From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): At President Trump’s direction, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) recently announced their plan to eliminate critical protections for more than half of the nation’s wetlands and thousands of … Continued
January 30, 2019 by Ellen Wohl, The Conversation Biscuit Brook, a popular fly fishing spot in New York’s Catskill Mountains. Credit: Ellen Wohl, CC BY-ND The Trump administration is proposing to redefine a key term in the Clean Water Act: … Continued
“The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge led by states and environmental groups to an Environmental Protection Agency regulation that lets government agencies transfer water between different bodies, such as rivers and lakes, without needing to protect … Continued
From Clean Water for All (http://protectcleanwater.org/): “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a series of waivers for the construction of a border wall section in New Mexico. The department announced that it would be waiving more than 30 … Continued
From River Network (https://www.rivernetwork.org/): Recently the federal law that protects water quality across the country, the Clean Water Act, hit a milestone – 45 years in place. Yet the protections guaranteed by the Clean Water Act are in jeopardy. The … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency took a big step backwards to reverse the EPA’s scientifically-based proposed Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska. Nearly 100 miles of salmon streams could be destroyed … Continued
From the Choose Clean Water Coalition (http://www.choosecleanwater.org): The Trump Administration has just taken the first step to remove protections from waters that have been safeguarded by the Clean Water Act for more than 40 years. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): The White House released its 2018 federal budget proposal, which includes draconian cuts to investment in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Alarmingly, President Trump’s proposal slashes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s annual Chesapeake Bay Program budget from $73 … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-02-13/climate-change-air-quality/racing-to-the-bottom-on-methane-emissions/a56354-1 February 13, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window DEP estimates the natural gas industry emitted 115,000 tons of methane in Pennsylvania in 2014. (Ruhrfisch/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Clean air … Continued