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What We Talk About When We Talk About Runoff Appeals court rules EPA must protect waterways from construction pollution		19 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 6:06 AM on 19 Sep 2008 The U.S. EPA is required by the Clean Water Act to protect the nation's waterways and drinking water from construction-industry pollution, and the agency must develop regulations to address construction-site runoff by December 2009, a federal appeals court ruled [PDF] Thursday. Sediment from construction sites, usually washed into rivers and ot ...
Topics: litigation, news, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Life's a Beach and Then It's Closed EPA to update health-hazard reporting standards for U.S. beaches		11 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 4:48 AM on 11 Sep 2008 The U.S. EPA has agreed to update its 22-year-old criteria for reporting beach-related health hazards to the public thanks to a new settlement with the Natural Resources Defense Council. Right now, the EPA's criteria for assessing ocean-water and beach health are based on the likelihood of beachgoers contracting gastrointestinal illnesses, but apparently that's j ...
Topics: litigation, news, politics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Through Hell and High Yogurt Yogurt-maker Dannon agrees to pay fine, treat wastewater in EPA settlement		10 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 6:21 AM on 10 Oct 2007 International yogurt giant Dannon has agreed to pay a fine of $71,350 and install a multimillion-dollar automated wastewater control system as part of a settlement with the U.S. EPA. There have been some 10 illegal discharges over the past few years at the company's 3-million-cup-a-day yogurt plant in Ohio -- and it's not just spilled yogurt. In February 2005, ...
Topics: business, news, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

No Peaking Bush administration eases restrictions on mountaintop-removal mining		24 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
No Peaking Bush administration eases restrictions on mountaintop-removal mining The Bush administration has given a big thumbs-up to mountaintop-removal mining, the practice of blasting the peaks off of mountains and dumping the rubble into watersheds and valleys. A proposed rule issued today will exempt mining waste from an inconsistently interpreted 1983 rule that disallows mining activity within 100 feet of ...
Topics: mining, news, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

That Doesn't Even Make Fence Border fence construction may bypass environmental laws		17 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
That Doesn't Even Make Fence Border fence construction may bypass environmental laws It's hard to think of a worse idea than building a 700-mile border fence between the U.S. and Mexico, but here's a shot: building a border fence without abiding by the Endangered Species Act, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or National Environmental Policy Act. Yet on Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Michael ...
Topics: Mexico, news, United States, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Hung Out to Dry Post-Katrina floodwaters are dirty, but so are other U.S. waterways	Osha Gray Davidson	11 Oct 2005	Main Dish
Last month, "toxic gumbo" entered the American lexicon with the speed and force of the floodwaters it describes. A LexisNexis search of major U.S. publications doesn't return a single hit for the phrase in the year before Hurricane Katrina. But in the 30 days after the storm's landfall, 66 articles contained the phrase. Measure twice, cup once. "I want to be very c ...
Topics: Iowa, Louisiana, toxics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Message in a Bottle Bill U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise		02 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Message in a Bottle Bill U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise Plastic bottle recycling rates in the U.S. have plunged, at least in part because of the boom in sales of bottled water -- from some 3.3 billion bottles in 1997 to 15 billion in 2002. So, what to do? Some environmental activists argue that one of the most effective tools for pushing up recycling rates is a ...
Topics: green living, news, recycling, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Oh You NAS-ty Boys NAS report on safe perchlorate levels creating controversy		11 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Oh You NAS-ty Boys NAS report on safe perchlorate levels creating controversy A National Academy of Sciences panel report on safe levels of perchlorate -- an ingredient in rocket fuel, firecrackers, and road flares -- in drinking water has some enviros up in arms. The report, released yesterday, suggests that levels of perchlorate about 20 times higher than the U.S. EPA's proposed guid ...
Topics: National Academy of Sciences, toxics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Coming Clean Green start-ups attracting substantial venture capital		29 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Coming Clean Green start-ups attracting substantial venture capital Investor interest in eco-friendly start-ups has taken a leap with the entry of two big venture-capital players into the field. Two California public pension funds -- the largest and third-largest in the U.S. -- recently announced plans to invest a combined $950 million in the clean-technology field in coming years. Beneficiaries of their investme ...
Topics: business, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Well Run Dry Many states lack money to enforce Clean Water Act		13 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Well Run Dry Many states lack money to enforce Clean Water Act Out of 17 states surveyed, 11 say they do not have the money necessary to fully enforce the Clean Water Act, according to a study by the nonprofit Center for Progressive Regulation. California, for instance, enforces only 23 percent of federal wastewater standards and only 60 percent of storm-water standards. Georgia says it has 20 percent of the money it needs, ...
Topics: United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Lead Astray Lead contamination in municipal water systems systematically underreported		05 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Lead Astray Lead contamination in municipal water systems systematically underreported If you live in the U.S., the water you drink may contain unsafe levels of lead, thanks to a water-safety enforcement system rife with manipulation and negligence. Water utilities across the U.S. are discarding unfavorable test results and ignoring safety regulations. State regulators rarely enforce standards and in many ...
Topics: toxics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Task Force Majeure The Supreme Court may alleviate Cheney's energy task force troubles	Amanda Griscom	17 Dec 2003	Muckraker
On Monday, the Supreme Court offered Vice President Dick Cheney a possible escape hatch from the great energy task force imbroglio. The high court agreed to hear an appeal from Cheney, who for more than a year has been defying a federal judge's order to pony up documents about his infamous 2001 task force. Those behind the lawsuit against the veep are certain the documents will re ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, mercury, Muckraker, New Jersey, politics, toxics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Strip-tease Republicans Drop Renewable Requirement from Energy Bill		30 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Strip-tease Republicans Drop Renewable Requirement from Energy Bill A measure that would require large utilities to produce 10 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2019 has been stripped out of a big energy bill by Republican congressional negotiators. Yesterday, 53 senators, including eight Republicans, called for the provision to be reinstated, but to no avail. In ano ...
Topics: politics, renewable energy, toxics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Oh, Fudge EPA May Have Exaggerated Numbers on Safe Drinking Water		06 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Oh, Fudge EPA May Have Exaggerated Numbers on Safe Drinking Water The U.S. EPA may have fudged the numbers when it announced in a June report that "94 percent of the population served by community water systems were served by systems that met all health-based standards." Internal EPA documents suggest that the true number may be markedly lower -- 79 to 84 percent in 2002. The EPA's inspector genera ...
Topics: health, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Donkey Kick		27 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Donkey Kick The Bush administration received a serious dressing-down in absentia last night over its misbegotten environmental policies, as five of the nine Democratic hopefuls aired their own green views during a League of Conservation Voters forum held in Los Angeles. Rather than detailing the differences in their own positions, most of the candidates who were p ...
Topics: air pollution, elections, environmental justice, politics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Tapped Out		12 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Tapped Out Drinking bottled water isn't necessarily a good thing for your health or for the environment, since the plastic bottles take up space in landfills and their contents are not subject to strict regulations. But how safe is the tap water you drink? Getting better, but still not as good as it should be, according to a review of the drinking-water systems of 19 cities around ...
Topics: solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

