On Wednesday, the EPA issued guidance about how the ruling should be implemented to exclude certain wetlands ... the Clean Water Act's power. At the center of those cases is the definition of just ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signaled that it could narrow which set of waters receive protections under the Clean Water Act. The law requires the EPA to protect so-called “waters of ...

Trump — once again — will rein in the nation's law protecting waterways. At stake are seasonal streams and ponds. The move is ...

The definition of “waters of the United States” – which the ... all of the nation's streams and wetlands – determines whether ...

South Carolina’s wetlands are under assault, like those in other states, as a result of a Supreme Court ruling, a new report ...

California lawmakers are proposing legislation that aims to reestablish safeguards for the state's streams and wetlands in ...

The bills would allow developers to buy credits for wetlands mitigation far from areas impacted and long before restoration ...

At the center of those cases is the definition of just five words in the law, “waters of the United States ... change the Clean Water Act to weaken public safeguards.” Wetlands filter ...

Such standards later became a central part of the federal Clean Water Act, adopted in 1972 ... for the “waters of the United States” apply only to wetlands and streams that are directly ...