Sentences with phrase «clean water laws»

On the heels of the EPA announcement, an in - depth article in the New York Times, «Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering,» offers new insights into public drinking water supply contamination.

- He helped create the Environmental Protection Agency, and worked on the initial clean air and clean water laws.

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For that reason, the tribe says the Army Corps of Engineers could violate not just one, but two laws: NEPA and the Clean Water Act.

This is well expressed in the words of a rabbi, who declines to discuss any critical question on the content of the law of purification, explaining that the content is irrelevant: «Death does not make unclean, nor water clean.

The closure of the club is in direct response to its violations of U.S. law - the Clean Water Act.

You can bring this chair everywhere — camping trips, visits to the in - laws — and it cleans easily with nothing more than a paper towel and water.

(d) It further is the policy of the United States that, to the extent permitted by law, all agencies should take appropriate actions to promote clean air and clean water for the American people, while also respecting the proper roles of the Congress and the States concerning these matters in our constitutional republic.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney slammed Trump last year for «weakening Clean Water Act protections,» but the Manhattan Democrat has made millions from companies that were sued for polluting wetlands in violation of the same law.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act into law in Auburn this week, and a big chunk is going to help officials along Owasco Lake clean drinking water threatened by algae blClean Water Infrastructure Act into law in Auburn this week, and a big chunk is going to help officials along Owasco Lake clean drinking water threatened by algae blWater Infrastructure Act into law in Auburn this week, and a big chunk is going to help officials along Owasco Lake clean drinking water threatened by algae blclean drinking water threatened by algae blwater threatened by algae blooms.

«They just want their life to be better, their water to be clean, not to fear law enforcement, the simple things and there's a huge disconnect of the political discourse and the average person, I want to bridge that gap,» Kirkwood said.

He also passed several laws to ease the regulatory burden on small businesses, protect veteran's benefits, and Clean Water Acts for Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties to revitalize impaired waterways and combat flooding.

That should be restricted because it is more important for us to have good clean healthy water than to have a law for mining.

This administration has proposed cuts to funding for human services, starved our infrastructure of the resources it needs and paid millions of dollars in fines for being unable to provide clean drinking water but can spend several million dollars taking care of the law firms that employ his campaign donors,» said Brian Hegt, spokesman for the BoL Democratic Caucus.

According to him, the time for the country to continue to rely «on the inexhaustible charity of donor projects to build schools to educate our children, provide adequate health services for a healthy Ghana, provide safe and adequate water, provide sanitation services for a clean Ghana, provide law and order for a good society,» is over.

Professor Connolly will address the history of the Clean Water Act, issues related to environmental case law, and how policy is shaped by those decisions.

«Over the last year, we have not hesitated to fight back against the Trump Administration's assault on the law and New Yorkers» fundamental right to clean water, air, and environment.

«The Clean Water Rule is a common sense application of the law and the best science to protect our waters.

«This foolish rollback of clean water standards rejects years of work building stakeholder input and scientific data support, and it imperils the progress for safe clean drinking water in the Midwest,» Howard Learner, executive director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center, told Reuters.

The Manhattan Democrat slammed Trump last year for «weakening Clean Water Act protections» — but she's made millions from companies that were sued for polluting wetlands in violation of the same law.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a $ 2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Improvement Act on the shores of Owasco Lake.

I believe that the provisions of the Zoning Law that preserve open space, natural resources and clean water are sound.

They also had clean drinking water from aqueducts and laws that involved taking rubbish and feces out of towns to try and make them cleaner.

But in a perfect world, he said, «I would abolish Colorado water rights law and start all over again with a clean slate.»

Congressional leaders back in the politically turbulent 1970s managed to pass sweeping laws to ensure clean air and water, protect endangered species and keep toxic substances out of everyday household products.

Under the terms of the law, companies can not ship oil in any U.S. waters unless they prove they have response and clean - up plans in place and have the manpower and equipment on hand to respond quickly and effectively in the case of another disaster.

Obama's Clean Water Rule — also known as the Waters of the U.S., or WOTUS — sought to clarify which wetlands and small, isolate waterways get protected under the landmark 1972 environmental law, the Clean Water Act.

ref A key strategy to address ocean acidification is reinforcing existing environmental laws (e.g., U.S. Clean Water Act) to: limit runoff and associated pollutants, control coastal erosion, and enforce emission limits for pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide.

Boston, MA About Blog Conservation Law Foundation forges solutions to New England's biggest environmental challenges — climate change, clean water, healthy communities — for all.

