COURTHOUSE NEWS: California and EPA Tussle Over Water-Quality Protections Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation June 18, 2020Attorneys for 18 states and 2 major cities were in federal court Thursday asking a judge to grant a preliminary...
THE CONVERSATION: Repealing the Clean Water Rule will swamp the Trump administration in wetland litigation The Conversation Policy and regulationWater rights and water law September 24, 2019Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School, for The Conversation The question of which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump Administration Set to Repeal Obama-Era Water Protection Rule Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation September 12, 2019The Trump administration is expected on Thursday to roll back a major Obama-era policy that brought under federal protection many...
EXPLAINER: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Legal Framework: ‘All the acronyms you need to know’ Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law September 11, 2019Panel of lawyers dive into the web of laws affecting water in the Delta: The state and federal endangered species...
THE CONVERSATION: Small streams and wetlands are key parts of river networks – here’s why they need protection The Conversation Planning and management January 30, 2019Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, for The Conversation The Trump administration is proposing to redefine a key term in the...
THIS JUST IN … Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations Leads Suit Against State Water Board to Protect Salmon in the Water Quality Control Plan Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) Policy and regulation January 28, 2019Suit charges the Board with breaching federal Clean Water Act, California’s Porter Cologne Water Quality Act, and the Public Trust...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump White House to Unwind Wetlands Protections Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation December 11, 2018The Trump administration unveiled a plan Tuesday to drain federal protections for wetlands and other isolated bodies of water, doing...
THIS JUST IN … California Fisheries Groups Sue State for Failure to Protect Impaired Waterways Conservation organizations & coalitions EcosystemsNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality November 2, 2017From the Institute for Fisheries Resources: Today four commercial fisheries organizations filed a lawsuit accusing the California State Water Resources...
REACTIONS to Trump’s rollback of the clean water rule Maven Policy and regulation March 1, 2017Yesterday, President Trump issued an order directing his administration to begin the long process of rolling back sweeping clean water...
THIS JUST IN … District Court denies motion to dismiss NRDC suit against the EPA over waivers of water quality standards during drought Natural Resources Defense Council Policy and regulationWater quality February 7, 2017‘Plaintiffs have plausibly alleged a non-discretionary duty by the EPA to review the SWRCB orders at issue,’ the Court rules...
Sat. AM News Alert … Conservation groups sue EPA over Bay Delta water quality and salmon Conservation organizations & coalitions Water rights and water law April 23, 2016From the NRDC: Conservation groups filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today – on Earth Day –...
Legal panel: You Mean Just Having a Water Right Isn’t Good Enough? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater qualityWater rights and water law January 28, 2016How the ESA, Streambed Alteration Agreements, and the Clean Water Act Are All Curtailing the Exercise of Water Rights Recent...
Environmental groups notify EPA of intent to file suit for violations of the Clean Water Act Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulationWater quality November 2, 2015The numerous modifications of the Delta’s water quality standards due to the drought are a violation of federal law, environmental...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Navajo Enforce Their Own Clean Water Act Courthouse News Service Colorado RiverWater quality July 8, 2015By Elizabeth Warmerdam, Courthouse News Service The Navajo Nation agreed to bring its wastewater treatment plant in Window Rock, Ariz....
Groups Sue Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, State Water Board and DWR to Prevent Fishery Extinctions Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulation June 4, 2015From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN), Restore the Delta, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and AquAlliance: On 3 June 2015,...
