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Jan 6

Dawson colleague to teach GW University course on air quality management

The incoming Biden Administration will likely be a catalyst for significant Federal environmental and energy policy changes. Staying...

Dec 8, 2020

EPA at 50: One professional’s view on improving the world

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency. I started at EPA in 1971 and spent the next...

Oct 13, 2020

50 years of the EPA

Fifty years ago, on December 2, 1970, Richard Nixon signed Executive Order 3, sweeping together 40+ Executive Branch agencies and...

Jul 8, 2019

Life on the Mississippi

Recent rains across the Midwest and the South had severe impact in the Missouri River basin and now are putting stress on the Mississippi...

Aug 5, 2018

Shape of water? Legal battles rage over WOTUS repeal while EPA moves to modify veto authority

The Trump Administration’s efforts to overturn the Obama Administration’s 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule continue to face...

Feb 9, 2018

Reading the tea leaves on EPA’s Pebble Mine action

Last week, EPA head Scott Pruitt announced that he will not scrap the agency’s 2014 determination that a large mining operation could...

Mar 1, 2016

The Sixth Circuit’s decision to hear the CWA WOTUS Rule continues the legal quagmire

On February 22, a divided panel of Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers and EPA’s “Waters of the...

Jan 12, 2016

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Judicial Review of Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Determinations

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit that Clean...

Oct 1, 2014

EPA moves on Great Lakes clean-up

A satellite view of the Great Lakes The Federal Government’s recent announcement of Phase II of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is...

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