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Puget Sound Endangered by Agency Inaction

Puget Sound Endangered by Agency Inaction

December 7, 2021 | Lawsuits, Algae, Dissolved Oxygen, EPA, Featured, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Orca Whales, Puget Sound, WA TMDLs

Puget Sound Endangered by Agency Inaction uget Sound Endangered by Agency “foot-dragging” – NWEA tells Federal Court Citing agency foot-dragging in cleaning up Puget Sound, NWEAÂ sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in federal court...
Rogue River Court Victory

Rogue River Court Victory

June 16, 2021 | Lawsuits, Clean Water Act, Featured, Medford, Nutrients, OR NPDES, Rogue River

Rogue River Court Victory Court Victory for the Rogue RiverRelevent PostsDocument Links The City of Medford’s nutrient pollution of the Rogue River violates its discharge permit, a federal court has ruled in NWEA’s 2018 lawsuit challenging the discharge of treated...
Cleaning Up the Rogue River: Update

Cleaning Up the Rogue River: Update

January 24, 2021 | Featured, Clean Water Act, Medford, Nutrients, Rogue River

Cleaning Up the Rogue River: Update Rogue River UpdateRelevent PostsDocument Links In our effort to clean up the Rogue River because government agencies won’t do their jobs, NWEA filed its opening brief to enforce the City of Medford’s discharge permit. Despite our...
Deschutes River Capitol Lake Complaint Filed

Deschutes River Capitol Lake Complaint Filed

December 23, 2019 | Lawsuits, Clean Water Act, Deschutes River, Nitrogen, Puget Sound, WA TMDLs

Deschutes River Capitol Lake Complaint Filed EPA's Years of DelayRelevent PostsDocumentsRead More Lawsuit Challenges EPA’s Years of Delay on Cleaning Up of Deschutes River, Capitol Lake, and Budd Inlet Group says agencies consider Budd Inlet a political hot...
Rogue River Cleanup Moves Forward

Rogue River Cleanup Moves Forward

June 1, 2019 | Lawsuits, Algae, Clean Water Act, Nutrients, Rogue River

Rogue River Cleanup Moves Forward Cleanup Moves ForwardRelevent PostsDocument Links Rogue River cleanup has taken a step forward a year after the City of Medford was sued in federal court by Northwest Environment Advocates (NWEA) for violating the Clean Water Act....
Lawsuit Challenges EPA’S Stall of Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan

Lawsuit Challenges EPA’S Stall of Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan

November 6, 2017 | Lawsuits, Clean Water Act, Dissolved Oxygen, Puget Sound, WA TMDLs

Why a Deschutes River Clean-Up Plan? NWEA has challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) unlawful stalling of Washington’s Deschutes River clean-up plan. NWEA filed the lawsuit because EPA has failed for nearly two years to approve or disapprove...
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