Facts: Rollbacks of Pollution Rules Will Cost 200k Lives
Environmental Protection Network Denounces EPA’s Assault on Clean Air and Water Protections
Environmental Protection Network Condemns EPA’s Rollback of Federally Protected Waters and Release of Guidance Restricting Clean Water Protections
EPN Comments on EPA’s Interim PFAS Destruction and Disposal Guidance
Environmental Protection Network Applauds Revisions to Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
EPN Expresses Concerns Over ACOE Plan for Yazoo Backwater Area
Environmental Protection Network Welcomes EPA Power Plant Standards
EPN Sends Letter to Congressional Committees on PFAS Exemptions from CERCLA
Environmental Protection Network is Encouraged by EPA’s Restrictions on PFAS in Drinking Water and Urges Continued Focus on Polluters
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Water
Part 1: THE DIE-OFF Wasting Away
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in The Tampa Bay Times. Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse
EPA Limits Remain on ‘Forever Chemicals’ – For Now. See What’s In Your Drinking Water.
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in USA Today. “More than 37 million Americans drink water from systems that exceed limits on toxic “forever chemicals,” according to USA TODAY’s analysis of the first update of Environmental Protection Agency data under the Trump administration.”
EPA Targets Remaining Federal Isolated Wetlands Protections
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in The Coastal Review about EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement to review the Sackett decision. The review will most likely end up narrowing the scope of wetlands even further, putting many drinking water systems and flood reduction zones at risk.
Supreme Court orders EPA to retool water permits as Trump guts the agency
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, and Kevin Minoli, former Acting General Counsel, EPA Office of General Counsel, were quoted in E&E News about the Supreme Court siding with the City of San Francisco on a case that repealed an CWA permitting tool to protect water quality from facility pollutants.