Erin Douglas 📝 climate reporter
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Climate Journalist | ‘25-‘26 Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism | Thinking about climate + health 🌱
Before Trump took office, EPA proposed new rules to better control stormwater runoff.
Now, cuts to EPA could jeopardize such efforts to stop stormwater and wastewater pollution from entering Boston-area watersheds, former regulators told me.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/18/s...
Now, cuts to EPA could jeopardize such efforts to stop stormwater and wastewater pollution from entering Boston-area watersheds, former regulators told me.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/18/s...
The Boston Harbor cleanup showed the power of the EPA — when it’s willing to use it. - The Boston Globe
Just a few generations past, the harbor was too toxic for swimming and was known as the "dirtiest" in the nation. The EPA was key to the cleanup.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Before Trump took office, EPA proposed new rules to better control stormwater runoff.
Now, cuts to EPA could jeopardize such efforts to stop stormwater and wastewater pollution from entering Boston-area watersheds, former regulators told me.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/18/s...
Now, cuts to EPA could jeopardize such efforts to stop stormwater and wastewater pollution from entering Boston-area watersheds, former regulators told me.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/18/s...
The cleanup work isn't over. The public still can't regularly swim in Boston-area rivers.
Old and problematic sewage systems remain in place where pollution spills into rivers. Too much stormwater pollution still ends up in our rivers, leading to E. coli and algal blooms.
Old and problematic sewage systems remain in place where pollution spills into rivers. Too much stormwater pollution still ends up in our rivers, leading to E. coli and algal blooms.
March 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The cleanup work isn't over. The public still can't regularly swim in Boston-area rivers.
Old and problematic sewage systems remain in place where pollution spills into rivers. Too much stormwater pollution still ends up in our rivers, leading to E. coli and algal blooms.
Old and problematic sewage systems remain in place where pollution spills into rivers. Too much stormwater pollution still ends up in our rivers, leading to E. coli and algal blooms.