Northwest Environmental Advocates
Making a Difference
Petition Seeks to Update 47-Year-Old Toxic Pollutants List
EPA Toxic Pollutant List "See No Evil" The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has failed to update two lists of toxic pollutants...
Protecting Endangered Species in Idaho Waters from Toxic Metals
Following federal findings, a formal petition seeks long over-due action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NWEA petitioned the U.S....
Victory for Puget Sound
NWEA wins another victory for Puget Sound Northwest Environmental Advocates' (NWEA) persistence means another victory for Puget Sound salmon and...
Director's Blog
Speaking Truth to Power
by Nina Bell • June 27, 2022 •
Last year I wrote about how Congressional intent gets defeated by EPA inaction using the example of the water quality standards in Washington that are needed to protect salmon and orcas. The saga since then has become—I don’t ...
by Nina Bell • October 6, 2021 •
In Part One, I explained the genesis of EPA’s obligations to keep water quality standards for toxics updated, to reflect the latest science on what we know can hurt us and other living things.
In July, a federal court ...
by Nina Bell • August 27, 2021 •
I suppose that every problem that I identify as a failure to carry out federal environmental laws is a story of how Congress gets defeated, but some of them stand out more than others as the bureaucracy manages to turn ...
