes WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today the Supreme Court issued its opinion in County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund siding with clean water advocates that point source discharges to navigable waters through groundwater … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-12-23/water/epa-fails-to-hold-pa-accountable-as-clean-water-plan-falls-short/a68696-2 December 23, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania’s clean water plan has an annual funding gap of more than $300 million. (Chesapeake Bay Foundation) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s Phase … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Every year, more than 250,000 tons of plastic pellets spill into the environment.1 These tiny fragments, used in plastic manufacturing, swirl in the water and wash up on shore in humongous drifts. The Clean Water Act is … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Another one of America’s iconic places needs our help: the vital watershed ecosystem of Alaska’s Bristol Bay. On July 30, the Environmental Protection Agency publicly announced it would fast-track a mining project that would devastate Bristol Bay … Continued