Trump — once again — will rein in the nation's law protecting waterways. At stake are seasonal streams and ponds. The move is ...
In response to President Donald Trump's declaration of a "national energy emergency," the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...
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 ...
The projects, which include oil pipelines, natural gas power plants and mining projects, were already under review. But the possibility of accelerated permitting raised concerns that without effective ...
With volatility and unknowns for the future of climate investments at the federal level, Washington's Climate Commitment Act ...
When it rains too much in San Francisco, the city's wastewater treatment plant can get overloaded. An overloaded wastewater treatment plant means ...
The dissent, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, suggests that the legal theory of five-vote majority decision was largely of the Court’s own making and contends that its narrow interpretation of ...
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Robert Weinstock and Alexa Longstaff say there are shortcomings to the Supreme Court ...
The agreement between the EPA and Colorado illustrates how the state has benefited from strong federal oversight even when it ...
The U.S. Supreme Court limited federal and state regulations under the Clean Water Act, but the practical impact remains to ...
San Francisco argued that Clean Water Act permits should function like recipes that restrict specific ingredients in a dish, ...
A hotly contested state takeover of New Mexico surface water protection duties is headed to the state House with just over three weeks left in this year's 60-day legislative session. The changes to ...