EPA likely to move to further limit federal protections for wetlands
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it will reconsider the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law and ...
Supreme Court Rules the Clean Water Act Doesn’t Actually Require That Water Be Clean
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court substantially weakened federal limitations on raw sewage discharge into nearby bodies of water.
EPA signals it could narrow Clean Water Act protections
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signaled that it could narrow which set of waters receive protections under the ...
Popular Olmsted Co. farm program could reduce water pollution, if officials can agree how to pay for it
Take $5 million in federal money, add incentives for farmers to plant crops to soak up nitrates and you’ve got a program so ...
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The Supreme Court Muddied the Clean Water Act Yet Again
Alito concluded that the Clean Water Act gave the EPA no authority to impose such end-result requirements on would-be ...
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Federal ruling on Clean Water Quality Act won’t change STPUD practices
Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of San Francisco, making it harder for the Environmental Protection Agency ...
Supreme Court Deals Blow to E.P.A. in Dispute Over Federal Water Rules
The 5-to-4 decision is the latest setback for the agency and could have sweeping implications for curtailing water pollution ...
Supreme Court Misses the Reality of EPA Clean Water Act Permits
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Robert Weinstock and Alexa Longstaff say there are shortcomings to the Supreme Court ...
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Chesapeake Bay in the crosshairs as EPA strips federal water protections
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation on Thursday condemned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) most recent sweeping ...
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EPA likely to move to further limit federal protections for wetlands
Credit: AP/Lynne Sladky For decades, environmental interests and left-leaning policymakers have fought right-leaning industry and agricultural interests in federal court over the Clean Water Act's ...