Environmentalists' Lawsuit Targets Water Board's 'Ag Waiver': They Say Panel Doesn't Do Enough to Stop Toxics
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By Alex Breitler, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 19--Tens of thousands of farms are illegally exempt from laws requiring the monitoring and reporting of toxic water runoff, environmental groups said in a lawsuit filed Monday.
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Supporters of the San Diego River Conservancy, which has been targeted for elimination by Gov. Schwarzenegger&#39;s government-efficiency commission, turned up at a public hearing yesterday to plead their case.
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In setting limits on chemicals in food and water, the Environmental Protection Agency may rely on industry tests that expose people to poisons and raise ethical questions.
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The study raises questions of whether environmental standards are strict enough.
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By Anonymous  PPG Industries' chemical plant in Marshall County must comply with stricter limits in discharging mercury into the Ohio River, the West Virginia Environmental Quality Board ordered July 24.
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By Seattle Times  Feb. 14--Environmental groups are challenging new state stormwater regulations, saying they won't do enough to keep polluted runoff from flowing into the state's rivers, lakes and Puget Sound.
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By Mike Stanton; Journal Staff Writer  As the head of a neighborhood group asks a committee for stiffer penalties for polluters, senators grill state officials about the costs of the lawsuit.
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The Bush administration's rejection of state efforts to tighten rules on greenhouse gas emissions touched off a flurry of counterattacks Thursday. Democrats in Congress launched an investigation. Governors led by California's Arnold Schwarzenegger said they would sue, and environmental groups demanded to see the government's rationale for its decision.
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By TANIA SOUSSAN Journal Staff Writer  Environment New Mexico and other environmental groups called for far-reaching policy changes to address the state's water woes Wednesday.
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By Dick Cook, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Jun. 25--With drought continuing across much of Georgia, officials are  getting increasingly strict about enforcing the state's water use  restrictions.
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Federal lawmakers Wednesday criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for not moving faster to determine whether "intersex" fish in the Potomac River and its tributaries signal the presence of pollutants that might be harmful to humans.
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By ROB PAVEY  AUGUSTA, Ga. - Five environmental groups, including Augusta- based Savannah Riverkeeper Inc., asked a federal panel this week for the authority to make official comments involving the proposed expansion of the Vogtle nuclear generating plant.
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By Bill Tanger  Gov. Kaine, take a back seat to the State Water Control Board.  Despite the protestations of Kaine spokesman Kevin Hall that the  "governor takes a back seat to no one in his commitment to environmental  stewardship," that is clearly not the case.
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Greenhouse gases that spur global warming are on the docket at the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case that pits environmental groups against the U.S. agency meant to shield Americans from pollution.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - New state restrictions on power plants' mercury emissions that go further than federal standards, but are still too weak in the eyes of some environmental groups, are expected to gain approval today from the Board of Natural Resources.
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By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 19--Central Valley water regulators should be ordered to abandon a 4-year-old program to monitor farm runoff and take tougher measures instead, two environmental groups said in a lawsuit filed Monday.
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A vegan group is trying to force U.S. restaurant chains to warn California consumers about a cancer-causing chemical that forms in grilled meat, using a state law designed to protect consumers from toxins in drinking water.