EPA signals it could narrow Clean Water Act protections
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signaled that it could narrow which set of waters receive protections under the ...
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A Divided SCOTUS Invalidates Common Provisions of Clean Water Act Permits
The dissent, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, suggests that the legal theory of five-vote majority decision was largely of the Court’s own making and contends that its narrow interpretation of ...
NJ company sentenced, to pay $1 million fine for dumping pollutant that contaminated CT brook
The company was found liable for violating the Clean Water Act after dumping a pollutant in a Cheshire brook in 2019 that ...
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RCRA Rules Face Hazardous Times
In an executive order issued February 19, 2025, President Donald Trump instructed federal agency heads to “initiate a process to review ...
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What a recent Supreme Court ruling could mean for the future of the Clean Water Act
In a narrow 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled to limit the EPA's authority to issue broad water pollution permits under ...