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 ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, right, speaks with U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, center, during a visit to the St. Louis region in March. Zeldin also met with farmers in the ...

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 ...

The Trump administration is moving to narrow federal definitions of the nation's waters, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Nov. 17 — a change that would likely exclude many waterways ...

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 ...

Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into waterways. Rivers, including the Potomac in Washington, smelled of raw sewage and ...

The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) submitted May 15th comments to the Untied States Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ( collectively, “EPA”) ...

Republicans praised the Trump administration’s draft rewrite of a key Clean Water Act regulation, calling it a win for farmers, businesses, homebuilders and landowners who would see reduced permitting ...

A bill drastically reducing the scope of the Clean Water Act passed through committee in the U.S. House and will likely reach the floor for debate later this month. The legislation would narrow the ...

Christopher Colyer, John Habib, Patrick Paul, P.C. On November 17, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule that would significantly narrow its ...

As the federal government looks to narrow the definition of waters of the United States, New Mexico’s wetlands and ephemeral waters will still have regulatory protections thanks to a 2025 state ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 25, 2025) What the Republican-led Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the U.S. House of Representatives calls legislation to “Cut Red Tape and Increase Clean ...