NWEA News
Rogue River Oregon Update
In May, NWEA’s expert panel issued a scathing rebuttal report to Medford’s most recent study. NWEA’s report shows that aggressive reductions in nutrient pollution—both nitrogen and ...
Oregon Water Pollution Permits Fix Stalls
One year has passed since NWEA obtained an enforceable court order that forces the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to reduce and eliminate its backlog of water pollution ...
Deschutes River Capitol Lake Complaint Filed
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 potato” because it implicates ...
Newsletter Winter 2019
NWEA's Newsletter Winter 2019
December 8, 2019
As one of our attorneys once said in a moment of utter frankness, “I like to win!” We do too and I’m happy to report that it’s been another ...
Lawsuit Forces EPA to Help Salmon Migrate a Hot Columbia River
After 18 years, and two NWEA lawsuits, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally issued a draft plan to protect and restore cold water refuges to help salmon migrating through ...
Oregon Ordered to Fix River Cleanup Plans
After seven years, the persistence of NWEA and its lawyers have paid off in the form of a federal court order to replace defective water pollution plans that allow temperatures lethal to salmon ...
Washington Water Pollution Clean-up Program Needs Fixing
The water pollution clean-up program in Washington State is broken. To fix it, NWEA—for the second time in a week—has had to go to federal court for clean water. This lawsuit asks the court ...
Court Asked to Reopen Decades Old Lawsuit
NWEA Asks Federal Court to Reopen Decades Old Lawsuit to Clean Up Washington’s Polluted Waters
Nearly three decades after first suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its ...
Oregon Told Expedite River Cleanup Plans
Oregon and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have eight years in which to replace defective water pollution clean-up plans that allow temperatures lethal to salmon in some of the ...
Rogue River Cleanup Moves Forward
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. NWEA and ...
Sewage Treatment Appeal Lands in Governor’s Lap
Ecology Denied a Petition that Sought Rules to Protect Puget Sound
Northwest Environmental Advocates called for Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s leadership to protect Puget Sound as we filed a ...
Court Rejects EPA Stand On Oregon Rivers’ Temperature
Oregon Rivers increasing temperatures need attention
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a lot of work to do to protect salmon from hot water, according to a ...