by John Cronin | Jun 30, 2017 | Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
The integrity of the Clean Water Act is of vital national importance — not because we have come so far, but because we still have so far to go. More in our monthly podcast produced in partnership with Mid-Hudson News.
by John Cronin | Jan 6, 2015 | Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
“It is the national goal that the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters be eliminated by 1985.” ~ 1972 Federal Clean Water Act, Section 101(a)(1)
by John Cronin | Aug 1, 2014 | General, Government, Pollution, Water
[countup date=1985/01/01-00:00:00] [timer] since the Federal Clean Water Act’s 1985 goal to eliminate the discharge of pollutants [/countup]
by John Cronin | Jul 23, 2014 | Government, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
Defending the Clean Water Act from EarthDesk’s continuing critique of the law’s performance, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy echoed President Barak Obama when she called upon the memory of the 45-year old Cuyahoga River fire as...
by John Cronin | Jul 17, 2014 | EPA's Invisible Beaches, Law & Policy, Pollution, Recreation, Water
Controversy erupted in Sioux Falls, South Dakota yesterday when the East Dakota Water Development District proposed warning signs that would advise swimmers, paddlers and other recreational users about excessive bacterial pollution of the Big Sioux River. Sioux Falls...