"The Most Ambitious Environmental Lawsuit Ever"
"A quixotic historian tries to hold oil and gas companies responsible for Louisiana’s disappearing coast."
Source: NY Times Magazine, 10/06/2014
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"EPA Chief Slams Critics for ‘Misinformation’"
"Critics of the Environmental Protection Agency's water jurisdiction rule are spreading misinformation, the agency's chief said Monday."
Source: The Hill, 09/30/2014
"House Votes To Block EPA Water Rules"
"WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday approved a bill to block the Obama administration from implementing a rule that asserts regulatory authority over many of the nation's streams and wetlands — an action that critics call a classic Washington overreach.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule that it says will clarify which streams and waterways are shielded from development under the Clean Water Act, an issue that remains in dispute even after two U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
Source: AP, 09/10/2014
Pennsylvania: "Conservationists Say State Waterways at Risk"
"Pennsylvania has 86,000 miles of rivers, streams and creeks — a total length eclipsed only by the vast wilderness in Alaska."
Source: Bucks County Courier Times, 08/04/2014
Group Says Poll Shows Small Business Owners Support Clean Water Rules
"WASHINGTON — A progressive business advocacy group said that small business owners from around the country support greater efforts by the federal government to protect the nation’s water, according to a poll the group commissioned."
Source: McClatchy, 07/28/2014
"EPA Proposes Strict Limits on Pebble Mine To Protect Salmon"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it intends to take extraordinary action to protect Bristol Bay’s world-class salmon runs and unparalleled natural habitat from destruction by the proposed Pebble mine. But the agency is stopping short of blocking the mine outright and instead is proposing caps on how many miles of streams and acres of wetlands could be lost."
Source: Alaska Dispatch News, 07/21/2014
From Roof Gardens To Porous Pavement, Rain Capture Takes Wisc. By Storm
"What possibly could the cities of Brookfield and Oak Creek, Alverno College, Miller Park, All Peoples Church, Lakefront Brewery, R&K Cudahy Storage and Milwaukee County Parks have in common?"
Source: , 06/17/2014
"For Minnesota's Pristine Wetlands, N.D. Oil Boom Is New Threat"
"A remote wetland near Itasca State Park, already undercut by three crude oil pipelines, is one of several fragile, isolated habitats along the proposed path of the 610-mile Sandpiper crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 06/09/2014
"Louisiana Lawsuits Seek Oil & Gas Industry Money To Restore Coastline"
"Louisiana Republicans work to quash lawsuits seeking oil and gas industry funds to restore the coastline."
Source: LA Times, 05/21/2014
"Waters Will Flood Part Of Colorado River, For Just A Few Weeks
"Millions of gallons of water used to flow every day from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California. Now, the Colorado River ends at Morelos Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border. Below it, one of North America's largest wetlands is dry."
Source: NPR, 04/08/2014
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