STPs are mandated for many industries, particularly in tourism-heavy areas, under Republic Act 9275, also known as the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004. Beyond tourism establishments ...

The manifesto Labour ran on promised to “put failing water companies under special measures to clean up our water ... and so the Truss government was forced to act. But there were wider conditions for ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signaled it could narrow which set of waters receive protections under the Clean Water Act — and will narrow protections for wetlands in the ...

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court substantially weakened federal limitations on raw sewage discharge into nearby bodies of water.

Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote for the court, ruled that the agency had gone beyond what the Clean Water Act allowed. “We ...

The Supreme Court dealt another blow to federal environmental protections on Tuesday in a major water pollution case. In a 5–4 ruling in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, the justices ...

Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of San Francisco, making it harder for the Environmental Protection Agency ...

On March 4, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in City & County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency ...

When it rains too much in San Francisco, the city's wastewater treatment plant can get overloaded. An overloaded wastewater treatment plant means ...

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Robert Weinstock and Alexa Longstaff say there are shortcomings to the Supreme Court ...

This week’s SCOTUS opinion in City and County of San Francisco v Environmental Protection Agency basically rewrote the Clean Water Act to achieve that result. In this week’s bonus episode for ...