Lawsuit Filed In Effort To Stop Musk’s DOGE From Taking Further Actions Against Multiple Environmental Agencies
March 15th, 2025
Center for Biological Diversity, Federal Aviation Administration, Litigation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public Articles, US Bureau of Land Management, US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, US Department of Agriculture, US Department of Commerce, US Department of Transportation, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service, US National Park Service
The Center for Biological Diversity has sued five cabinet-level agencies seeking to stop the so-called Department of Government Efficiency and its DOGE teams from taking further actions against multiple environmental agencies until each team fully complies with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Washington State Gathers Info For Implementation Of TMDL Plan To Address High Water Temperatures In Columbia, Lower Snake Rivers
March 15th, 2025
The Washington Department of Ecology is hosting a public meeting March 17 to discuss how it will implement a long-awaited Total Maximum Daily Load plan for temperature in the Columbia and lower Snake rivers. The two rivers are included in Washington’s 303(d) list of impaired bodies of water due to their persistent high water temperatures that pose a threat to salmon and steelhead. The fish rely on the rivers for migration and spawning and some of the populations are listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. The temperature TMDL had been developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by court …