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 ...

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 ...

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 federal government has narrowed the “waters of the U.S.” definition, potentially triggering a new legal battle over whether it’s scaled back Clean Water Act enforcement too far, experts say. Legal ...

The proposal would sharply narrow which wetlands and streams are protected. The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed redefining key words in the Clean Water Act that would limit protections ...