Clean Water Act

Coal slurry smiles

NY Times nails Clean Water Act crimes and (lack of) punishment 0
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Readers of the New York Times probably dropped their jaws in amazement at the lead story on Sunday: Seven-year-old Ryan Massey, of Prenter, West Virginia, smiled back with capped teeth, the enamel devoured by toxic tap water. His brother sported scabs and rashes, courtesy of the heavy metals--including lead, nickel--in their bath water.
EPA turns the lights on mountaintop removal 1
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Environmental Protection Agency made good on its promise today to assert greater scrutiny and "use the best science and follow the letter of the law" with regard to controversial mountaintop removal mining permits in the Appalachian coalfields.
Stop In the Name of Law

EPA says pending mountaintop-removal permits would likely violate Clean Water Act 9
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Very big news out of the Environmental Protection Agency this morning: The agency has determined that all 79 mountaintop-removal mining permits submitted to it for review by the Army Corps of Engineers would violate the Clean Water Act.
MT promises?

Obama admin will scrutinize mountaintop mining, but not stop it 7
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Obama administration on Thursday announced new steps to reduce the environmental damage from mountaintop-removal mining. Activists say that's a nice first step, but they're disappointed that the admin isn't planning to rein the practice in further and ultimately put a stop to it.
The Sonia also rises

Obama Supreme Court pick has small but solid record on environmental rulings 4
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Obama has officially selected Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee to the Supreme Court, and if confirmed she will be the first Latin American and only the third woman to sit on the highest court in the land. The hot topic of conversation surrounding her nomination is affirmative action, but over in Gristland, we're wondering, just how green is she?