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Holly Doremus is the James H. House and Hiram H. Hurd professor of environmental regulation at the University of California, Berkeley, where she is also co-director of the Institute for Parks, People and Biodiversity and co-director of the Law of the Sea Institute.
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The Clean Water Act has failed to protect California’s wetlands and a recent executive order by the Trump Administration could make things worse. California needs a state program to get the job done, says environmental law professor Holly Doremus.
A recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit regarding the Clean Water Act addresses key issues pertaining to indirect discharges but leaves some important questions unanswered.
Michael Kiparsky and Holly Doremus of the Wheeler Water Institute at U.C. Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment lay out what’s needed for California’s groundwater agencies to successfully manage a critical resource.
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