Bill to ratify ‘historic’ water rights settlement reintroduced in Congress
This week, legislation to ratify the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement was reintroduced in both ...
‘Puddles and ditches’: California considers protecting wetlands from Trump order
Trump — once again — will rein in the nation's law protecting waterways. At stake are seasonal streams and ponds. The move is ...
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Trump environmental rollbacks would boost pollution and endanger lives, former EPA heads say
Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders sounded an alarm Friday, saying rollbacks proposed by EPA Administrator ...
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 ...
EPA head launches 31 actions to roll back air, water rules in 'greatest day of deregulation'
Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin said the agency has launched "the biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history ...
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A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced nearly three dozen deregulatory moves that he ...
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 ...
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Proposed California water law would revive Clean Water Act rules
streams rivers and lakes – that applied to the federal Clean Water Act as recently as the early years of Joe Biden’s presidency. Farmers and ranchers, among others, might fight it, in part ...
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Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone
They do it for all Americans and because of laws such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. This is an agency that sets standards and regulations according to ...