Pennsylvania: "Conservationists Say State Waterways at Risk"
"Pennsylvania has 86,000 miles of rivers, streams and creeks — a total length eclipsed only by the vast wilderness in Alaska."
Source: Bucks County Courier Times, 08/04/2014
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Group Says Poll Shows Small Business Owners Support Clean Water Rules
"WASHINGTON — A progressive business advocacy group said that small business owners from around the country support greater efforts by the federal government to protect the nation’s water, according to a poll the group commissioned."
Source: McClatchy, 07/28/2014
"EPA Proposes Strict Limits on Pebble Mine To Protect Salmon"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it intends to take extraordinary action to protect Bristol Bay’s world-class salmon runs and unparalleled natural habitat from destruction by the proposed Pebble mine. But the agency is stopping short of blocking the mine outright and instead is proposing caps on how many miles of streams and acres of wetlands could be lost."
Source: Alaska Dispatch News, 07/21/2014
From Roof Gardens To Porous Pavement, Rain Capture Takes Wisc. By Storm
"What possibly could the cities of Brookfield and Oak Creek, Alverno College, Miller Park, All Peoples Church, Lakefront Brewery, R&K Cudahy Storage and Milwaukee County Parks have in common?"
Source: , 06/17/2014
"For Minnesota's Pristine Wetlands, N.D. Oil Boom Is New Threat"
"A remote wetland near Itasca State Park, already undercut by three crude oil pipelines, is one of several fragile, isolated habitats along the proposed path of the 610-mile Sandpiper crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 06/09/2014
"Louisiana Lawsuits Seek Oil & Gas Industry Money To Restore Coastline"
"Louisiana Republicans work to quash lawsuits seeking oil and gas industry funds to restore the coastline."
Source: LA Times, 05/21/2014
"Waters Will Flood Part Of Colorado River, For Just A Few Weeks
"Millions of gallons of water used to flow every day from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California. Now, the Colorado River ends at Morelos Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border. Below it, one of North America's largest wetlands is dry."
Source: NPR, 04/08/2014
"Water, Wildlife Surge Back Into Once-Parched Colorado River Delta"
"LOS ALGODONES, Mexico — Osvel Hinojosa knew that an infusion of water would bring the Colorado River delta back to life. But in just a few days, a U.S.-Mexican experiment to revive the delta environment has exceeded his expectations."
Source: LA Times, 03/28/2014
EPA Proposes Greater Protections for Streams, Wetlands Under Water Act
"The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule Tuesday that would give the federal government regulatory authority over millions of acres of wetlands and about 2 million miles of streams."
Source: Wash Post, 03/26/2014
Oil Spill in Houston Ship Channel Blocks Traffic; Size Unknown
"TEXAS CITY, Texas -- The cleanup of an unknown amount of thick, sticky oil that spilled into the Galveston Bay blocked the movement Sunday of about 60 ships, including three cruise ships, between the Gulf of Mexico and one of the world's busiest petrochemical transportation waterways."
Source: AP, 03/24/2014
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