Clean Water Act Settlement Ensures That Boston Racetrack Addresses Wastewater and Stormwater Discharges

In response to EPA’s enforcement at this facility, Suffolk is completing construction of a wastewater collection system, is making improvements to its stormwater collection system and has applied for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

Vanishing Paradise Hails Congressional Progress on RESTORE Act

Legislation will dedicate $5 to $21 billion to Gulf Coast restoration. The coalition of more than 700 national state and local hunting and fishing organizations and businesses that is Vanishing Paradise lauded the Senate and House for reaching an agreement on a Surface Transportation Extension Act conference report that includes the RESTORE Act. The RESTORE [...]

Voters Will Kill a Peripheral Canal

Diverting Sacramento River water around the delta will make pollution worse. Increased pollution will further degrade fisheries and diminish the productivity of hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland. There is water for both people and fish if it is efficiently and equitably used.

Giant Fish Blenders: Power Plants Are Destroying Our Waters

Agency (EPA) has proposed new standards for these cooling water systems and is currently accepting public comment on the draft standards, which unfortunately fall far short of what is needed to protect fisheries and waterways.

SPORTSMEN TO CONGRESS: ‘GULF COAST NEEDS RESTORATION NOW’

To make certain sportsmen’s voices are heard, Ducks Unlimited and the National Wildlife Federation are hosting a sportsmen’s fly-in this week as part of their Vanishing Paradise partnership. During the next two days, the group will visit more than 25 congressional offices to discuss with senators, representatives and their staffs the importance of restoring the Gulf’s rapidly disappearing coastal wetlands and ensuring penalties paid by BP are used for Gulf habitat restoration.

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