Environmental and Natural Resources

Congress Denies Trump’s Request to Slash EPA’s Budget

by Megan H. Tracy Back in February, the White House released its proposed budget for 2018.  Among other things, the President’s budget sought to cut EPA’s budget by $2.5 billion, or over 23 percent.  Targets of the proposed cuts included: climate change programs, state radon protection programs, water-system improvements along the U.S.-Mexico border, state and tribal […]

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Recent Developments in the Gold King Mine Spill

by Megan H. Tracy On Tuesday, May 4, 2016, the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs chair, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), and committee member, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) formally requested a federal criminal investigation into the Gold King Mine spill. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Sens. Barrasso and McCain stated that […]

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Business Owner Ordered to Pay $1.3 Million for Leaking UST

by Megan H. Tracy The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) obtained a judgment against William Arnett for $1.3 million for underground storage tank (UST) law violations that stem back to the late 1980s. A Maricopa County Superior Court held that Arnett, the owner of property in Tucson that contained a UST, was liable to […]

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