NWEA News
CGS Nuke Plant’s Near Miss
The Columbia Generating Station (CGS)—the nuclear reactor previously known as WPPSS No. 2 and located at Hanford, WA—had a near miss in December in 2016. A special inspection team sent in by the ...
New Toxic Standards Sought in Washington
Lawsuit Seeks New Toxic Standards in Washington Waters to Protect Salmon
Asserting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to bring Washington State’s water quality toxic ...
Puget Sound Regulatory Breakdown
NWEA has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw Washington State’s permitting authority because a review of 103 water pollution discharge permits to Puget Sound demonstrates a ...
Lawsuit Seeks Federal Action on Puget Sound Pollution
Calling for federal action, NWEA filed a lawsuit today against two federal agencies for their failure to force Washington State to control polluted runoff in the state’s coastal watersheds, to ...
Groups Request Oregon EQC Action on Water Pollution Permits
Letter sent on water pollution permits process
Oregon's broken water pollution permits process has resulted in a request for action by the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) to ...
Oregon Told: Fix River Temperature Pollution
A federal magistrate judge is recommending that NWEA win its lawsuit challenging clean-up plans developed by Oregon to address the state’s widespread river temperature pollution. Oregon ...
Federal Lawsuit Will Seek to Protect Puget Sound
Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) is threatening two federal agencies with a lawsuit in 60 days over Washington State’s failure to control polluted runoff in coastal watersheds, including ...
EPA to Withdraw Approval of Idaho Arsenic Standard
EPA's withdrawing its approval of the Idaho arsenic standard will mean protecting human health and fish
In a federal court-signed order on June 7, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
EPA Forced to Set Toxic Standards for Oregon Waters
U.S. EPA AGREES TO PROMULGATE TOXIC STANDARDS FOR OREGON WATERS
Under the terms of a federal court order signed Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed to develop federal ...
Oregon CZARA Grant Cut Due to Poor Logging Practices
Federal agencies cut Oregon CZARA Grant
Two federal agencies have cut Oregon CZARA grant funding by $1.2 million because the state has failed to protect water quality from logging activities ...
Puget Sound aquatic species endangered by Federal Inaction
Lawsuit Challenges Federal Inaction To Evaluate Toxic Effects on Puget Sound Aquatic Species
Federal inaction is putting threatened and endangered Puget Sound aquatic species and those in ...
NWEA gets Fed action on Oregon water temperature
Oregon’s Water Temperature; the Saga Continues
NWEA has been working for protective water temperature standards in Oregon for 23 years. Now, two successful lawsuits later, the nation’s fish ...