by Kirsten Stade | Jan 19, 2020
For Immediate Release: Sunday, January 19, 2020 Contact: Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933; Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337 Complaint Details HQ Systematically Sidelining Science in WOTUS Review Washington, DC — In preparing one of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...
by Tim Whitehouse | Jan 6, 2020
A working group of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Scientific Advisory Board is the latest group to blast the Administration’s efforts to drastically scale back clean water protections in the United States. At issue is a proposed new definition...
by Kyla Bennett | Nov 18, 2019
Impact of proposed Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) redefinition on wetlands and waters in New York: a case study The Trump Administration’s draconian proposal to redefine waters of the United States will wreak havoc on the wetlands and waters of New York. Given that New...
by Susan Sargent | Sep 30, 2019
Last week, EPA’s Inspector General slammed the agency for repeatedly looking the other way when public water systems don’t inform their customers of violations that could jeopardize their health. The IG found that EPA does a poor job of oversight and of...
by Kyla Bennett | Aug 26, 2019
Impact of Proposed Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) Redefinition on Wetlands and Waters in South Dakota Available for download South Dakota originally contained an estimated 2.7 million acres of wetlands. Today, less than 1.8 million acres remain due to filling, draining,...
by Susan Sargent | Aug 20, 2019
For Immediate Release: Aug 20, 2019 Contact: Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337 State’s Drinking Water, Flood Control, and Wildlife Habitat at High Risk Washington, DC — The Mount Rushmore State will suffer devastating impacts if Trump’s plans to roll back Clean Water Act...
