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Court Wins for Puget Sound & Columbia River

Court Wins for Puget Sound & Columbia River

May 8, 2025 | Lawsuits, Clean Water Act, Columbia River, Featured, OR_TMDLs, Puget Sound, Refugia, WA TMDLs

Court Wins for Puget Sound & Columbia River Wins In Court for Puget Sound & Columbia River In the space of just one hour, NWEA won two important court battles over our efforts to protect water quality and species in Puget Sound & Columbia River.  The U.S....
Stopping Tacoma from Harming Puget Sound Chinook Salmon

Stopping Tacoma from Harming Puget Sound Chinook Salmon

April 7, 2025 | Advocacy, Endangered Species, Featured, Puget Sound

Stopping Tacoma from Harming Puget Sound Chinook Salmon Stopping Tacoma Wastewater Discharges from Harming Puget Sound Chinook Salmon NWEA has served the City of Tacoma with an intent to sue for discharging treated sewage containing so-called “contaminants of emerging...
Stopping Tacoma from Harming Puget Sound Chinook Salmon

Petition Seeks to Update 47-Year-Old Toxic Pollutants List

July 31, 2023 | Petitions, Clean Water Act, EPA, Featured, National, Toxics

EPA Toxic Pollutant List “See No Evil”   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has failed to update two lists of toxic pollutants that are key to Clean Water Act (“CWA”) regulatory programs for 47 years.   The delay is reflected in the wide...
Protecting Endangered Species in Idaho Waters from Toxic Metals

Protecting Endangered Species in Idaho Waters from Toxic Metals

June 1, 2023 | EPA, Featured, ID Copper, Idaho, National Marine Fishers Service, Petitions, Salmon

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. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to adopt water...
Victory for Puget Sound

Victory for Puget Sound

May 26, 2023 | EPA, Featured, Lawsuits, Orca Whales, Puget Sound, Salmon, Toxics, Uncategorized, WA WQS

Victory for Puget Sound NWEA wins another victory for Puget Sound Northwest Environmental Advocates’ (NWEA) persistence means another victory for Puget Sound salmon and orcas. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took an unusual step in issuing a...
EPA Must Act on Toxics, Court Orders

EPA Must Act on Toxics, Court Orders

August 31, 2022 | Petitions, Clean Water Act, Featured, Lawsuits, Puget Sound, Toxics, WA WQS, Washington

EPA Must Act on Toxics, Court Orders Washington State’s Dept. of Ecology Failed, Now EPA Must   A federal court ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last night to take the first step towards updating Washington’s water quality standards...
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