President Richard Nixon vetoed the Clean Water Act in 1972. But Congress overrode him on a bipartisan vote, and the landmark law to reverse the toxic degradation of U.S. rivers, lakes and streams ...

The 1972 Clean Water Act expanded federal protections for the nation’s waterways, allowing the government to regulate what corporations discharge into them, including pollutants.. That landmark ...

A grassroots environmental effort in the '60s resulted in The Clean Water Act and major federal dollars were provided for the upgrades we see today. The Clean Water Act helped transform Philadelphia’s ...

Before the Clean Water Act was enacted in 1972, it was legal to dump all kinds of pollution in our lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. In Vermont, this translated into raw sewage being regularly ...

Clean Water Act at 50: ... Speaking to other officials later, he recalled how, before the Clean Water Act, "our waters were virtually unprotected from pollution." "Rivers ran in colors.

The Chicago Trump International Hotel and Tower has agreed to pay a $4.8 million settlement for environmental violations to ...

Now, 50 years later, we can be proud of these results, but we cannot rest on our laurels. Access to clean and safe water is a fundamental right, yet today, the Clean Water Act faces renewed legal ...

The Clean Water Act has reached its 50th anniversary. Still befuddling federal regulators is nonpoint-source pollution — a technocratic term describing pesticides, oil, fertilizers, toxins ...

Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote for the court, ruled that the agency had gone beyond what the Clean Water Act allowed. “We hold that the two challenged provisions exceed the EPA’s authority ...

As the Clean Water Act turns 50, ... When the Clean Water Act went to President Richard Nixon, he vetoed it shortly before midnight on Oct. 17, writing that the $24 billion price tag was too high.