 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting the public to comment on the agency’s draft strategy to protect and restore our nation’s lakes, streams and coastal waters. The strategy, “Coming Together for Clean Water: EPA’s Strategy for Achieving Clean Water,” is designed to chart EPA’s path in furthering EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s key priority of protecting America’s waters.
Public comments on the draft strategy should be submitted by Sept 17. Click here for more information on the strategy and to comment.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 September 2010 )
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 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Moffat Collection System Project (Moffat Project) on October 30, 2009. The Corps has determined that additional studies are needed to fully address possible impacts of the Moffat Project. These studies will be directed by the Corps and will be completed in late 2010 or early 2011.
The primary issues raised in the comments relate to water quality, groundwater, aquatic resources, flow-related impact analyses, construction concerns, cumulative effects and mitigation of impacts. For more information on the Corps process, click here. If you have any questions, please contact Joe Sloan at 303-628-6320 or
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 September 2010 )
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| Private forests are experiencing increases in housing density in every region of the United States, but the loss of forests to development is particularly acute in the Southeast and New England, according to new findings from the Forest Service. Photo courtesy of USFS/Jeff Kline. |
Large swaths of private forest, which account for most of the forested acreage in the United States, could be replaced by housing in the coming decades, potentially compromising water quality, carbon sequestration and other "ecosystem services" that those forests provide, according to a new report from the Forest Service.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 August 2010 )
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 Got a blue car? The city of Boulder wants you to consider commuting sans car on Mondays.
Red car? Take a break from driving on Wednesdays. White? Thursday is your designated day of the week to leave your vehicle at home.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 August 2010 )
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 Ruling on a case involving the Tillamook State Forest, a federal appeals court said Tuesday that dirt, rock and sand washing off of logging roads is a form of pollution that requires a permit under the Clean Water Act. Read more...
Read the entire 9th Circuit opinion here.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 August 2010 )
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 Lorelei Scarbro’s husband, Kenneth, an underground coal miner for more than 30 years, is buried in a small family cemetery near her property here at the base of Coal River Mountain. The headstone is engraved with two roosters facing off, their feathers ruffled. Kenneth, who loved cockfighting, died in 1999, and, Ms. Scarbro says, he would have hated seeing the tops of mountains lopped off with explosives and heavy machinery by mining companies searching for coal. Read more...
Check out the NY Times video Business: A Fight for a Mountaintop
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 August 2010 )
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