Tag: Clean Water Act
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EPA Accused of Violating Clean Water Act Through Approval of Corexit in BP Gulf Oil Cleanup
DESMOGBLOG — So from the start, it was glaringly obvious that both the EPA and BP knew that Corexit was the wrong choice, but chose to go with it anyway because it could make BP a little extra cash on the side …
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Will American Taxpayers Continue to Foot the Bill for BP’s Gulf Oil Disaster?
OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL — This essentially means that the American tax payer would be paying the largest payout from the spill. They are paying twice over: first for a devastated Gulf and now out of their pocket. Kind of makes you feel …
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Gulf Residents Ask DOJ to Hold BP Fully Accountable
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — One of the main issues at hand is whether or not BP is guilty of “gross negligence.” With everything the public knows about the failed tests, the intentional misrepresentations about the size of the spill …
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Tennessee Riverkeeper Files Intent to Sue Over Company’s Failure to Comply with Clean Water Act
TENNESSEE RIVERKEEPER — The notice of intent to sue, mailed by Tennessee Riverkeeper to Hensley-Graves Holdings, LLC, is a statutory requirement 60 days prior to the filing of a lawsuit under both the federal Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act …
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Groups Initiate Federal Court Battle to Stop Illegal Coal Pollution
WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE — Despite all this additional compelling evidence of ongoing contamination from the coal fired power plant in Asheville, government regulators still did very little to stop the pollution. Having pursued all other options the groups finally decided they had to …