Results for keyword: Clean Water Act
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Oregon ignores logging road runoff, to the peril of native fish
Oregon has long refused to regulate sediment runoff from logging roads as pollution under the Clean Water Act. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide what the state should do.
by Joshua Zaffos, Jul 27, 2012 -
Water-quality standards unfairly burden rural communities
The plight of a small water and sewer association in rural Mora, N.M -- caught in a tangle of federal and state clean water rules it can’t afford to meet -- echoes experienced by other rural communities around the West.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, Dec 20, 2011 -
A citizen activist forces New Mexico's dairies to clean up their act
When a giant dairy proposed building near Jerry Nivens' beloved New Mexico home, the chain-smoking Texas hermit became an activist who organized other locals to fight the industry.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Dec 05, 2011 -
A river again?
The EPA extends Clean Water Act protection to L.A.'s urban watershed.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, Jul 27, 2010 -
Non-navigable River Blues
An obscure legal ruling muddied U.S. water-protection standards, leaving Western intermittent streams and rivers unprotected.
by Tony Davis, Feb 02, 2009 -
Midnight cowboying
As Bush prepares to leave office, his "midnight regulations" are mostly gifts to big business.
by Jodi Peterson, Dec 15, 2008 -
Leaky border
Efforts to stop wastewater pollution from Tijuana have bogged down in a nasty mess.
by Rob Davis, Sep 12, 2008 -
Relicensing dams hangs on warm water, endangered fish
Idaho Power Company needs permits from Idaho, Oregon and the federal government
by Ken Olsen, Jan 30, 2008 -
Excremental gains?
Kern County, Calif., is trying to prevent Los Angeles sludge from entering the county, where it is used to fertilize farmland, and the resulting stink is raising all kinds of questions about how we handle human waste
by Matt Jenkins, Dec 25, 2006 -
Good Samaritan bill could clean up old mines
A bill introduced by Colorado Rep. John Salazar could make it easier for environmental groups and others to clean up pollution at thousands of orphaned hardrock mines
by Sarah Gilman, May 29, 2006






