November 11, 2014 | Advocacy, Ammonia, Clean Water Act, Lawsuits, OR WQS, Oregon, Species, Toxics, Water Quality
Are freshwater mussels likely to become the next species on the brink of extinction and the new beacon of water quality problems in the Northwest? NWEA recently submitted comments demonstrating that freshwater mussels are a rapid decline and their loss puts entire...
August 6, 2014 | Advocacy, Ballast Water, Clean Water Act, EPA, Invasive Species, Lawsuits, National, NPDES Permits
On Friday, August 1st NWEA filed yet another a legal brief challenging EPA’s failure to adequately restrict invasive species in ships’ ballast water discharges. Fifteen years and four lawsuits later, NWEA continues its fight to stop invasive species from destroying...
July 5, 2014 | Advocacy, Arsenic, Clean Water Act, Copper, Cyanide, EPA, ID Copper, ID WQS, Idaho, Lawsuits, Mercury, Salmon, Toxics, Water Quality, Water Quality Standards
In response to a lawsuit filed by NWEA in June 2013, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on May 7, 2014 issued a biological opinion (“BiOp”) finding Idaho toxic standards pose jeopardy to salmon and other threatened and endangered species. The...
March 30, 2014 | Agriculture, Comments, CZARA, Lawsuits, Logging, Nitrogen, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Dairies, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Salmon, Water Quality
NWEA recently commissioned two expert declarations on how Oregon coastal logging and farming are affecting water quality. Dr. Chris Frissell’s declaration addresses the effects of logging on water quality, concluding that the best available science demonstrates “the...
March 28, 2014 | Advocacy, Agriculture, Comments, CZARA, EPA, Frogs, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Dairies, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Salamanders, Salmon, Water Quality
Working with the Washington Forest Law Center, NWEA submitted extensive comments on the federal government’s proposed disapproval of Oregon’s Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program. The comments support the proposed disapproval, focusing primarily on Oregon’s...
March 9, 2014 | Advocacy, Ballast Water, Clean Water Act, EPA, Invasive Species, Lawsuits, National, NPDES Permits
The never ending fight to stop invasive species from ballast water permit. Hard to believe NWEA started working on the Ballast Water issue, to prevent the discharge of invasive species from ships, some 15 years ago and while we’ve had some success it hasn’t been...
