From Stanford News Severe wildfires can drive chemical changes in soil that affect ecosystem recovery and risks to human health....
Method deals with pollution from fire suppressant foams By David Danelski, UC Riverside As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cracks...
The city discharges billions of gallons of untreated sewage water onto its beaches and into San Francisco Bay and its tributaries every year, according to the federal complaint. By Hillel Aron, Courthouse News Service The federal government sued the city...
From the US EPA: The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Attorney...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Water systems will need to comply with new rules on contaminants at the state and...
California’s Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board Permit Vacated The Sierra Club Tahoe Area Group and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) are thrilled to announce victory in their lawsuit against herbicide discharges into the Tahoe Keys lagoons connected to...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: On April 23, 2024, the Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control...
Disputes of fact as to whether contaminated stormwater actually flowed into a Sacramento River tributary precluded summary judgment, a federal...
Kyle Doudrick, University of Notre Dame, The Conversation Chemists invented PFAS in the 1930s to make life easier: Nonstick pans, waterproof clothing, grease-resistant food packaging and stain-resistant carpet were all made possible by PFAS. But in recent years, the growing...
The nationwide cost to treat or replace contaminated drinking water is estimated at $1.5 billion a year. The ubiquitous chemicals,...
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan says possible changes in federal administrations could lead to rollbacks in state protections if environmental rights aren’t...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 23, section 3858, the State Water Resources Control Board posted Public Notice for a Clean Water Act section 401 water quality certification application for the Sites...
From the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance In an April 1, 2024 letter to three water boards, fishing and conservation groups...
By Mike Peña, UC Santa Cruz With climate change leading to increases in the size and frequency of wildfires, UC...
Press release This week, Latino community groups were joined by Monterey Waterkeeper and the Environmental Justice and Common Good Initiative at Santa Clara University in filing a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against the State...