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April 10, 2017
Linking to a recent story in Bloomberg chronicling several recent tragic worker fatalities and injuries in the U.S. auto parts manufacturing sector, titled “Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs – The South’s manufacturing renaissance comes with a heavy price. Reports like this reinforce that “government oversight” is not the only […]
April 10, 2017
Linking to a new OECD report that touts water quality trading and other innovative and market-based approaches to solving water pollution from diffuse sources. The report begins, Decades of regulation and large investments to reduce point source pollution have brought substantial gains for the economy, human health, environment and social values. But water quality challenges […]
March 26, 2017
The Environmental Law Institute this week issued a new report identifying where the action is going to be in the Trump Administration with regard to environmental policy. Here is ELI’s list of those areas – the report can be found in its entirety ELI Report – Reg Reform in Trump Era: FACT SHEET 1: Reversing […]
March 15, 2017
This week the UNC Environmental Finance Center, under the leadership of Jeff Hughes, released a report highlighting 9 different P3s within the water sector as an alternative delivery model to the traditional approach. Jeff and his team are doing some really good work in this space. Here is a summary and link to the […]
March 1, 2017
This week, President Trump issued an Executive Order that signals the beginning process for rescinding the Obama EPA’s rule redefining Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act. The E.O. can be found here, but it’s included below in its entirety. Because the Rule is subject to the notice-and-comment requirements of the Administrative […]
March 1, 2017
The Agricultural Certainty and Trading Programs use the state-specific version, the Maryland Nutrient Trading/Tracking Tool or MNTT, of the multi-state platform known as the Chesapeake Bay Trading/Tracking Tool or CBNTT to determine baseline eligibility and/or credit generation capacity. MDA has just completed a re-calibration of the MNTT to reflect the updated APEX model and some […]
February 25, 2017
Benjamin Franklin, known for his wisdom and sophisms, uttered a number of now famous quotes, including, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That particular quote has its roots in Franklin’s efforts to organize the Philadelphia Union Fire Company and the creation of institutionalized fire-fighting. The underlying theme, that it was far […]
February 21, 2017
For Immediate Release February 21, 2017 Contact: Brent Fewell Tel: 202/280-6362 E: brent.Fewell@earthandwatergroup.com Earth & Water Group Announces Expansion Earth & Water Group, a full-service virtual environmental solutions provider, today announced the expansion of its operations with the opening of its office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and an addition to its management team by naming […]
February 21, 2017
With Administrator Pruitt’s EPA in the earliest stages, some of the environmental enforcement action may be moving to the states. The proposed changes in New Mexico, as seen in the article below, are emblematic of conversations going on in legislatures and regulatory agencies across the country. As companies assess the enforcement landscape, and their own […]
February 12, 2017
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies, Water Environment Federation and the US Water Alliance are hosting a roundtable discussion Thursday March 9, 2017 from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm with water sector associations to share initial policy recommendations from the One Water for America National Listening Sessions project. This meeting will take place at […]