Clean Water Act

August 13, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

E. Coli Limits For Major D.C. Rivers Illegal, Court Rules

EPA’s pollution limits for Anacostia, Potomac and Rock Creek are too high

August 13, 2019 | Legal Document

D.C. Bacterial Total Daily Limits Decision

The Clean Water Act and its implementing regulations create an intricate process in which States and the Environmental Protection Agency share responsibility for monitoring and limiting pollution in the nation’s navigable waters. As one part of that process, States must establish water quality standards for bodies of water within their borders.

August 6, 2019 | In the News: NBC News

Clean Water Case Ferments Trouble For Craft Breweries And Environmentalists

David Henkin, Attorney, Earthjustice: “This case pits those who are committed to the protection of life-giving, clean water against the Trump administration and polluting industries that want free rein to use groundwater as a sewer to dump their waste and toxic discharges into our nation’s lakes, rivers and oceans.”

August 1, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

In the 11th Hour Court Halts Copper Mine from Desecrating Native American Tribes’ Ancestral Grounds

The Tohono O’odham Nation, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and the Hopi Tribe asked a federal judge to stop mine company from destroying their heritage

July 29, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Montana Court Strikes Down Water Pollution Permit for Montanore Mine, Protecting Clean Water and Native Fish

Permits for both of Hecla’s proposed mines in Montana’s Cabinet Mountains Wilderness have been ruled unlawful this year

July 22, 2019 | Press Release

Former EPA Heads, 13 States, Native American Tribe, Beer Brewers, Others Join Supreme Court Clean Water Act Case

Bipartisan coalition opposes Maui County, Trump administration in case that threatens clean water across U.S.

July 10, 2019 | Legal Document

Order re: Summary Judgment and Dismissal

Na Kia‘i Kai, Surfrider Foundation, and Pesticide Action Network North America seek injunctive and declaratory relief for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, and breach of public trust as a result of discharges from the Mānā Plain near Kekaha, Kauai, Hawai‘i into the Pacific Ocean.

July 10, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Clean Water Act

E. Coli Limits For Major D.C. Rivers Illegal, Court Rules

D.C. Bacterial Total Daily Limits Decision

Clean Water Case Ferments Trouble For Craft Breweries And Environmentalists

In the 11th Hour Court Halts Copper Mine from Desecrating Native American Tribes’ Ancestral Grounds

Montana Court Strikes Down Water Pollution Permit for Montanore Mine, Protecting Clean Water and Native Fish

Former EPA Heads, 13 States, Native American Tribe, Beer Brewers, Others Join Supreme Court Clean Water Act Case

Order re: Summary Judgment and Dismissal

Federal Judge Finds Hawai‘i Agribusiness Development Corporation Is Unlawfully Contaminating Kauaʻi’s Shores

Federal Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Approval of California’s Cadiz Water Pipeline

Viewpoint Regarding Injection Well Lawsuit Was Misleading

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