Iowa AG leads multi-state opposition to court decision on Clean Water Act

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Nebraska Examiner

By: Cami Koons - October 30, 2024 6:54 pm

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and 24 other states, including Nebraska, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in support of the Port of Tacoma’s appeal of a U.S. Circuit Court decision that upheld a citizen’s ability to sue individuals for violating the Clean Water Act.

“We must not allow unelected, green activists to weaponize lawsuits to force woke mandates, hurt farmers, or threaten cities that are working hard to keep drinking water clean,” Bird said in a press release.

The original case involved a citizen-led environmental group in Washington, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, who sued the Port of Tacoma and its tenants for not implementing stormwater controls in accordance with the state-issued pollutant discharge permits.

In June 2024, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court ruled in favor of the environmental group. The court’s opinion said “even though the (state pollutant permits) exceeded the requirements of the federal regulations, they were enforceable in a citizen suit.”


Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a brief with 24 other states urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling involving the Clean Water Act. (Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)


Read more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/iowa-ag-leads-multi-state-opposition-to-court-decision-on-clean-water-act/

[madaboutharry]

1. This is so rich...

Iowa has grossly polluted rivers, lakes, and waterways. Most people are unaware that Iowa is beautiful, but the lakes and rivers are horribly polluted. It is a disgrace. Sadly, too many in power don't care about our planet. It is all about the greed.

[Bettie]

2. If Brenna Bird

is involved you know it's got to be bad. She is a horrific person and an even worse AG.

[duncang]

3. Every time water pollution comes up

I’ll post this.

Search for the name of your state. Add fish consumption advisory.

Here in Texas one of the states best catfish lake an adult male isn’t supposed to eat over 8 ounces of catfish per month. It gets scarier when you look at the recommended amount for women of child bearing age and children. The big problem across most of Texas is pcb’s and dioxins. It not just concerning catfish and carp but in some places also has large mouth bass on the list. Growing up here fish we caught were a staple food source. I know a lot of people around Lake Livingston area are poor and probably catfish is an important part of their diet. From the docks in Houston to the bay there’s a lot of pollution. But it even gets worse when they dredge the ship channel stirring up all the silt.

In Louisiana there are areas you’re not supposed to get in the water at all.

There are states where man made pollution isn’t a problem. But still have natural toxins. Like mercury in the rivers and lakes.

Please if you fish for consumption check the advisories.

[LT Barclay]

7. Please keep posting

If you are following water issues in TX, I’d recommend a couple of books:
An Unreasonable Woman by Diane Wilson specifically related to her battle with Formosa plastics around Houston
Sound Truths and Corporate Myths by Dr. Ricki Ott which was a 15 year follow up on the Exxon Valdez spill covering both environment and health impacts

[dalton99a]

4. Brenna Bird is Trump trash. She worked for Steve King

[wolfie001]

6. She shouldn't even use the term "clean water"

When she does, it reveals her cynical, pro-business hypocrisy. What a flaming POS.

[wolfie001]

5. Oh yes! Poisoning water is literal Freedom

These white male slobs (mostly) are so effed up in the head. All to squeeze a penny extra to their already obscene profit margins.

[Blue for the win]

8. Governor Kim the Reaper

Thanks to the Republicans and Governor Kim the Reaper cancer rates in Iowa are the fastest growing in the country. Probably because of the pesticides that run off the fields into the water supply. They truly are trying to kill Iowans to help the corporations.