Biden administration restores the power of states and tribes to review projects to protect waterways
States and Native American tribes will have greater authority to block energy projects such as natural gas pipelines that could pollute rivers and streams under a final rule issued Thursday by the Biden administration.
Correction: Supreme Court-Wetlands story
In a story published January 24, 2022, about the Supreme Court deciding to take up an important Clean Water Act case, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Business owner gets 1 year sentence for dumping industrial waste into Flintโs sewer system
Flint mayor Sheldon Neeley concerned the environmental impact of the crime will last longer than the sentence.
Owner of Oil Chem Inc. sentenced for illegal dumping of waste into Flint sewer system
The owner of Oil Chem Inc has been sentenced to one year in prison following an investigation of illegal discharging of landfill leachate into Flintโs sanitary sewer system.
Chemical company accused of illegally dumping truckloads of waste into Flint sewer system
A company is accused of illegally discharging nearly 48 million gallons of waste from landfills into Flint wastewater system.
New rule may strip pollution protections from popular lakes
This Sept. 14, 2020 photo shows shows a Duke Energy natural gas-fired electric power plant on Sutton Lake in Wilmington, N.C. It went online in 2013 and replaced a coal-fired plant that had polluted the lake with coal ash. It would provide a source of steam to generate electricity and a place to cool hot water from an adjacent coal-fired plant. Sutton Lake became popular with boaters and anglers, yielding bass, crappie, bluegill and other panfish. But environmental groups challenging the Trump rule in court say it opens up reservoirs like Sutton Lake to similar abuse.
EPA dropped salmon protection after Trump met with Alaska governor
The news came as a "total shock" to some top EPA scientists who were planning to oppose the project on environmental grounds, according to sources. EPA insiders tell CNN that the timing of the agency's internal announcement suggests Trump was personally involved in the decision. Dunleavy met with Trump aboard Air Force One on June 26, as the President's plane was on the tarmac in Alaska. A member of Dunleavy's administration used to work on the Pebble project in public relations. The company's CEO, Collier, also "expressly thanked Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy for his leadership in encouraging EPA to withdraw" its earlier decision.