March 12, 2016 | CZARA, EPA, Lawsuits, Logging, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality
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 in coastal watersheds. The funding cuts are required by federal law, which is...
January 17, 2016 | Advocacy, Clean Water Act, Cyanide, Endangered Species, Lawsuits, Puget Sound, Toxics, WA Copper, WA WQS, Water Quality Standards
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 other Washington waters at greater risk, according to a lawsuit filed in Seattle...
January 4, 2016 | Clean Water Act, Columbia River, Endangered Species, EPA, Lawsuits, OR Temperature, OR WQS, Oregon, Oregon Columbia, Salmon, Temperature, Water Quality Standards, Willamette
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 expert agency has completed its review of whether Oregon’s temperature...
October 5, 2015 | Advocacy, Ballast Water, Clean Water Act, EPA, Invasive Species, Lawsuits, National, NPDES Permits
Today’s court decision completely vindicates the effort NWEA started nearly 17 years ago, to regulate ship discharge of ballast water laden with invasive species under the Clean Water Act. In this, our fourth lawsuit on ballast water, the Second Circuit has issued a...
July 2, 2015 | Advocacy, CZARA, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality
There are new developments as NWEA tries to force federal and state agencies to control Oregon logging pollution using a federal law known as CZARA. As the long saga continues, it’s getting increasingly stranger. In 2010, two federal agencies agreed—in an order signed...
June 29, 2015 | Advocacy, Arsenic, Human Health, ID WQS, Idaho, Lawsuits, Toxics, Water Quality, Water Quality Standards
NWEA sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its 2010 approval of Idaho’s water quality standards for arsenic. The levels approved by EPA are up to 1,000 times more than EPA has determined are safe for people to consume through eating fish...
February 22, 2015 | Advocacy, Agriculture, EPA, NPDES Permits, OR NPDES, OR Temperature, OR Trading, Oregon, Water Pollution Trading, Water Quality
NWEA and NEDC Urge EPA’s Early Involvement in Oregon Water Quality Trading Rules Citing grave concerns about Oregon’s Clean Water Act permitting program, NWEA and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) sent a letter to the U.S. EPA asking for its early...
February 12, 2015 | Advocacy, Clean Water Act, Copper, Endangered Species, EPA, Lawsuits, OR Copper, OR WQS, Oregon, Salmon, Toxics, Water Quality Standards
NWEA sends “Notice of Intent” to file Lawsuit over Oregon Toxics. NWEA informed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to expect a lawsuit in 60 days due to its failure to ensure Oregon toxics standards protect threatened and endangered...
January 30, 2015 | Agriculture, CZARA, EPA, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality
Poor Logging Practices Cause Agencies to Disapprove Oregon Coastal NonPoint Pollution Program. Oregon’s coastal nonpoint pollution program was disapproved by federal agencies today based on the state’s poor logging practices, as a result of a 2009 lawsuit...
January 30, 2015 | Advocacy, Ballast Water, Clean Water Act, EPA, Invasive Species, Lawsuits, National, NPDES Permits
Federal Appeals Court in New York to Hear Oral Argument in Ballast Water Appeal On Friday, January 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, located in New York, will hear oral argument in a challenge to the legality of the U.S. Environmental...
