Nevada State Engineer Issues Order to Curb New Domestic Wells in Pahrump Basin
As the most arid state in the nation, Nevada has always faced challenges when managing its valuable water resources, and the Pahrump Artesian Basin is…
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As the most arid state in the nation, Nevada has always faced challenges when managing its valuable water resources, and the Pahrump Artesian Basin is…
In January, the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District upheld a decision by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) that…
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that groundwater injection wells may result in an “indirect” discharge of pollutants to navigable waters of the…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld the dismissal of two claims against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for lack of…
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently released draft funding recommendations totaling over $34 million in Proposition 1 funds for eight desalination projects and…
Reversing a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court held that challenges to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations defining “Waters of the…
Can areas unoccupied and uninhabitable by a species listed under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) nonetheless be designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
In March 2012, Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order establishing a goal of 1.5 million zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) on California roads by 2025…
Plaintiffs, Garrett Day LLC and the Ohio Development Services Agency, spent some $1.7 million cleaning hazardous substances released from a century-old paper mill in Dayton,…
The State of New Jersey is involved in a major lawsuit seeking natural resource damages from large petroleum and chemical companies on account of Methyl…