A Fine Kettle of Fish		06 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
A Fine Kettle of Fish The federal Clean Water Act might be a great thing in theory, but how's it doing in practice? Not so well, it turns out, due to the failure of the U.S. EPA to adequately enforce it. At any given moment, roughly 25 percent of all large industrial plants and water-treatment facilities are in violation of federal pollution standards -- but the EPA generally fails to ...
Topics: health, marine life, toxics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Chop Shop		04 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Chop Shop The environmental policies of the Bush administration are endangering our nation's woodlands, according to a coalition of environmental groups that yesterday released a list of the 10 most at-risk forests. The coalition, which included Greenpeace and the National Forest Protection Alliance, assessed the risks po ...
Topics: deforestation, environmental non-government organizations, Greenpeace, logging, politics, United States, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Data Dumping		27 May 2003	Daily Grist
Data Dumping Think the U.S. EPA is keeping tabs on water pollution around the country? Think again. The agency's computer system for tracking and controlling water pollution is outmoded, riddled with bad data, and lacks information on thousands of sources of serious pollution, according to a report released last week by the EPA's inspector general. Efforts to fix the computer system have been slow, underfu ...
Topics: politics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Pay Dirt		15 May 2003	Daily Grist
Pay Dirt The "polluter pays" principle may be languishing in the U.S. under the business-friendly Bush administration, but it's alive and well in Europe, where the European parliament voted this week to strengthen rules to make companies pay for the environmental problems they cause. Spurred on by the recent Prestige disaster, in which a tanker spilled ten ...
Topics: business, European Union, politics, pollution and waste, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Wet 'n' Not-so-wild		13 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Wet 'n' Not-so-wild New guidelines unveiled by the Bush administration on Friday could spell trouble for 20 million acres of wetlands across the United States. The guidelines were prompted by a 2001 Supreme Court decision that found that isolated, non-navigable ponds and wetlands in Illinois did not merit protec ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, environmental justice, Illinois, politics, rivers and watersheds, United States, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

This Solar House Students compete to build the house of the future	Amanda Griscom	30 Oct 2002	Powers That Be
At midnight one late-September evening, a convoy of 18-wheeler flatbed trucks carting 14 houses (some whole, some in parts) and thousands of square feet of solar panels rolled past the Washington Monument, drove along the National Mall, and headed up to the front lawn of the Capitol building. Upon arriving, the first truck in line barreled through a yellow ribbon held by members of a hooting and holl ...
Topics: Department of Energy, education, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Give a Hoot		18 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Give a Hoot Today is the 30th anniversary of the Clean Water Act -- and although the United States has made some strides in improving water quality, it has still got a long way to go. A whopping 81 percent of major wastewater treatment plants and chemical and industrial facilities in the U.S. contaminated waterways beyond what their permits allowed between 1999 a ...
Topics: energy, health, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Acting Up		20 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Acting Up The Bush administration announced yesterday that it plans to consider new rules for enforcing the Clean Water Act. Some conservative lawmakers have been pressuring the administration to revise the enforcement rules since January 2001, when the Supreme Court imposed new limits on the scope of the act. Some interpreted that court ruling to suggest that the feder ...
Topics: politics, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

More Than Meats the Eye		13 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
More Than Meats the Eye In the last two decades, there's been a national growth spurt in super-sized animal feedlots and slaughterhouses. That spurt has outpaced the ability of regulators to keep such places operating safely and cleanly -- and that has led to polluted water bodies, food safety scares, and on-the-job injuries, according to a ...
Topics: food and agriculture, health, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

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