by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 13, 2023 | Solar
Thanks to Scott Flood for this article and keeping us alert to these pressing concerns. On November 14, 2022, EPA and DOJ announced 1.34 million in settlements to resolve Clean Water Act violations at four large-scale solar construction sites in Alabama, Idaho and...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 21, 2021 | Gold Mining
September 9, 2021 The Biden administration’s move to invoke its Clean Water Act authority marks a major blow for the project, which is near the world’s largest sockeye salmon run. The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it would restore protections...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 1, 2017 | Regulatory Permit Process
The horse isn’t dead but it’s surely taking a beating. “Incomplete” and “insufficient.” A “rolling document” that challenges public review. Hazards that “have not been not fully assessed.” These and other comments filed Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2016 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
Posted: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT Updated: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York and five other Northeastern states are suing federal regulators to force them to help ensure that upwind states control their pollution. The suit against the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 4, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge, Health & Safety
US EPA’s 503 sludge rule (1993) allows treated sewage sludges, aka biosolids, to be land-applied to farms, forests, parks, school playgrounds, home gardens and other private and public lands. According to a recent EPA survey, biosolids contain a wide range of...
