“If the Pebble mine is constructed and results in substantial damage to the people and ecosystems of Bristol Bay, it will cast a cloud over all mining projects—even safe and responsible ones—increasing costs…
Water
Obama Administration Takes Important Step toward Protecting America’s Waterways
Environment America
02-22-2012
The industries primarily responsible for this pollution—mega-agribusiness, the coal industry, Big Oil and big developers, are fighting to block these guidelines. In fact, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a bill…
Without Passage of RESTORE Act, BP Could Get Sweet Settlement Deal
National Wildlife Federation
02-22-2012
BP could soon squirm its way to a sweet settlement deal this week for the Gulf oil disaster—a move that would allow the company’s pockets to continue to expand on the heels of their record profits, while leaving more uncertainty…
Invasive species introduced and spread via ballast water discharge are already wreaking havoc on the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters. A litany of non-native invaders—including zebra mussels, quagga mussels, spiny water fleas…
Potomac Riverkeeper Appeals Quarry Permit that Threatens Drinking Water
Potomac Riverkeeper
02-21-2012
A coalition of organizations representing environmental, historical and community interests filed an appeal Feb. 21 in Berkeley County Circuit Court challenging a permit to allow quarrying on North Mountain…
As the human population has climbed past seven billion, and the consumption per person of everything from burgers to blue jeans has risen inexorably, the finiteness of Earth’s freshwater is becoming ever more apparent….
The Clean Water Act has done more to restore the health of our rivers and streams than all other laws combined. So why are many or our rivers and streams in decline? Well, the problem has three parts…
How Will Obama’s EPA Budget Proposal Affect Water Quality Programs?
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
02-20-2012
President Obama’s FY2013 EPA budget proposal targets nutrient pollution, sedimentation and loss of shoreline vegetation as major water quality concerns, with a focus on agriculture as a major contributor to water…
Government of the United Kingdom Holds Emergency Water Summit as Region Faces Drought
Friends of the Earth United Kingdom
02-20-2012
The green campaigning charity says that the drought crisis has been a long-time coming, as successive Governments have consistently allowed the over-abstraction of water from several English rivers and ignored the problem of…
Brazil President Sacrifices Protected Areas to Accelerate Dam Construction
International Rivers
02-17-2012
“The Provisional Measure signed by President Rousseff signals a growing tendency within the federal government, already visible with the Belo Monte Dam, to blatantly disregard human rights and environmental legislation…
In the settlement, Ox Paperboard is required to design and implement a biological treatment system to handle wastewater discharge as part of their planned facility upgrades, to pay more than $100,000 in fines…
Court Rules Sewer District Can Move Forward with Stormwater Management Program
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
02-16-2012
The Sewer District’s Stormwater Management Program will address flooding, erosion and water quality problems throughout its defined service area. In addition, the Sewer District will assume responsibility for millions of dollars of necessary maintenance along streams across the region…
Capturing Rainwater from Rooftops Can Alleviate Nation’s Water Woes
Natural Resources Defense Council
02-16-2012
By comparing annual rainfall totals to rooftop coverage, NRDC determined that opportunities exist in each city to capture hundreds of millions of gallons of rainfall every year for reuse. By doing so, residents of these communities would obtain…
The world’s largest jewelry retailers, including Walmart, Sterling, Zale’s, Tiffany & Co., QVC, Target, Sears/Kmart and JCPenney have all committed to study their metals’ supply chains, revise their supplier sourcing criteria…
Groups from around the world—who view the forum as a corporate tradeshow disguised as a multi-stakeholder conference—are organizing the Alternative World Water Forum (in French, Forum Alternatif…
Want to help show your love for the Gulf this Valentine’s Day? It’s easy. Just click on one of the messages below to tell Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that you…
This week, Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) will vote on a bill that includes a measure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The Arctic Refuge is our greatest wilderness icon and is home to caribou…
Delaware Riverkeeper Secures Reforms In Pennsylvania Gas Drilling Regulations
Delaware Riverkeeper
02-13-2012
“Pennsylvania’s regulatory program is demonstrably deficient when it comes to protecting waterways and communities from gas drilling, this litigation and our depositions just highlighted a few of those pitfalls…
Green Budget Outlines Ideas for Federal Environmental Investments
Natural Resources Defense Council
02-10-2012
“It’s critically important to continue investing wisely in conservation, environmental protection and clean energy programs. That’s precisely what the Green Budget does. It recommends adequate funding to continue enforcing…
The Delaware River deepening is a major threat to the Delaware River, including the fish, shellfish and wildlife that today are needed to provide healthy food and hundreds of millions of dollars a year supporting income…
With that kind of money at stake, the mostly unregulated extraction process called hydraulic fracturing (fracking) that’s necessary to unleash the gas has become the nation’s most polarizing environmental and energy issue…
The eventual winner of the Fracky was the American Petroleum Institute for what activists referred to as “spinning the benefits of fracking so hard that some people actually believe that gas is a bridge fuel to renewables…
On Feb. 9, SkyTruth released its Site 23051 Cumulative Spill Report showing an estimation of the total cumulative amount of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico at the site of Taylor Energy’s ongoing oil spill that began…
The toxic algae outbreaks breaking out around Florida can cause rashes, breathing problems, stomach disorders, and worse. Health authorities have had to shut down drinking water plants, beaches and swimming areas…
University of Alabama Students Move to Stop the Shepherd Bend Mine
Black Warrior Riverkeeper
02-09-2012
“The UAB student government has made a strong statement that they want to protect their city’s drinking water and their University’s reputation from the Shepherd Bend Mine proposal”…
In an effort to challenge what they call the next threat to America’s energy independence, environmental health, and family economics, a coalition of environmental organizations has filed comments with…
W.V. Surface Mine Board Approves Quarry Permit Despite Strong Local Opposition
Potomac Riverkeeper
02-08-2012
Despite strong local opposition and compelling expert testimony advising against the development of a shale quarry that would overshadow the historic town of Gerrardstown, W.V., the West Virginia Surface Mine…
On Feb. 7, Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) delivered his State of the State address from the 1,100-seat Steubenville High School auditorium rather than keeping with tradition and delivering the speech from the Statehouse in…
With BP Settlement Likely, Sierra Club Calls on Obama to Restore the Gulf Coast
Sierra Club
02-07-2012
Michael Brune, Sierra Club executive director, called on President Obama Feb. 6 to take strong action in any settlement of claims under the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act from BP’s 2010 Gulf of…
BP Profits $3 Million Each Hour in 2011—Attempts to Evade Responsibility to Gulf
National Wildlife Federation
02-07-2012
Reports on Feb. 7 indicate that BP made a major profit for 2011. BP announced that it made a profit of $25.7 billion during the 2011 calendar year. BP’s fourth-quarter profits alone reached $7.69 billion…
