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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to change what’s classified as “Waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act, a change that could significantly limit ...

Environmental advocates say the outlined revision ignores science and threatens water quality, while farm groups argue it offers landowners needed clarity about which parts of their land count as ...

What was originally meant to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s Waters” has drifted into a mechanism to delay or block federally permitted energy ...

Just days before the start of the 2026 legislative session in West Virginia, a state public health expert noted that there’s a 12-year disparity in life expectancy between those who live in the ...

It’s the first coordinated effort by Democrats to push back on the proposal that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers released in November. Sixteen Democratic senators are criticizing a Trump ...

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 ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Clean Slate Act into law Friday, which will automatically seal criminal records of nonviolent offenders. House Bill 1836 takes crimes that can be ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on January 13th a proposed rule addressing the certification process under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The proposed rule ...

The agency wants to curtail a section of the Clean Water Act that Democratic governors have used to restrict fossil fuel development. By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington The ...

When Gary Swick sees the resurgence of bald eagles soaring and nesting along the Fox River, he thinks of all the difficult conservation efforts that have helped revitalize the watershed. Now with ...