Posts from August 2013.
Earlier this month, the State of Florida announced it will be filing a lawsuit in September in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to limit Georgia's consumption of water from the Chattahoochee and Flint River Basins through an injunction. Florida claims that the unchecked consumption of the upstream water flows have negatively impacted Apalachicola Bay by increasing the salinity of the Bay, particularly in the summer and fall months. The reduction in the salinity is blamed for the reduction in the oyster population. Apalachicola Bay produces 90% of Florida's oyster supply and 10% of the ...

Just as Mary Hatch and George Bailey listened to Sam Wainwright's "chance of a lifetime offer" in the holiday classic, It's a Wonderful Life; newly installed EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy's Harvard audience listened as she explained last week that preventing climate change is the "opportunity of a lifetime." Administrator McCarthy touted sparking innovation, growing jobs and strengthening the economy as just a few of the opportunities presented by curbing greenhouse gases. Her suggestion that environmental protection can spur economic growth should foster a ...

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