Clean Water Act

Trump considers undercutting state authority in quest to expedite pipeline development

Climate, Community Rights, News, Resources / January 27, 2019

Burning down the planet one pipeline at a time…. Trump considers undercutting state authority in quest to expedite pipeline development Congress would need to rewrite the Clean Water Act to limit state powers, legal experts say. Mark Hand Jan 25, 2019, 3:11 pm SHARE Facebook Twitter Email President Donald Trump smiles after announcing approval of …

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Water of the US: Update #4 and shutdown

Climate, Groundwater, Health, News, Resources / January 20, 2019

Background: Allows for pesticide use and groundwater pollution is seasonal or low flow streams that support wildlife and flora. “It is important that even dry streams and riverbeds be considered as “waters of the United States” because, as our recent drought has reminded us, seasonality can be within a year or within multiyear cycles,” wrote …

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Trump’s Attack on the Clean Water Act Will Fuel Destructive Pipeline Boom

Climate, Community Rights, Groundwater, News / December 11, 2018

SWAMP WATCH Trump’s Attack on the Clean Water Act Will Fuel Destructive Pipeline Boom Sharon Lerner December 9 2018, 6:00 a.m. A new water rule that will strip federal protections from an estimated 60-90 percent of U.S. waterways will dramatically ease restrictions on how polluting industries do business. According to the rule, which is due out …

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Trump administration waives 28 environmental and health protections to build border wall in Texas

Groundwater, Health, News, Resources / November 12, 2018

“Scientists, environmental advocates, and residents have all pushed back on the wall’s construction. In addition to threatening scientific research in general, many say the project will harm biodiversity and fail to account for climate change. Those who live in the area may suffer health risks with so many environmental laws suspended, in addition to seeing their …

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Legal Battle Staves Off Trump’s Assault on Clean Water Protections

Climate, Groundwater, Health, News / September 15, 2018

SWAMP WATCH: Legal Battle Staves Off Trump’s Assault on Clean Water Protections Since taking office, Donald Trump has waged a relentless attack on the nation’s waterways, but his efforts to strip away protections for rivers and wetlands have run into a tide of legal resistance. One of Trump’s first environmental policy directives was to choke …

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Federal Appeals Court Reaffirms Maui Clean Water Act Decision

Health, Resources / April 2, 2018

  The last several years green algae has closed down Russian River beaches due to toxic green algae. Sonoma County has copious amounts of agricultural run-off and failing septic systems. With 1,100 illegal water draws recorded and reported in the local paper The Bohemian, and authorities not enforcing illegal water draws, the water quality will continue to plummet. We …

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