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U.S. water law confronts hydrology. Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons user Waterkeeper Alliance Coal ash ponds near the Cape Fear River, in North Carolina. Click image to enlarge. By Brett Walton Circle of Blue The Clean Water Act, the landmark environmental statue that Congress passed in 1972, does not explicitly regulate the pollution of […]
The Rundown The EPA made two big regulatory announcements: on the Clean Water Act and biofuels. The EPA also authorized a record loan for wastewater treatment and approved a green infrastructure deal for Washington. Meanwhile, the EPA’s internal watchdog outlined the agency’s management challenges. An environmental review for a California desalination plant will soon begin. […]
Iowa’s largest city will sue three upstream counties to reduce nitrate contamination.
Science North America, South America A new report from Environment America details successes of the Clean Water Act passed in the United States 42 years ago. 15 rivers, lakes and bays are highlighted. Notably, the Cuyahoga River, which once was so polluted that it actually caught fire, now supports a healthy fishery. Researchers from Chile […]
Legal experts say process should provide certainty, not worry, for developers. Graphic © Codi Kozacek / Circle of Blue The EPA has used its 404(c) veto power 13 times since the Clean Water Act was passed in 1972.Click here for image pdf. By Codi Kozacek Circle of Blue Restrictions proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection […]
United States Pollution Alpha Natural Resources, a United States coal company, has been leveled with a $US 27.5 million penalty for violating the federal Clean Water Act and has agreed to spend an additional $US 200 million to clean up water pollution from its mines in Appalachia, The New York Times reported. The cleanup is […]
The U.S. farm sector, more productive and richer than ever, is a major water polluter.
A sampling of 81,000 images — taken by more than 100 photographers and sponsored by the young EPA — to document the state of the nation’s environment in the 1970s.
Today, the Clean Water Act is 40 years old. Though it brought substantial benefits to urban areas, water quality problems — some old, some new — persist in the United States.
Four decades ago, national leaders talked about our duty and responsibility to cut water pollution–and about its costs. Image courtesy of EPA Documerica/Charles Steinhacker Sludge floats on the Androscoggin River above Gulf Island Dam near Lewiston, Maine in this photo taken in June 1973. October 18, 2012 marks 40 years since Congress passed the Clean […]
Clean Water Act Interpretation The Obama administration is mulling regulatory guidance for the Clean Water Act that would reinstate language that was proposed by the George W. Bush administration, but was stymied by opposition from industry groups. Greenwire reports that the new guidance would make a broader claim as to which wetlands and small streams […]
