CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A conservation group said that local wetlands could be in danger due to a potential change in federal policy. The Clean Water Act (1972) protects “waters of the United States” ...

The EPA and US Army Corps of Engineers have proposed changes to the Clean Water Act, which could result in small ponds, streams and wetlands losing federal protection.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Merrimack River near Sewalls Falls in Concord. (Photo by Dana Wormald/New Hampshire Bulletin) Like people, rivers suffer from ...

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 and ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed redefining key words in the Clean Water Act that would limit protections for wetlands. In a release on Monday, the proposal, dubbed the "Waters of the ...

On November 17, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency and its Army Corps of Engineers issued a new rule that leading conservation groups say will gut the landmark Clean Water Act ...

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 ...

Nov. 17 (UPI) --The Trump administration proposed changing the definition of wetlands Monday to limit which bodies of water are protected from pollution under the Clean Water Act. The administration's ...

Chantell and Michael Sackett wanted to build a house in Idaho. The land they purchased, located about 300 feet from Priest Lake, turned out to be soggy, so they dumped sand and gravel on it. But the ...