Water & Wetlands

PEERMail | Supreme Court Guts Wetlands Protections

by PEER | May 30, 2023
Special interests have finally succeeded in getting the Supreme Court to eliminate Clean Water Act protections for wetlands and small streams ...

COMMENTARY | Conowingo: A Better Deal Coming for the Chesapeake Bay

by Paula Dinerstein | February 6, 2023
In a major victory for waterman and environmental groups, courts have vacated the licensing for Maryland's Conowingo Dam ...

COMMENTARY | Biden Strengthens Clean Water Rules

by Tim Whitehouse | January 5, 2023
The new regulations repeal a Trump-era rule, called the “Dirty Water Rule” by many, that left millions of acres of waterways unprotected from pollution ...

Maine Eyeing Sears Island for Port Again

by PEER | September 28, 2022
Advocates Caution that Demonstration Wind Project Does Not Require Destroying Island Gem ...

NOAA Trashes Seabeds It Studies

by PEER | August 29, 2022
Call for NOAA to End Research Bottom Trawling in Gulf of Mexico ...

PEERMail | The Oceans Need Real Action for 30×30 to Succeed

by PEER | March 7, 2022
30x30 is an opportunity to make real headway towards conserving lands, oceans and waterways but so far, the Biden administration is falling short ...
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