By almost every account, the Trump Administration is likely to alter substantially the environmental regulatory landscape. Actions have already been taken to delay the implementation of regulations as well as initiating...more
2/2/2017
/ Clean Power Plan ,
Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Department of the Interior ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Drinking Water ,
Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Trump Administration
On December 20, 2016, Michigan’s Attorney General announced additional indictments in the Flint water crisis. The indictments against two former emergency managers and two former City of Flint executives bring to 13 the...more
Flint, Michigan’s problems with lead in its drinking water have been well documented, and this has prompted reports of similar problems detected in other communities, even though these are apparently not as extensive as the...more
The problems with the quality of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, are not necessarily an isolated collection of failures. From a technical standpoint, the potential for lead leaching into drinking water systems in many...more
For the City of Flint, Michigan, the immediate problem is that the water it provides its citizens is not safe to drink. For many other communities across the nation, the problem may be whether they can do the things necessary...more
EPA’s current estimate of the completion time for a draft of its study of the risks posed by hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to drinking water is now projected by the agency to be developed in early 2015. This is based on...more
11/4/2014
/ Chemicals ,
Contamination ,
Delays ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Fracking ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Investigations ,
Water ,
Water Supplies