Anyone Following this? Clean Water Act Alabama
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The mouth of Avondale Creek in Alabama, into which a pipe maker dumped oil, lead and zinc. A court ruling made the waterway exempt from the Clean Water Act.
By CHARLES DUHIGG and JANET ROBERTS
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Environment America Warns that Alabama’s Waterways are at Risk of Increased Pollution
Streams and wetlands in Alabama are at risk of unlimited pollution, according to a report released today by Environment America, Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court Has Broken the Clean Water Act and Why Congress Must Fix It. The case against McWane, a manufacturing company, discharging pollution into Avondale creek is one of the 30 case studies that highlights how the federal Clean Water Act is broken.
“Polluters are trying to break open the floodgates to dumping unlimited pollution into Alabama’s waterways,” said Heather Emmert, Gulf State Organizer with Environment America. “Representative Davis must shut the door on dirty special interests and protect Avondale Creek, Village Creek, the Locust Fork, the Black Warrior River and all state waters.”
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Streams and wetlands in Alabama are at risk of unlimited pollution, according to a report released today by Environment America, Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court Has Broken the Clean Water Act and Why Congress Must Fix It. The case against McWane, a manufacturing company, discharging pollution into Avondale creek is one of the 30 case studies that highlights how the federal Clean Water Act is broken.
“Polluters are trying to break open the floodgates to dumping unlimited pollution into Alabama’s waterways,” said Heather Emmert, Gulf State Organizer with Environment America. “Representative Davis must shut the door on dirty special interests and protect Avondale Creek, Village Creek, the Locust Fork, the Black Warrior River and all state waters.”
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IndyExterior
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This is very important because it establishes binding precedent for lower courts.
Tony Shelton
BS Detector, Esquire
As soon as I began reading this I could tell by the scare tactics i.e. 117 million people may be affected and other such nonsense - that this is the beginning of what will prove to be hundreds of scare stories now that the supreme court has ruled.
What about all the millions the EPA collected illegally?
What about all the millions the EPA collected illegally?
Christopher
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This is very interesting. I wonder how things will be later on in the year and for years to come.
How did this turn out?