By Linda Runbeck and Don Parmeter The federal government would be granted authority, for the first time ever, over every backyard pond, wetland, ditch, culvert, and pipe – literally all wet ...
In America, that right is enshrined in the Clean Water Act of 1972, which defines how the EPA regulates pollutants in U.S. waters, and the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, which establishes ...
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Controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision threatens the country’s inland wetlands with new development, study saysEPA, a May 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision that radically reshaped the country’s Clean Water Act of 1972. The 5-4 decision means the federal government no longer regulates inland, non-tidal ...
Why do businesses favor voluntary compliance? The Clean Water Act of 1972 allows citizens to sue alleged offenders if government agencies do not act. Why is that provision of the law important?
Local farmers cast their eyes on Washington last week when a new bill challenging the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers began attracting bipartisan co-sponsors by the ...
Last week, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) and the cities of Cambridge and Somerville introduced several alternative project concepts to eliminate Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) ...
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