The Polluters’ Lawyers
Legislation to strengthen the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and other environmental concerns in the 1970s did not only create new government agencies, it also spawned entire fields of law. While...
View ArticleClean Water Timeline
It has been more than a century since Congress started debating the role of the federal government in protecting the nation’s waters. The battle continues today in Congress as well as the courtrooms....
View ArticleVirginia Albrecht: Undermining the Clean Water Act – Drop by Drop
Virginia Albrecht (explore the Clean Water Timeline), dressed in a black double knit pantsuit and wearing small gold earrings, makes her way to the dais at the front of a large room in the law offices...
View ArticleEPA’s Victory Moves Clean Water Act Fight Back to District Court
Merits of Case Must Now Be Decided Mingo Logan A federal appeals court ruling Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to rescind a dumping permit three years after it was...
View ArticleSupreme Court Refuses to Hear EPA Coal Case
Mingo Logan WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear the Mingo Logan case, which revolves around whether the Environmental Protection Agency may veto a dumping permit already...
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