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There is no reason to think that the Clean Water Act was uniquely designed to enable the strong-arming of regulated parties into ‘voluntary compliance’ without the opportunity for judicial review
The Corps of Engineers has resorted to arbitrary and capricious reasoning—manipulating models and changing definitions where necessary—to make this project seem compliant with the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act when it is not.
Smithfield itself does not have a good record in the US. It has been associated with some of the largest fines under the Clean Water Act ... And we know there have been major problems with Shuanghui in China. It doesn't seem to me like a great combination for US consumers.More quotes »
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Walmart in $81.6M toxic waste settlement
other problems.The retail giant entered the plea in federal court in San Francisco to misdemeanor counts of violating the Clean Water Act and another environmental law regulating pesticides. The fine also settled Environmental Protection Agency allegations.In Read more »
Around the web
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EPA and Michigan Face Showdown on Wetland Protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 19, 2013 — Legislation heading to the desk of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has a score of provisions that violate the federal Clean Water Act, according to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency analysis released today by Public Em 58 m ago from YubaNet Read more »
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Constitutional limits on oil spill money fails
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Attempts to limit Gulf Coast oil spill penalty money to coastal restoration in the Louisiana Constitution failed to gain legislative passage for a second year, while disagreements continue over just how tightly the dollars should from Beaumont Enterprise Read more »
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Fertilizers, nutrients on land too much of good thing in water: Janine H. Rybka and Patricia Carey
After years of celebrating the revival of Lake Erie, which meant cleaner water, great fishing and recreational opportunities, it appears that our blue lake is turning green -- and not in a good way. View full sizeMatt Halverson of Kiel, Wis., takes a clo from Cleveland.com Read more »
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U.S., Arkansas sue ExxonMobil over spill
Washington -- The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas have filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 29 pipeline rupture that spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood and waterways in the small town of Mayflo from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »
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The E.P.A. Backs Off on Factory Farms
The Environmental Protection Agency is obliged under the Clean Water Act to monitor America’s waterways and shield them from the toxic runoff from factory farms. But the growth of that industry, and its courtroom tenacity, has far outstripped the E.P.A.’ from The New York Times Read more »