Edmonton, Alberta About Blog A champion for strong environmental laws and rights so all Albertans can enjoy clean air, clean water and a healthy environment Frequency about 3 posts per month Since Nov 2009 Website elc.ab.ca / blog + Follow Facebook fans - 702.

John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) is a rising FBI agent tasked with cleaning up the neighborhood, and as such he's conflicted: Connolly grew up with Bulger, and blood is thicker than water, even when the two sides of law are involved.

Your city or state may have laws requiring buyers or sellers to test for environmental hazards such as leaking underground oil tanks, the presence of radon or asbestos, lead water pipes, and other such hazards, and to take the steps to clean - up any such hazards.

If officers were able to get a visual on pets and determine that animals looked injury - free and were provided with the basics as dictated by current law — food, water, shelter and a clean, healthy environment that includes a certain amount of space — that complaint could be closed.

This rescue, along with the 13 other we've done in the past 3 years, demonstrates the need for stronger laws in North Carolina to prevent someone from forcing dogs to spend their lives in squalor, without access to clean food and water.

Quebec provincial animal welfare laws require that all animals have access to food and water, are provided with suitable and clean living conditions, receive basic health care and are not subject to abuse or ill - treatment.

Prop B would amend Missouri law to require large - scale dog breeding operations to provide each dog under their care with sufficient food, clean water, housing and space; necessary veterinary care; regular exercise; and adequate rest between breeding cycles.

By law, animal owners in the State of California need to provide their animals with proper food, fresh water, shelter from the elements, adequate and clean space, and veterinary care when needed.

We work on the water and in the communities along the Santa Barbara Channel to monitor water quality, restore aquatic ecosystems, advocate for clean water, enforce environmental laws, and educate and engage citizens in implementing solutions to water pollution and aquatic habitat degradation.

Boston, MA About Blog Conservation Law Foundation forges solutions to New England's biggest environmental challenges — climate change, clean water, healthy communities — for all.

Edmonton, Alberta About Blog A champion for strong environmental laws and rights so all Albertans can enjoy clean air, clean water and a healthy environment Frequency about 3 posts per month Since Nov 2009 Website elc.ab.ca / blog + Follow Facebook fans - 702.

he wants to eliminate existing laws (Clean Air, Clean Water, etc) and replace them with a loosely regulated market based system of controls.

The passage of the landmark Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and many other groundbreaking environmental laws soon followed.

A National Clean Water Commission of blue - ribbon experts in law, engineering, sciences, health, technology, finance and economics to recommend new national goals to replace the tired and expired goals of current federal water laws, and a policy and business plan to implement Water Commission of blue - ribbon experts in law, engineering, sciences, health, technology, finance and economics to recommend new national goals to replace the tired and expired goals of current federal water laws, and a policy and business plan to implement water laws, and a policy and business plan to implement them.

The Clean City Law aims at combating pollutions of water, air, sound and the visual.»

The laws that have been most effective such as the Clean Water Act for municipal waste treatment, have a carrot, low interest loans to build an better treatment plant, or fines if you did not.

Environmental groups have sought to force the federal government to restrict carbon dioxide emissions using the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act (because of threats to polar bears from global warming) and other federal laws, and now they are poised to add the Clean Water Act to the list.

Indeed the success of the Hudson River Fisherman's Association in finally finding a US Attorney willing to use the 1899 Refuse Act (a law rediscovered by Robert Boyle) to prosecute Hudson River polluters, and the spread of such prosecutions across the country produced a legal nightmare for industry which created the impetus for the Clean Water Act (1972) in the first place.

This report comes on the heels of accusations from local groups that a Kentucky mining company has violated the Clean Water Act nearly 28,000 times, likely the largest non-compliance of the law in its 42 - year history, while state regulators continue to give only slaps on the wrists.

The signatories of the letter include American Rivers, Center for International Environmental Law, Citizens for Global Solutions, Clean Water Action, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Day Network, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Environment America, Greenpeace, League of Conservation Voters, Native American Rights Fund, National Tribal Environmental Council, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Population Action International, Population Connection, Rails - to - Trails Conservancy, Sierra Club, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Of course, some people will not see it that way, particularly traditional green groups that helped write the laws and regulations that cleaned up the nation's air and water.

It is to respond to requests from stakeholders across the country to make the process of identifying waters protected under the Clean Water Act easier to understand, to make it more predictable and more consistent with the law and peer - reviewed science.»