Order on Summary Judgement WA Water Quality Standards

Order on Summary Judgement WA Water Quality Standards

Having considered all three reasons that EPA advanced in denying the petition and applied the highly deferential standard under Massachusetts, the Court finds that EPA’s denial of NWEA’s petition and refusal to make a necessity determination was arbitrary, capricious, and ungrounded in the CWA. Based on this finding, the Court VACATES EPA’s denial of NWEA’s petition and REMANDS this matter to EPA for further consideration consistent with this Order. 

News Release WA Water Quality Standards SJ

News Release WA Water Quality Standards SJ

Washington waters may get more protection from toxics as a Federal Court orders U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate the need to protect salmon and orca whales.  

2021 PROGRESS REPORT”

2021 PROGRESS REPORT”

In the early spring of 2021, against the backdrop of extreme weather events and the racial and economic inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, federal, state, and local policymakers renewed their efforts to kick-start clean energy deployment. R

Operating Nuclear Power Plants”

Operating Nuclear Power Plants”

Office of the Inspector General (OIG), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Special Inquiry into concerns that counterfeit, fraudulent, and suspect items (CFSI) are present in most, if not all, U.S. nuclear power plants; the NRC has lowered the oversight standards for CFSI; and the NRC failed to appropriately address allegers’ concerns about CFSI

A Roadmap for Climate-Forward Efficiency

A Roadmap for Climate-Forward Efficiency

This report identifies nine strategies to align utility energy efficiency and net-zero goals. These strategies collectively constitute a climate-forward efficiency roadmap

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