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Salmon Migration in Hot Columbia River: Part 2
Salmon Migration in Hot Columbia River: Part 2In Which EPA Completely Drops the Ball and Reaches New Heights of Stupidityby Nina Bell • February 22, 2020 •
In Part 1 of this long-running saga about NWEA’s efforts to provide some cool water relief to salmon navigating the hot waters of the Columbia River, we learned how an NWEA lawsuit led to the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) giving EPA three years to come up with a plan to protect and restore the cooler water patches ...
Puget Sound Nutrient Problem: Chapter 3
Puget Sound Nutrient Problem: Chapter 3In Which Washington Ecology Refuses to Develop the Required Clean-Up Planby Nina Bell • February 16, 2020 •
In Chapter 2 of the long-running saga about the demise of Puget Sound, I explained that the Washington Department of Ecology just cannot seem to stop itself from issuing illegal discharge permits to cities that are polluting Puget Sound. Now let me introduce another part of the Clean Water Act that Ecology is ignoring: ...
Puget Sound Nutrient Problem: Chapter 2
Puget Sound Nutrient Problem: Chapter 2In Which Washington Ecology Issues Illegal Discharge Permits Year After Yearby Nina Bell • February 8, 2020
This is Chapter 2 in the continuing saga on how the Washington Department of Ecology sits on its hands while Puget Sound dies. Given Ecology’s recent blog post asserting that it’s actually doing something—which I’ll address in Chapter 5—it’s essential to reveal and speak truth to power, as the old saying goes.
You don’t have to ...
Salmon Migration in a Hot Columbia River
Salmon Migration in a Hot Columbia RiverPart 1, In Which NWEA Forced EPA to Issue a Plan to Address an Urgent Situation by Nina Bell • February 8, 2020 •
Twenty-three years. That’s how long it’s taken for EPA to sort-of address just one critical aspect of protecting the salmon and steelhead that attempt to navigate the hot waters of the Columbia River. Now, a rational person wanting to protect migrating salmon from deadly river temperatures would want to get a two-decade head ...
Puget Sound Nutrient Problem: Chapter 1
Mercury in the Willamette River
Mercury in the Willamette RiverOregon DEQ illustrates how to ride a stationary bicycleby Nina Bell • January 22, 2020
by NWEA | Jan 11, 2020I recently finished writing a 17-page comment letter on Oregon DEQ’s proposal to downgrade protection from mercury contaminating the Willamette River basin. The proposal is called a “variance” and this one is a 20-year removal of water quality standards that are supposed to protect people from mercury-contaminated fish. The variance is a ...
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