Effluent flowing from an International Paper Company Mill into the Androscroggin River, Maine, 1973 David Zwick, architect of the Clean Water Act of 1972, has died. His passage brings a number of thou
I’ve ranted against the bottled water industry before. It’s a completely useless product for most people, who have perfectly good water in the taps. It privatizes water supplies for profit
Every time you think the Flint water crisis and the response of the state of Michigan couldn’t get any worse, you find out that it can always get worse. Melissa Mays and her family have been thr
I know the law job market is horrible, but I always felt that going into water law in the West was a pretty much limitless market, given the brutal battles between states and between the U.S. and Mexi
Mike Lee, Family Values Republican, is a horrible human being. A bipartisan aid package to send $100 million to help the residents of Flint, Michigan deal with the widespread contamination that is sti
If you are looking for some good long reads this Saturday, check out this forum on placing the Flint water crisis in historical context, featuring some of our leading environmental historians, as well
I realize that most LGM readers don’t spend a lot of time thinking about western natural resource politics. But these issues are central to understanding the politics of the West, particularly w
In the spirit of cap and trade, the government has decided its misfounded belief that the free market can be used to solve environmental problems should be applied to water pollution. Water quality tr