The Clean Water Act, passed 51 years ago today, is one of our country’s bedrock environmental laws. By cracking down on pollution discharges into rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands, it has ...

US Clean Water Act leaves about 55% of water flowing out of rivers vulnerable to pollution SCOTUS ruling last year weakened the Clean Water Act, now a research team illustrates how this decision ...

A sign calling for protection of the Clean Water Act hung outside the Supreme Court Building as the court heard arguments in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll ...

There was a time when raw sewage was dumped in the Jordan River in Utah. Things have drastically changed with the passage of the Clean Water Act, which turned 50 years old.

Half a century after Congress adopted the Clean Water Act, the nation's waterways remain at risk and are facing new challenges.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Corps of Engineers (collectively, “EPA”) announced on December 30th a final rule revising the Clean Water Act definition ...

The Supreme Court dealt another blow to federal environmental protections on Tuesday in a major water pollution case. In a 5–4 ruling in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, the justices ...

The Clean Water Act turned 50 this year, and recent reports have found that it has made significant progress in getting American waterways cleaner. At the same time, more can be done, as nitrates ...

Spokane – has less than a month to pay up after settling a federal lawsuit last Thursday at the expense of around 300 ...

Jaime Sigaran, right, of American Rivers, and his sister Bethsaida attend a rally to call for protection of the Clean Water Act outside of the US Supreme Court as the Court heard arguments in the ...

The Supreme Court of the United States’ recent Clean Water Act decision in City of San Francisco v. EPA has sent shockwaves through the environmental community by prohibiting EPA and state ...

A grand jury indicted Phillips 66 for violating the federal Clean Water Act by illegally discharging 790,000 gallons of industrial wastewater into Los Angeles County's sewer system, and failing to ...