Pollution Lawsuits Result in Financial Penalties. Can that Money Be Used to Heal?
Puget Soundkeeper recently resolved two Clean Water Act lawsuits, sending a total of $415,000 to local …
Tag: Clean Water Act
Two New Soundkeeper Settlements Prevent Future Harm to Local Waterways, Seek to Repair Existing Environmental Injustice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 21, 2021 Media Contact: Katelyn Kinn, Puget Soundkeeper Staff Attorney …
First Step Towards Repairing Waterway Protections Not What We Hoped
Today’s announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it would initiate Clean Water Act rulemaking processes …
Citizens for a Healthy Bay & Puget Soundkeeper Alliance Announce Suit Over Pollution from Electron Dam
Today Puget Soundkeeper and Citizens for a Healthy Bay sued Electron Hydro LLC for alleged …
Puget Soundkeeper and Citizens for a Healthy Bay Announce Intent to Sue Over Pollution from Electron Dam
Puget Soundkeeper and Citizens for a Healthy Bay join Puyallup Tribe of Indians in sending Notice of Intent to sue to hold Electron Dam owners accountable for irresponsible discharges of artificial turf and other pollution.
Tribes, Labor, and Environmental Advocates File Lawsuit as the Trump Administration Finalizes Dirty Water Rule
Today millions of streams and wetlands across the country lost protections as Trump’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule officially went into effect. This new rule dramatically decreases the waterways protected under the Clean Water Act.