"Can Agriculture And Wildlife Co-Exist? Rice Farmers Think So."
"With more than 90 percent of California's wetlands gone, some unlikely bedfellows are working together to bring habitat back."
Source: FERN, 04/10/2018
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"Pruitt Takes Clean Water Act Decisions Away from Regional EPA Offices"
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, who has been methodically weakening air pollution rules over the past year, is now taking control of key decision-making on the protection of streams and wetlands from the agency's regional administrators, an internal memo shows."
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/05/2018
"The Six Stages of Trump’s Resistance"
"When state regulators tried to get the future president to address a few environmental problems on two golf courses some years ago, little did they know they’d be treated to a multi-year lesson in how he handles regulatory challenges."
Source: ProPublica, 03/28/2018
"Left to Louisiana’s Tides, a Village Fights for Time"
"For the community of Jean Lafitte, the question is less whether it will succumb to the sea than when — and how much the public should invest in artificially extending its life."
Source: NY Times / NOLA.com, 02/26/2018
"Sea Level Rise Threatens to Wipe Out West Coast Wetlands"
"Unless people intervene, U.S. Pacific Coast marshes could vanish as the ocean rises, eliminating wildlife habitat, storm surge protection and carbon storage."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/23/2018
"Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over Water Rule"
"Eleven Democratic state attorneys general on Tuesday sued President Donald Trump’s administration over its decision to delay implementation of an Obama-era rule that would have expanded the number of wetlands and small waterways protected by the Clean Water Act."
Source: Washington Post, 02/07/2018
"Don't Blame Gators For Coastal Land Loss: Report"
"Eating alligators will not save Louisiana's wetlands."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 01/26/2018
"Expect Environmental Battles to Be ‘Even More Significant’ in 2018"
"If 2017 was the Trump administration’s year of grand pronouncements declaring an end to environmental regulations, 2018 will be the year of trying to finish what it started."
Source: NY Times, 01/08/2018
Bayou Bridge Pipeline Gets Army Corps Permit For Louisiana Right Of Way
"The controversial Bayou Bridge Pipeline has been granted a permit by the New Orleans District office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to cross southern Louisiana between Nederland, Texas, and St. James Parish, including wetland areas across the Atchafalaya River Basin, the corps announced late Thursday (Dec. 14)."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 12/15/2017
House Takes Up Controversial Minnesota Mining Bills
"Two controversial measures from Minnesota congressmen, both of which would ease the way for mining expansion in northeastern Minnesota, have divided the state’s congressional delegation while spurring a broader environmental debate in the U.S. House."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 11/30/2017
