MRC Group in Wisconsin Helps Citizens Challenge Permit, Cites Environmental Threat

On Monday, nine residents concerned with a proposed expansion of rail lines carrying crude oil through the Upper Mississippi River Basin filed a legal challenge to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ decision to issue a wetland fill and bridge permit to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF). Citizen petitioners say the DNR’s environmental analysis […]

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The Case Heard ‘Round the EPA

Tuesday’s unanimous decision by the Board of the Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) to sue three rural counties upstream of the city’s drinking water intake system should be echoing throughout the halls of the US EPA’s Office of Water. In the lawsuit, DMWW accuses the heavily agricultural upstream counties of violating the Clean Water Act […]

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