Colorado sued EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in federal court, claiming the EPA’s “proposed new definition of ‘waters of the United States’ conflicts with the text of the Clean Water Act, contravenes controlling Supreme Court precedent, contradicts the Act’s objective, and ignores sound science.”
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Hollywood Beach Road was once such prime real estate that the neighborhood had its own airstrip, enabling well-heeled residents to zip back and forth between homes in nearby St. Louis and weekend cottages on the Meramec River in suburban Arnold, Missouri.
Read moreThe Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a nationwide program to approve oil and gas pipelines, power lines and other utility work, spurred by a court ruling that industry representatives say could slow or halt numerous infrastructure projects due to environmental concerns.
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Pulling the plug on Earth Day’s eve, the Environmental Protection Agency eliminated critical pollution rules from the Obama era that had safeguarded at-risk ecosystems and drinking water across the country.
Read moreThe Oregon Supreme Court upheld a determination that the Department of State Lands impermissibly issued a permit allowing Walmart to fill wetlands on private property in order to build a new store, ruling the record lacks a finding about whether or not the project will interfere with the state’s policy of preserving its waters for public purposes.
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Construction of a Taiwanese company’s $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana began this week, despite a stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the coronavirus and high water levels that make construction near levees illegal.
Read moreThe Center for Biological Diversity sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in New Orleans Federal Court for failing to list the wetlands-dwelling eastern black rail as endangered due to loss of habitat.
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Ahead of this year’s hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin, research released Monday suggests that wetlands could serve as better and more cost-effective protection from such storms than engineered solutions such as sea walls and levees.
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Environmentalists sued a San Francisco Bay Area city Monday to stop the construction of a luxury apartment complex in an area comprised of sensitive wetlands susceptible to a rising sea.
Read moreOregon Governor Kate Brown signed a bill Friday that environmentalists say will weaken protections of wetlands and intermittent streams, reversing course after announcing on Monday that she would likely veto the controversial bill.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture arbitrarily determined that a farm was no longer eligible for certain benefits, because a farmer cut down nine trees. The agency determined that the tree removal converted several acres of wetlands into croplands, but it did not present any evidence that the tree removal “altered the wetland hydrology.”
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A Northern California vineyard will have to pay $3.7 million as part of a settlement agreement for its unauthorized construction that destroyed natural wetlands and threatened Mendocino County’s watershed.
Read moreHoping to freeze the new wetlands rules, a coalition consisting of several California water suppliers and the city of San Francisco sued the water board late Wednesday.
Read moreThe Florida Supreme Court has been asked to decide a years-long dispute over oil drilling in the Everglades that opponents say could lead to spills and hurt wildlife.
Read moreSANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A state judge ruled against an environmental group’s objections to repairs to a rail line, paving
Read moreDams erode tropical coastlines at a rate that may outweigh the environmental benefits of clean hydroelectric energy, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.
Read moreAs rising seawater gives way to flooding, coastal wetlands will play an important role in managing carbon emissions and should be properly managed to offset atmospheric carbon emissions, according to a new study published Wednesday.
Read moreA Louisiana appeals court ruled 4-1 Wednesday that the state’s Department of Natural Resources properly issued a permit for the construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline through fragile wetlands and an area known as “cancer alley” for its chemical plants and residents’ health problems.
Read moreMinnesota pollution regulators granted the final state permits Thursday for the operation of a contentious $1 billion copper-nickel mine and processing plant in the Superior National Forest.
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