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Carbon emission caused by human beings has become a major issue for our environment and future economy due to changing climate. But there are still few countries who are sceptical about the science of climate change and reluctant to act and refuse to be a part of United Nation’s action on climate change. These countries are either fossil fuel producers such as coal, oil and gas or large ...

May 9, 2019

By Clean Energy and Water Technologies

Washington, D.C. - Despite putting back $254 million above the Bush Administration Budget Proposal for EPA, the House Appropriations Committee yesterday followed the lead of the White House in voting to cut the Clean Water State Revolving Fund by $200 million in next year's budget. An amendment sponsored by the ranking minority member, David R. Obey of Wisconsin, that would have restored funding ...

May 10, 2006

By Clean Water America

Washington, D.C. - Last week, the U.S. Geological Survey released “Pesticides in the Nation's Streams and Ground Water, 1992-2001.” The ten-year survey documents the contamination caused by pesticide use in agriculture and urbanized areas around the country. Every year, nearly one billion pounds of pesticides, many of which are linked to cancer, birth defects, neurological disorders, and ...

Mar. 13, 2006

By Clean Water America

For decades, the Clean Water Act has broadly protected America’s lakes, rivers, streams, and drinking water sources from unregulated pollution and destruction, rescuing them from the dire straits they were in during the late 1960s and early 1970s. But because of a concerted effort by polluters and developers, and muddied rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court, up to 60 percent (at least 15,000 ...

Apr. 14, 2009

By Natural Resources Defense Council

Wasington, DC - To restore federal protection of waters and wetlands, a bi-partisan bill was introduced in the House on Tuesday that attempts to clarify the original intent of Congress in the 1972 Clean Water Act. Two Supreme Court decisions that obscured the definition of which water bodies are covered by the 1972 law have made the new measure necessary, its sponsors say. Democratic Congressmen ...

May 28, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

WASHINGTON, DC, October 12, 2007 (ENS) - Billions of gallons of polluted wastewater spilled unchecked into America's waterways in 2005 as more than half the country's industrial and municipal wastewater facilities exceeded the limits of their Clean Water Act permits, according to a analysis of official figures released today by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. 'Troubled Waters: ...

Oct. 14, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

WASHINGTON, DC, October 23, 2007 (ENS) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday enjoyed a rare moment of unanimity. By unanimous consent the senators adopted a resolution commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. The resolution was sponsored by Senators Frank Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat, and David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, chairman and ranking member of the ...

Oct. 22, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

WASHINGTON, DC, July 18, 2007 (ENS) - Congressional hearings began Tuesday on what may be the most important Clean Water Act legislation in 30 years. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee scheduled two committee hearings this week on the current state of the Clean Water Act in light of two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions as well as administrative actions that are jeopardizing ...

Jul. 19, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

There’s more to celebrate this month than just the holidays – this month also marks the 40th anniversary of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. We all rely – and have come to expect – that plenty of clean water will flow from our faucets whenever we need it. Whether for drinking, cooking, or bathing, water plays an obvious role in our daily lives. It’s hard to ...

Dec. 15, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson joined Ohio First Lady Frances Strickland and Ohio officials today at a press conference marking the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). EPA’s regional and assistant administrators visited communities across the nation this week to highlight how the recovery act has created jobs and made a ...

Feb. 18, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

In an historic step for the protection of clean water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army finalized the Clean Water Rule today to clearly protect from pollution and degradation the streams and wetlands that form the foundation of the nation’s water resources. The rule ensures that waters protected under the Clean Water Act are more precisely defined and predictably ...

May 26, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

(Washington, D.C. - Oct. 15, 2007) EPA is announcing the recipients of the 2007 National Clean Water Act Recognition Awards aimed at recognizing municipalities and industries for outstanding and creative technological achievements in wastewater treatment and pollution abatement programs. As we get ready to mark the 35th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, water quality has dramatically improved ...

Oct. 15, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency has fined Enterprise Crude Pipeline of Houston, Texas, $5,000 for violating the federal Clean Water Act. Today’s announcement settles a Clean Water Act violation for a 4,200 gallon oil spill into Bull Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River, and adjoining shorelines in Scurry County, Texas. As part of an Expedited Settlement with the EPA, the company has ...

Jul. 15, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

In a move that stands to create jobs, boost local economies, improve aging water infrastructure and protect human health and the environment for the people of Virginia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded over US$80 million to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. This new infusion of money provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will help ...

Aug. 17, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

In a bold move to address America's growing infrastructure funding crisis, Chairman John J. Duncan, Jr. of the House Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee introduced landmark legislation — The Clean Water Trust Act of 2005 (H.R. 4560). The Chairman has demonstrated his clear commitment to the health of the American people and the Nation's treasured waterways. The National Association of ...

Dec. 15, 2005

By National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA)

The Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Citation Oil and Gas Corporation of Houston, Texas, $22,000 for violating the federal Clean Water Act. Today’s announcement settles a Clean Water Act violation for an 11,970 gallon spill of oil and salt water into Clear Boggy Creek and adjoining shorelines in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. The settlement requires the company to pay the civil ...

Jul. 12, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) today jointly released a proposed rule to clarify protection under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands that form the foundation of the nation’s water resources. The proposed rule will benefit businesses by increasing efficiency in determining coverage of the Clean Water Act. The agencies ...

Mar. 24, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Judith Enck today traveled to New York’s Great Swamp in Brewster, N.Y. to discuss the importance of clean water and a draft guidance developed by EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to clarify which waters are subject to protection under the Clean Water Act. The future status and condition of the Great Swamp is ...

May 10, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) applauds the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment for moving expeditiously to approve legislation that would increase funding for the nation’s clean water infrastructure.  The bipartisan Water Quality Financing Act of 2007 (H.R. 720), introduced by Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), ...

Feb. 1, 2007

By National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today notified the State of Illinois that water quality standards for portions of the Chicago and Calumet Rivers must be upgraded to protect the health and safety of people who recreate in these waterways. The changes are necessary because an increasing number of people are coming into direct contact with the water through kayaking, canoeing, boating, jet ...

May 11, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency