Tag:Environmental Protection Agency
Courts
U.S. Supreme Court Says Guam Can Proceed in Environmental Fight
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the federal government's effort to block Guam’s claim for cleanup of an abandoned military weapons dump
News
Colorado Whistleblowers Ask for EPA Intervention at Commerce City Power Plant
State employee whistleblowers are asking the EPA administrator to reexamine an emissions permit granted to a power plant north of Denver.
People
Former EPA Acting Deputy Administrator Joins Faegre Drinker
Faegre Drinker announced Tuesday that former EPA acting deputy administrator Doug Benevento joined the firm as counsel in Denver.
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Courts
Supreme Court Closes Term with Environmental Law Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court closed its 2020-2021 oral argument calendar by hearing three environmental disputes
Courts
10th Circuit Clears Path for Major Water Rule Rollback
Colorado is no longer protected from the Trump administration’s effort to constrict the reach of the nation’s principal water pollution law after the 10th...
Features
Biden Administration Expected to Bring Change to Environmental Policy
Joe Biden's EPA will face a daunting task in restoring the nation’s system of environmental regulation and confronting a climate crisis.
News
Gross Reservoir Expansion Proposal Presents Water Demand, Environmental Concerns
“In the West, when you touch water, you touch everything.” Legend has it that Wayne Aspinall, the congressman who represented Colorado’s Western Slope during...
History
Rocky Flats Becomes National Environmental Crisis
Following WWII, the U.S. selected Dow Chemical to break ground on a centrally located site in Arvada for parts production to support an increase...