NWEA News
EPA Fails on Washington’s Water Quality Standards
Over twenty years ago the Washington Department of Ecology water quality standards changes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval. These standards, and updates ...
Fed Agency Calls for Stream Buffer on Agriculture Lands
In January 2013 the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) sent two other federal agencies a letter regarding the need for riparian stream buffers along streams in western Washington ...
Impending Columbia River Dike Breach Threatens Endangered Deer
Since March 2011 it’s been clear the Steamboat Slough Road Dike – the only thing holding the Columbia River back from decimating a significant population of endangered Columbian white-tailed ...
Federal Agencies Criticize Oregon Logging Reform Efforts
In their 2010 settlement with NWEA over Oregon logging practices on the coast, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) agreed to make ...
Idaho Water Quality Standards Subject to Pending Legal Action
Federal Agencies Fail to review Idaho Clean Water Standards
Eighteen years ago the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality submitted changes to its water quality standards to EPA for ...
NWEA Sues EPA for Approving Temperature Clean-Up Plans (TMDLs)
Following the February 2012 federal court ruling in our Temperature Standards lawsuit that Oregon could not automatically change its water quality standards without federal agency approval, NWEA ...
Oregon Fails to Control Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution from Logging and Agriculture
The most persistent source of water pollution in this country comes from nonpoint sources – the logging, farming, and grazing that doesn’t require a Clean Water Act permit to pollute. While ...
NWEA Files Friend-of-the-Court Brief on Logging Roads Case
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments on whether industrial logging roads should have Clean Water Act permits like other pollution discharge sources. After all, we require a wide ...
Winter 2012 Newsletter
Our annual Newsletter for the Winter of 2012 is now posted.
It’s Time to Tell Oregon DEQ to Restrict Pesticides to Save Salmon!
In August, Northwest Environmental Advocates filed a petition with the Oregon Environmental
Quality Commission (a board that makes rules for the Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ)). DEQ ...
Petition Seeks Federal Pesticide Restrictions in Oregon
Citing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s refusal to protect threatened and endangered species from pesticides, Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) petitioned Oregon’s Environmental ...
DEQ Issues Permit to Poison Fairview Lake, Oregon
In March, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) denied a permit to the Fairview Lake Property Owners Association (FLPOA) to discharge herbicides to Fairview Lake based on concerns ...