Despite the new “waters of the U.S.” definition, the Clean Water Act’s regulatory reach will likely continue generating legal controversy, according to an agricultural law expert. Two years after the ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a complaint against DC Water for violating the Clean Water Act after a sewer ...

The long-term health of the ocean off the coast of Southern California, and the health of the region’s freshwater streams and rivers and lakes, soon could hinge on the Trump administration’s ...

A bill being pushed through Congress could significantly alter how the Clean Water Act is implemented. Environmental groups warn that the PERMIT Act — passed on Dec. 10 in the House largely along ...

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and American Public Power Association (collectively, “NRECA”) submitted February 17th joint comments to the United States Environmental Protection ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed redefining key words in the Clean Water Act that would limit protections for wetlands. In a release on Monday, the proposal, dubbed the "Waters of the ...

The SPEED and PERMIT Acts would clear the way for more toxic fossil fuel, PFAS, and factory farm pollution in our water. The SPEED and PERMIT Acts would clear the way for more toxic fossil fuel, PFAS, ...

Nov. 17 (UPI) --The Trump administration proposed changing the definition of wetlands Monday to limit which bodies of water are protected from pollution under the Clean Water Act. The administration's ...

A 2025 poll showed that clean, reliable sources of water beat out inflation and healthcare reform as the top concern for ...

No one has done more for Maine’s rivers and lakes since Sen. Edmund Muskie authored the Clean Water Act than Sen. Susan Collins.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting states’ and Native American tribes’ power to wield the Clean Water Act to block major projects like natural gas ...