"Regulations: Administration Eyes Changes To Environmental Enforcement"
"The White House issued a notice today seeking input on efforts to "reform enforcement" — a potential boon for the energy industry."
Source: Greenwire, 01/31/2020
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"Public Lands: LWCF Helps Coasts Gird For Climate Change — Report"
"The Land and Water Conservation Fund has provided critical dollars over the years to help mitigate the ravages of extreme weather and sea-level rise, according to a new nonprofit report."
Source: Greenwire, 01/30/2020
"Gowanus Canal Cleanup To Officially Start In September"
"The federal agency tasked with cleaning up the Gowanus Canal issued an order on Tuesday legally requiring six companies deemed responsible for the waterway’s pollution to start remediation efforts in September."
Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 01/30/2020
EPA Letting Cities Dump More Raw Sewage Into Rivers for Years to Come
"The Environmental Protection Agency has made it easier for cities to keep dumping raw sewage into rivers by letting them delay or otherwise change federally imposed fixes to their sewer systems, according to interviews with local officials, water utilities and their lobbyists."
Source: NY Times, 01/29/2020
Critics Question Data Used In Rule Replacing Obama Water Protections
"Critics say the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) water policy unveiled Thursday is one of the biggest rollbacks to water policy in decades, but it’s tough to know the extent of its impact because of challenges that come with mapping America’s waterways."
Source: The Hill, 01/28/2020
California Will Be Hit Hard As Trump Weakens Clean Water Protections
"Defying environmentalists and public health advocates, the Trump administration on Thursday announced the replacement of Obama-era water protections with a significantly weaker set of regulations that lifts limits on how much pollution can be dumped into small streams and wetlands."
Source: LA Times, 01/27/2020
Clean Water: "Court Battles, 2020 Election Loom Over Trump WOTUS Rule"
"Trump administration officials took a victory lap after they unveiled their final revisions to Clean Water Act protections for waterways and wetlands. But the Waters of the U.S., or WOTUS, replacement rule that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers completed yesterday must now survive a possible Democratic win in the 2020 presidential election and an expected inundation of challenges in the courts."
Source: Greenwire, 01/27/2020
"Clean Water Act: Final WOTUS Rule Drains Wetland Protections"
"A final rule unveiled by the Trump administration today eliminates Clean Water Act protections for the majority of the nation's wetlands and more than 18% of streams."
Source: Greenwire, 01/24/2020
"Trump Eases Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands"
"The Trump administration on Thursday will finalize a rule to strip away environmental protections for streams, wetlands and other water bodies, handing a victory to farmers, fossil fuel producers and real estate developers who said Obama-era rules had shackled them with onerous and unnecessary burdens."
Source: NY Times, 01/23/2020
Hundreds Of New Wells May Dry Up One Of Arizona's Most Precious Rivers
"A flash of red streaked through the trees: a vermilion flycatcher. The brightly colored bird chirped and trilled, adding to a chorus that rang from the towering trees. ... The ecosystem depends on the river, and the river itself depends on an unseen source. Much of its flow is fed by groundwater, emerging from the aquifer in springs and seeps, sustaining the river."
Source: Arizona Republic, 12/09/2019
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