The new rule would exempt 18 percent of the nation’s streams, and more than half of its wetlands from oversight. Farmers, developers and energy companies applauded the rule.
In 2017, Sunoco spilled more than 200,000 gallons of drilling mud into the lake while building the Mariner East pipeline beneath it. Sunoco didn’t immediately report the spills, which coated 8-acres of the lakebed.
The roughly 6,900 toxic-containing wastewater discharges along the Ohio River are mapped out, including how much they spew annually. But public records only tell part of the story.
The Ohio River system has more mussel species than any other river system on earth, except the Mississippi. Scientists are working to get to the bottom of their mysterious disappearance.
Newport, Kentucky is embracing green infrastructure as a solution to its sewage woes. They're planting trees, replacing concrete and planting rain gardens.
