Which Wetlands to Protect? Supreme Court Will Soon Decide
The U.S. loses about 60,000 acres of wetlands a year. An upcoming Supreme Court decision could settle decades of legal ambiguity about which wetlands should …
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Once an Open Sewer, New York Harbor Now Teems With Life
Today people swim in organized events in New York Harbor, which would have been unthinkable fifty years ago when Congress voted to override President Richard …
Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
“This body needs to send a strong message to the President and the American people that this Congress won’t tolerate delays in cleaning up American …
Will the Supreme Court gut the Clean Water Act?
During their upcoming term, the Supreme Court is expected to define the waters of the United States. The high court is taking up an Idaho …
This Supreme Court Case Could Destroy Clean Water Protections
The Supreme Court agreed this week to hear a case brought by two Idaho residents who have fought the Environmental Protection Agency for years over …
EPA’S New Water Rule Will Gut The Clean Water Act
A new water rule will greatly reduce federal water protections, imperiling drinking water, endangered species, and ecosystems across the country. According to the rule that …
Oregon Protects a Wild River Under Rarely Used Law
Conservationists employed a rarely used provision in the federal Clean Water Act to protect the North Fork Smith River and all its tributaries as an …
EPA proposes to withdraw CWA restrictions for Pebble Mine
Time to put the boxing gloves back on… The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to withdraw its July 2014 Clean Water Act Proposed Determination …
President Trump signs order to revoke Clean Water Rule
Quite the cast of Republican bobbleheads on display as our Cheetoh in Chief begins his administration’s assault on clean water. The good news is that this …