Clean Water Act Deforestation Politics 
Vermont Law
APRIL 6, 2015
1600s, but since then humans deforested the land, fished indiscriminately, farmed intensively, and the population grew. In 2010, following years of missed deadlines, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jumped into the morass by exercising its power under the Clean Water Act. The Bay was at its best in. John Smith’s.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) : Set up by the EPA to determine standards for clean water (part of the Clean Water Act). It prohibits the discharge of polluting chemicals into US waters unless a special permit is granted. Learn more about environmental law degrees.
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ESA
OCTOBER 24, 2022
ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press. In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. McArthur Graduate Student Policy Award.
Corp Watch
MARCH 1, 2024
Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.
Corp Watch
MARCH 1, 2024
Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Unlike many other works of botany from that age and later, Sylva highlighted the growing problem of deforestation in England. It acts as a counterbalance to the culture of “indifference” that many feel exist towards resource use under modern economic systems since the Industrial Revolution. Evelyn did not take this work upon himself.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious.
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