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Water We Supposed to Do?
Lag in water-pollution enforcement traced to muddled court decision |
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08 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:58 PM on 08 Jul 2008 The U.S. EPA has neglected to pursue hundreds of potential violations of the Clean Water Act because of regulatory uncertainty, according to an internal memo. The lack of clarity stems from a 2006 Supreme Court ruling that left plenty up in the air about the types of waterways and wetlands that fall under EPA jurisdiction. The confusion has had "a significant impact ... |
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| Topics: news, politics, regulation, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Is He Everglade to Be There
McCain says he hearts Everglades, despite opposing bill with restoration funding |
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06 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:25 PM on 06 Jun 2008 Sen. John McCain swung through Florida last week, taking time for a boat tour of the Everglades on Friday. The Obama campaign promptly criticized McCain for his opposition last year to a water bill that included major funding for Everglades restoration. McCain said he would have supported a stand-alone Everglades bill, but the broader water bill was choc ... |
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| Topics: Florida, habitat protection, John McCain, legislation, national parks, news, politics, presidential race 08, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Yahoo, Yazoo
EPA moves to veto wetland-destructive Army Corps project |
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04 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:58 PM on 04 Feb 2008 The U.S. EPA has moved to block an Army Corps of Engineers flood-control project in the Mississippi Delta, the first time the agency has aimed to veto a Corps project since 1990. The $220 million project would have built the world's largest hydraulic pump, sucking dry enough wetland area to cover New York City in order to protect a sparsely populated area of soybean fields from Yazoo River flo ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, habitat protection, Mississippi, news, politics, progress, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Clean Water Is Highly Overrated
Bush administration limits reach of Clean Water Act |
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07 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Clean Water Is Highly Overrated Bush administration limits reach of Clean Water Act If you assumed the federal Clean Water Act should apply to all bodies of water in the U.S., well, you have made an ass out of u and me. The Bush administration unveiled guidelines this week that say only bodies of water large enough to float a commercial boat in and their adjacent wetlands will get automatic protection un ... |
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| Topics: news, politics, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Who Are You, and What Have You Done With Our House?
House shows its green side with votes on Interior Department bill |
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19 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Who Are You, and What Have You Done With Our House? House shows its green side with votes on Interior Department bill The House of Representatives was on an eco-roll yesterday as it fixed up an Interior Department spending bill to send to the Senate. Over the objections of top Republicans, lawmakers approved 252-165 a measure that would put oil and gas ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, energy, mining and drilling, news, oil, politics, toxics, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Wet, Me Worry?
Wetlands protection has gone downhill under Bush administration |
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14 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Wet, Me Worry? Wetlands protection has gone downhill under Bush administration The Bush administration has radically curtailed protection of wetlands and waterways in the past four years, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. It found that prior to 2001, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asserted its jurisdiction over most waters if migratory birds could use them -- even those that were isolated and non ... |
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| Topics: news, politics, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Hapless Wetlands
Supreme Court will hear two Clean Water Act cases |
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13 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Hapless Wetlands Supreme Court will hear two Clean Water Act cases The first U.S. Supreme Court session under Chief Justice John Roberts will feature two cases pitting government regulatory power against private property rights -- precisely the area where greens most fear Roberts' jurisprudence. Both cases originated in Michigan, and ask whether the federal government has jurisdiction under the Clean W ... |
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| Topics: Michigan, news, politics, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics) |
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