Whether the Clean Water Act gives the federal government the power to regulate dry riverbeds, isolated streams, and land next to wetlands remains clear as mud, as a recent federal court decision ...

Several Ontario First Nations are asking the province's environment minister to resign after he asked the federal government ...

The Clean Water Act established a federal framework "to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters." As an attorney and law professor, ...

If the agency didn’t make significant changes, the state’s authority to implement the Clean Water Act would be revoked and the federal government would take over, according to the EPA’s 2024 ...

The Clean Water Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s surface waters, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas. Passed in ...

The construction grants program was phased out in 1990. Today, the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program provides low-interest loans to build and improve wastewater systems. The Path Forward, From ...

Clean Water Act’s authority The CWA authorizes the ACOE and USEPA to administer Section 404 permitting and enforcement that prohibits unpermitted discharges of dredge and fill in wetlands. Section 402 ...

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices, both conservative and liberal, appeared skeptical Wednesday of a Trump administration argument that the federal Clean Water Act should not apply to sewage ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday cut back on the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act, with a 5-4 majority continuing a trend in which the ...

The Clean Water Act established a federal framework "to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters.". As an attorney and law professor, I've spent ...