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Following a lengthy public hearing, Salida City Council voted unanimously in favor of the impact review for the Flour Mill Development during their regular meeting Jan. 2.

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; April 28, 2023 - This asbestos-related action was brought by plaintiff Carolyn Keiser on behalf of...

/PRNewswire/ -- Midwest Food Bank, an industry leading, faith-based non-profit food bank, announced the appointment of Jeanne Richmond to its Advisory Board to...

The lack of clean water in the state's largest city began as a public health crisis. It's quickly becoming an economic one too.

 E-Mail IMAGE: Victor Flatt, Dwight Olds Chair in Law at the University of Houston Law Center, is co-author of the study published in Journal Science. view more  Credit: University of Houston Law Center The familiar murkiness of waters in the Gulf of Mexico can be off-putting for beachgoers visiting Galveston Island. Runoff from the Mississippi River makes its way to local beaches and causes downstream water to turn opaque and brown. Mud is one factor, and river runoff is another. How...

Date Time Federal Water Rule Does Not Account for Pollution Across State Boundaries AUSTIN, Texas – In a research analysis to be published Friday in Science, scholars contend that a new federal water rule enacted in 2020 does not adequately account for transboundary pollution across state lines. One of the government’s rationales for enacting the new rule, which removed millions of acres of wetlands and millions of miles of streams from federal protection, was an assumption that states woul...

A recent report finds that the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule revises crucial distinctions that define protected waters, reducing safeguards for US waters based on flawed methods and unsubstantiated assumptions.

Clean Water Act protections must be maintained (Editorial) Updated Dec 28, 2020; The Westfield River is a major tributary of the Connecticut River. The Westfield has four tributary branches of its own that meet up west of the city. During the industrial period in the mid-20th century, the Connecticut and the Westfield River was a virtual dumping ground for industry. Paper mills consistently dumped waste into the waters and in some areas of the Connecticut River, mostly around Holyoke, it could...

New Report Says EPA Used Dubious Methodology to Justify Weakening the Clean Water Act Report co-authored by UMass Amherst economist David Keiser says EPA analysis assumes states will step in to protect waterways as wetlands and streams lose federal protection December 17, 2020 David Keiser AMHERST, Mass. – The Trump administration’s decision to remove federal Clean Water Act protections from millions of acres of wetlands and millions of miles o...

Action by the EPA this year has undone protections for wetlands and streams in the United States, according to a new report from environmental economists. Photo: Graphic Stock The Trump administration’s decision to remove federal Clean Water Act protections from millions of acres of wetlands and millions of miles of streams is based on dubious methodology and flawed logic, according to a new report by environmental economists from leading research institutions across the United States. Bonni...