Environmental Protection Agency Archives

$100,000 in CalEPA Grants Going to San Diego Environmental Justice Projects

The California Environmental Protection Agency announced nearly $100,000 in grants Friday going toward two San Diego-area projects as part of the agency’s Environmental Justice Small Grants program. The agency gave $50,000 to the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association to identify the watersheds within in the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board’s jurisdiction where Native American cultural uses are occurring and where appropriate water quality standards are needed to ensure vulnerable populations are protected.

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Local Groups Pause Tijuana Sewage Lawsuits, But Solutions Are Still Far Off

July 9, 2020/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Voice of San Diegoby MacKenzie Elmer

Californians are pushing pause on federal lawsuits against the International Boundary Water Commission, the agency that’s supposed to deal with sewage-filled stormwater rolling into the U.S. from the Tijuana cliffs under a treaty between the two countries.

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House Rejects Trump Cuts, Proposes Boost for Environmental Agencies

July 7, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Hillby Rachel Frazin

The Democratic-led House Appropriations Committee on Monday proposed a funding bump for the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency, soundly rejecting cuts proposed by President Trump.

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Nevada Mulls EPA Reversal of Obama Era Drinking Water Rules

June 29, 2020/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The San Diego Union Tribune

The Trump administration has decided a chemical with a notorious legacy in Nevada will not be regulated in drinking water, but state officials say the reversal of the Obama-era policy shouldn’t result in any decline in drinking water standards across the state.

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Tribes, Environmentalists Sue to Stop Rollback of Clean Water Act Protections

June 24, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /AZ Centralby Debra Utacia Krol and Ian James

A coalition of tribal governments, environmentalists and labor advocates has sued to stop implementation of a new federal rule that weakens protections for streams and wetlands. The Environmental Protection Agency’s new Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which which took effect on Monday, rolls back clean-water regulation of intermittent waterways, arroyos and washes.

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EPA Data Quality System Has Fallen to Wayside, Watchdog Reports

June 23, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Bloomberg Lawby Alexandra Yetter

The EPA may be masking risks to health and the environment because its Quality System has become outdated and inaccurate, the agency’s internal watchdog reported on Monday.

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Trump Administration Will Not Regulate Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water

June 19, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Guardianby Emily Holden

US environmental regulators have decided they will not put restrictions on perchlorate – a rocket fuel ingredient known to harm fetal brain development – in drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency argued that the federal government, states and public water systems have already taken proactive steps to reduce perchlorate levels.

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California and EPA Tussle Over Water-Quality Protections

June 19, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Courthouse News Serviceby Matthew Renda

Attorneys for 18 states and two major cities were in federal court Thursday asking a judge to grant a preliminary injunction that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from removing protections from temporary streams, wetlands and other minor water bodies.

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Filling Trump Void, California Steps in to Protect Birds, Wetlands

June 19, 2020/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Cal Mattersby Julie Cart

The Trump administration has rolled back dozens of long-standing environmental protections. Now California is trying a new tack: Writing its own rules.

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