Bill S. 3303 would significantly limit the power of states to deny projects that would have severe environmental impacts on water quality. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act gives states the power to protect their waterways from federally-licensed projects…
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Opposing Bad Hydropower Legislation
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper is working with a broad coalition in opposing proposed federal legislation that would gut important rules concerning hydropower regulation. The 25,000 sq. miles of SW and West-Central Montana’s Upper Missouri River Basin possess nearly a dozen dams,…