Center for Biological Diversity: Judge Rules EPA Failed to Protect Endangered Wildlife From Cadmium Water Pollution
August 22, 2023
August 22, 2023
TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 22 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023:
In a precedent-setting decision, a federal judge ruled late Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Endangered Species Act in 2016 when it failed to assess harms to endangered species before nearly tripling the levels of the heavy metal cadmium allowed in U.S. waters. The ruling, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, follows a 202 . . .
In a precedent-setting decision, a federal judge ruled late Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Endangered Species Act in 2016 when it failed to assess harms to endangered species before nearly tripling the levels of the heavy metal cadmium allowed in U.S. waters. The ruling, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, follows a 202 . . .