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SCOTUS basically saw TRUMP #WOTUS and decided to *exclude more wetlands* from protections. I'll explain 1/
The 5-4 decision by Alito finds wetlands are only protected if they are SO close to a bigger waterway and are SO wet that it is “difficult to determine where they ‘water’ ends and the ‘wetland’ begins.’”
If you recognize that wording, it's because it's a direct quote from Scalia's #WOTUS plurality in Rapanos.
DOJ, on behalf of the EPA, has sued Norfolk Southern for the East Palestine derailment under the Clean Water Act.
Complaint: justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
Complaint: justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
The case has been assigned to Judge John R. Adams, a George W. Bush appointee who has a … less-than-stellar … record as a judge. (He’s been removed from multiple cases and had other issues, including a long legal fight with the 6th Circuit Judicial Council, while on the bench.)
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🚨New Pub🚨
Love #WOTUS & #CleanWaterAct? Us too! A state-wide analysis of #wetland protections in #NewYork
New pub from @JeffWadeHydro @hydrochrista @BeckySchewe30 dropped today in @HydroProcesses
Key findings 🧵
doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14…
Love #WOTUS & #CleanWaterAct? Us too! A state-wide analysis of #wetland protections in #NewYork
New pub from @JeffWadeHydro @hydrochrista @BeckySchewe30 dropped today in @HydroProcesses
Key findings 🧵
doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14…
We ask how changes to the legal definition of #WOTUS under the Clean Water Rule & Navigable Waters Protection Rule alter which wetlands are protected as a function of landscape position and size, taking New York as our case study (largest geographic analysis to date)
Methods for landscape analysis follow closely after existing studies, largely this one from @RileyKWalsh
doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2…
doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2…
For extra credit, I gave my students in #Water Technology & Policy the chance to make memes representing something they learned in class. The result: 💯
Shared here with permission. Enjoy!
Shared here with permission. Enjoy!
We start by learning that the term water "use" is vague.
Groundwater pumping comes with externalities.
Sooo, remember that #WOTUS data that EPA said was completely unreliable and reporters shouldn't use it?
Turns out the Army Corps does. To figure out which wetlands to protect.
@HMNorthey and I have the receipts.
eenews.net/stories/106371…
Turns out the Army Corps does. To figure out which wetlands to protect.
@HMNorthey and I have the receipts.
eenews.net/stories/106371…
In case you're wondering, no, I'm not back on the water beat--that's still in Hannah's very capable hands. But let's do one last #WOTUS thread for the road...
Two years ago @KevinBogardus and I got back the most well-timed FOIA of our lives showing that EPA had reviewed federal data showing Trump #WOTUS would eliminate federal protections for 18 percent of streams and more than half of the nation’s wetlands.
The framing of #WOTUS in this @nytimes news alert is off. This is about what waters the Clean Water Act applies to. Yes, that results in changes to whether polluters need permits. But we're talking about polluting (or destroying) actual water bodies/wetlands.
Three examples of the widespread scientific malpractice at Interior under President Obama include:
1) Dr. Paul Houser, @usbr's Science Integrity Officer who was fired when he started reporting fraudulent science being used to justify pursuits of environmental groups. independentsciencenews.org/news/what-happ…
@usbr 2) The disastrous #WOTUS rule implemented by President Obama was objected to by Army Corps Major General John Peabody who said the 4,000-foot cutoff had no connection to relevant scientific data. nasda.org/news/explosive…
Here’s an interesting comparison. First, account by veteran agriculture journalist @ChrisClaytonDTN of Trump’s appearance before the good, gullible people attending the @FarmBureau annual meeting in New Orleans today.
Second, this thread by veteran Trump fact checker @ddale8 of @TorontoStar on the same appearance. Of course, Dale had heard much of Trump’s speech before.
And by the way...@FarmBureau has been flogging the #WOTUS issue — about which waters are subject to the Clean Water Act — for years, as a way to show its members their trade association is “fighting” (that is, writing memos and having staff members give speeches) for them.
Trump: Day 573
-Claims of No Collusion "Hogwash"
-Military Parade Estimated at $92M
-Protested by 350 U.S. Newspapers
-Makes Claim Aretha Worked 4 Him
-Thinks Omarosa Should be Arrested
-Omarosa Drops Hush Money Tape
-Kavanaugh Lied Under Oath in 06'
-Claims of No Collusion "Hogwash"
-Military Parade Estimated at $92M
-Protested by 350 U.S. Newspapers
-Makes Claim Aretha Worked 4 Him
-Thinks Omarosa Should be Arrested
-Omarosa Drops Hush Money Tape
-Kavanaugh Lied Under Oath in 06'
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Day 678 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
Day 678 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
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“Think of it this way: The Access Hollywood tape didn’t break Donald Trump. It broke the Republican party’s willingness to insist that character matters.”
@JVLast weeklystandard.com/jonathan-v-las…
“Think of it this way: The Access Hollywood tape didn’t break Donald Trump. It broke the Republican party’s willingness to insist that character matters.”
@JVLast weeklystandard.com/jonathan-v-las…
🐖#Hogwash🐖
John Brennan: Trump’s Claims of No Collusion Are HOGWASH!
Adm McRaven dares 45 to revoke his SC.
Yanukovych has been charged with high treason in Ukraine, complicity in a war against UKN
📌Manafort provided image consulting to Yanukovych & members of his party.
John Brennan: Trump’s Claims of No Collusion Are HOGWASH!
Adm McRaven dares 45 to revoke his SC.
Yanukovych has been charged with high treason in Ukraine, complicity in a war against UKN
📌Manafort provided image consulting to Yanukovych & members of his party.
🇺🇸Salute_IC_Heroes🇺🇸
William H. McRaven, is a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014. He oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Trump’s military parade postponed!
William H. McRaven, is a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014. He oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Trump’s military parade postponed!
🇺🇸Salute_IC_Heroes🇺🇸
Democrats Question Kavanaugh’s Testimony About Bush Nominee
Manafort jury has four questions, will continue deliberations tomorrow
British banks handled vast sums of laundered Russian money
“Death Spiral”: Omarosa Totally Triggered Trump
Democrats Question Kavanaugh’s Testimony About Bush Nominee
Manafort jury has four questions, will continue deliberations tomorrow
British banks handled vast sums of laundered Russian money
“Death Spiral”: Omarosa Totally Triggered Trump
