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The United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) addressed in a December 24th, 2024 Opinion a challenge to a ...
Democrats during a hearing raised questions on the impacts of President Donald Trump’s spending freeze on water infrastructure.
New report outlines human impact of unregulated factory farm water pollution on public health, recreation, and water bills Des Moines, IA — Today, amidst mounting calls for action to address Iowa’s ...
The Clean Water Act directs the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate this discharge to ensure that it does not pose a threat to human health or ecosystems.
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 ...
The Trump administration is angling to use a bedrock water law to build more natural gas pipelines across the United States. It’s a major potential pivot for the half-century-old Clean Water Act ...
These changes fit into a wider attack on environmental protections by the Trump administration that serve to benefit major polluters and industry. Reduced protections for clean water will affect ...
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 ...
HAMMOND — Government lawyers allege an oil re-refinery plant with a location in East Chicago violated the Clean Water Act after they discharged wastewater with excessive pollutants into the city ...
Radius to address alleged Clean Water Act violations in California The company will install a granular activated carbon treatment unit to reduce pollutants discharged into the Oakland Inner Harbor and ...
A new law would get the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources more actively involved in regulating Vermont farms to meet federal water quality requirements, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough.