October 3, 2024
by Berit DeGrandpre
Regulations
State and Local
Water
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a pollution discharge permit issued by EPA under the Clean Water Act. The case raises questions of statutory interpretation, administrative, and environmental law that have been hot topics at the Supreme Court in recent terms.
April 17, 2024
by John Powers
Chemicals
Regulations
Water
EPA has been working quickly to regulate PFAS across the United States. The National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for PFAS is now finalized, and more final rules are right around the corner.
December 4, 2023
by Bill Shultz
Regulations
State and Local
Water
Concentrated animal feeding operations are explicitly named as a point source under the Clean Water Act, but the EPA has been woefully ineffective at monitoring and regulating manure discharges, leaving water and human health at risk.
April 10, 2023
by Benjamin Wilken
State and Local
Water
The American West is dry. Despite extreme weather events like the series of atmospheric rivers that doused the West Coast (from late 2022 until the time of this piece’s composition), capable of dumping up to half an inch of rain an hour,[1] the overall…
February 26, 2023
by Doug Hicks
Regulations
Water
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is finalizing a rule that allows state criminal negligence enforcement programs approved under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) to carry different mens rea requirements than those required for federal CWA…
February 13, 2023
by Allie Williams
Climate change
State and Local
Water
Unprecedented, warmer, wetter winter seasons have ski communities across the Alps fearful of how rising temperatures and the looming reality of climate change might impact the winter sports industry in the years to come.[1] By contrast, in the Western…
April 28, 2022
by Grace Gibson
Fossil Fuels
State and Local
Water
On November 20th, 2021, the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Honolulu leaked 14,000 gallons of water and fuel.[1] The facility, constructed in the early 1940s, holds over 100 million gallons of fuel a mere 100 feet above the Southern Oʻahu Basal…
April 11, 2022
by Eleanor Green
Natural Resources
Water
Spanning the border of Minnesota and Ontario is a pristine wilderness area called the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness, or simply the Boundary Waters. This natural area has held a place of importance for ecologists, outdoor recreationists, and native…
March 29, 2022
by Sam Abrams
International
Water
On February 20, 2022, the Ethiopian government announced that its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) began producing electricity.[i] The GERD, located on the Nile River, is viewed as a significant economic and symbolic achievement for the embattled…
March 13, 2022
by Reuben Siegman
Sustainability
Water
Water is one of the most precious resources on the planet. It is the foundation for life, something we all need to survive. As climate change brings about an increase in global temperature and greater frequency of droughts, usable water will become scarcer…