Clean Water Act

EPA Proposes to Establish First-Time Clean Water Act Protections for Over 250 Tribes

EPA’s proposed baseline water quality standards would usher in new Clean Water Act protections for Tribal Nation waterways May 3,…

2 years ago

Environmental groups sue EPA over water pollution standards

Photo: The Houston Ship Channel in February. A lawsuit filed by a group of environmental groups says the Environmental Protection…

2 years ago

Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to EPA’s Latest Plan for Regulating PFAS Discharges

Points to New Great Lakes Study as Reason for More Urgency Waterkeeper Alliance is responding to the U.S. Environmental Protection…

2 years ago

‘Like It Never Happened’: Federal Judge Tosses Trump Attack on Clean Water Rule

Denying a Biden administration request to temporarily retain the rule, the judge reestablished "the careful balance of state and federal…

3 years ago

California hit hard as Trump weakens clean water protections

Photo: Under the new rule, the Clean Water Act’s protections would no longer apply to most small streams and wetlands,…

5 years ago