Hacker News with Generative AI: Water Pollution

US Supreme Court weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies (theguardian.com)
The US supreme court has weakened rules on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5-4 ruling that undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act.

Law, Environment, Water Pollution, Supreme Court

31 points by wahnfrieden 52 days ago | 2 comments

Floridians have no right to bodies of water 'free of pollution,' court rules (floridaphoenix.com)
For the second time this year, a Florida appellate court has ruled against environmentalists fighting to enact a widely supported local clean water measure.

Environment, Law, Florida, Water Pollution, Court Decisions

101 points by latexr 116 days ago | 94 comments

Iowa is "in crisis" due to illegal manure discharges into waterways (thenewlede.org)
Iowa regulators are failing to properly penalize Iowa factory farms for illegally contaminating state waterways with animal waste, according to an analysis released Monday by a public health advocacy group.

Environment, Agriculture, Iowa, Water Pollution, Law Enforcement

7 points by PaulHoule 119 days ago | 3 comments

Tire-related chemical responsible for salmon deaths in urban streams (2020) (washington.edu)
Every fall more than half of the coho salmon that return to Puget Sound’s urban streams die before they can spawn. In some streams, all of them die. But scientists didn’t know why.

Environmental Science, Salmon, Water Pollution

147 points by deegles 233 days ago | 37 comments