Florida's Vanishing Wetlands
and the Failure of No Net Loss

Clean Water Act: Still violated after all these years

Posted on Nov. 1, 2009 1:50 p.m.
By Craig Pittman

Last month I moderated a panel at the Society of Environmental Journalists' annual conference called "The Clean Water Act: Still Violated After All These Years."

The speakers for this lively discussion were Jeremy Korzenik of the U.S. Department of Justice, Dr. Joy Zedler of the University of Wisconsin and Michael Cain of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Audio of the session has now been posted online if you want to hear how it went. That's me at the beginning, talking about tracking one of the Rev. Henry Lyons' mistresses through the cold Wisconsin night years before -- which was the only other time I visited the state.

Supreme Court gets a chance to botch another wetlands case

Posted on Jan. 8, 2012 9 p.m.
By Craig Pittman

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the somewhat tangled case of Mike and Chantell Sackett , whose ...

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U.S. wetlands are "at a tipping point" -- and worse off than report says

Posted on Oct. 13, 2011 10:05 p.m.
By Craig Pittman

The U.S. Interior Department issued its latest report on the status and trends of the nation's wetlands last week, and ...

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New study shows Supreme Court decision left wetlands vulnerable

Posted on Sept. 13, 2011 8:07 p.m.
By Craig Pittman

Last week the Environmental Law Institute released an extensive new study on the state of the nation's wetlands in the ...

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House casts historic vote to yank EPA's Clean Water Act authority

Posted on July 13, 2011 9:57 p.m.
By Craig Pittman

In a historic vote late Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to yank the Environmental Protection Agency's authority over ...

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Obama administration tries fixing Supreme Court's wetlands "bungle"

Posted on April 28, 2011 9:02 p.m.
By Craig Pittman

The Obama administration has gotten pretty serious about the Clean Water Act lately. First the EPA launches the first-ever survey ...

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