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.

The Supreme Court will take up a challenge to the Clean Water Act that could narrow the law’s reach in ways long sought by businesses and home builders.

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Clean Water Act applies to some pollutants that reach the sea and other protected waters indirectly through groundwater.

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide if contamination of groundwater that seeps into rivers, lakes and oceans violates the Clean Water Act.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it ordered C&H Sugar Company to follow the federal Clean Water Act, which the company allegedly violated at least three times at its Crockett ...

The Supreme Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency in a dispute over its authority to regulate certain wetlands under the Clean Water Act.

Supreme Court decision weakens EPA authority, scales back scope of Clean Water Act May 25, 2023 6:25 PM EDT ...

Experts said the decision would sharply undercut the agency’s authority to protect millions of acres of wetlands under the Clean Water Act, leaving them subject to pollution without penalty.

The amended EPA rule is to comply with a Supreme Court ruling this year that narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act and the agency's power to regulate waterways and wetlands.

A half century after the passage of the federal Clean Water Act, 50 percent of U.S. river and stream miles are so polluted that they are classified as “impaired,” a new report has found.N… ...