Court OKs Lawsuit to Protect Puget Sound from Polluted Runoff
In a big win for NWEA, U.S. District Court Judge John C. Coughenour gave a green light to NWEA’s lawsuit to protect Puget Sound from polluted runoff. The case is against two federal agencies for their failure to force Washington State to control polluted runoff in...
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 standards out of the last century, an environmental group sued the federal...
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 complete regulatory breakdown.
