Tag: Clean Water Act

William Schlesinger
July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 William Schlesingeragriculture, faculty, lakes and streams, water, wetlands

Waters of the United States

Eliminating protection for first order and seasonal (ephemeral) streams means that anything that might be dumped in the headwaters of major rivers would be exempt from pollution laws

William Schlesinger
October 29, 2018 William Schlesingerenvironmental policy, environmental politics, faculty

Guns and Roses

The Clean Water Act was designed to keep dangerous things out of our environment; a little bit of rational firearms regulation would do likewise.

William Schlesinger
August 15, 2017August 15, 2017 William Schlesingerenvironmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, waste, water, water pollution

Whither your water

It gives me pause to see proposals now before government agencies to relax the standards for discharge and stream protection

William Schlesinger
May 23, 2017 William Schlesingerenvironmental policy, faculty, lakes and streams, waste, water, water pollution

Waters of the United States

For the purposes of maintaining water quality in the Hudson River, it shouldn’t matter if I dump my sewage or industrial waste into a small tributary or directly into the River.