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clean water act

Settling Accounts from the BP Gulf Oil Spill

October 29, 2014 by Harvard Law Development

By Elinor Tarlow — October 29 at 6:22 p.m. More than four years ago, BP’s Macondo well exploded, killing 11 men and spewing millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The surrounding waterways and marine life still bear the scars of the explosion: brightly colored coral colonies have turned brown and dull, some species of fish have developed heart and other … [Read more...] about Settling Accounts from the BP Gulf Oil Spill

Pebble Mine and EPA’s Veto Authority Under the Clean Water Act

October 7, 2014 by Harvard Law Development

By Cecilia Segal -— October 7 at 9:50 a.m. Since 2011, the Pebble Limited Partnership (“PLP”) has been attempting to build a large-scale copper and gold mine in the Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska.[1] The mine proposal includes an open pit mine, a tailings facility, a power generating station, a deepwater port, and substantial transportation infrastructure, and is … [Read more...] about Pebble Mine and EPA’s Veto Authority Under the Clean Water Act

Solving the CSO Conundrum: Green Infrastructure and the Unfulfilled Promise of Federal-Municipal Cooperation

August 12, 2014 by hlsjrnldev

By Caswell F. Holloway, Carter H. Strickland, Jr., Michael B. Gerrard, and Daniel M. Firger Faced with mounting infrastructure construction costs and more frequent and severe weather events due to climate change, cities across the country are managing the water pollution challenges of stormwater runoff and combined sewer overflows through new and innovative “green … [Read more...] about Solving the CSO Conundrum: Green Infrastructure and the Unfulfilled Promise of Federal-Municipal Cooperation

Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. EPA

May 14, 2013 by wpengine

By Joshua Purtle Cite as: Joshua Purtle, Comment, Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. EPA, 37 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 283 (2013). [btn link="http://harvardelr.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/Purtle.pdf" color="forestGreen" size="size-l"]View Full Article (PDF)[/btn] … [Read more...] about Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. EPA

Sackett v. EPA

May 14, 2013 by wpengine

By Turner Smith and Margaret Holden The Supreme Court has historically maintained a complicated, tumultuous relationship with Clean Water Act cases. However, on March 21, 2012, the Court aligned in rare form to issue a unanimous, clear opinion in Sackett v. EPA. The decision establishes Administrative Procedure Act judicial review for Administrative Compliance Orders under the … [Read more...] about Sackett v. EPA

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