EPA, Clean Water Act

EPA likely to move to further limit federal protections for wetlands
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it will reconsider the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law and likely further limit the wetlands it covers.
EPA signals it could narrow Clean Water Act protections
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signaled that it could narrow which set of waters receive protections under the Clean Water Act. The law requires the EPA to protect so-called “waters of the United States” but there has been significant political back-and-forth as to which bodies of water that should include.
EPA Moves to Narrow Water Protections, Citing Supreme Court Ruling
The Clean Water Act’s ambiguous definition of "waters of the United States" led to a restrictive U.S. Supreme Court interpretation in 2023 following revisions of WOTUS under Presidents Obama, Trump, Biden — and now Trump again.
EPA Moves to Narrow Regulation of US Waterways
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced that it will narrow the definition of waters that can be federally regulated to comply with a 2023 Supreme Court decision, a move cheered by Republican lawmakers in agricultural states.
EPA moves to dismantle dozens of Biden’s environmental rules
The agency announced Wednesday that it will begin the process of dismantling dozens of Biden-era rules for electric vehicles, power plants, clean water and more.
EPA to review landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health
Environmental Protection Agency to review a key 2009 finding by the agency that greenhouse gases pose a risk to Americans.
Supreme Court Misses the Reality of EPA Clean Water Act Permits
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Robert Weinstock and Alexa Longstaff say there are shortcomings to the Supreme Court ...
EPA says it's cutting back on 'waters of the United States' rules ag interests oppose
After a U.S. Supreme Court decision narrowing wetland protections, the EPA says it will revamp rules many farmers have long opposed.
EPA takes aim at water, air and toxics protections as part of massive deregulation campaign
As Zeldin's EPA announced reconsideration of these standards, it released a statement saying, the regulations imposed, "$700 ...
Trump moves to unwind over two dozen US air, water regulations
The Trump administration announced a wave of regulatory rollbacks on Wednesday including a repeal of Biden-era emissions ...
Supreme Court strikes down EPA rules on discharge of water pollution
The justices ruled that the agency cannot impose generic prohibitions against violating water quality standards.
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Trump admin to roll back pivotal Clean Water Act rule
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to redefine "waters of the U.S" and promised a "consequential day of ...
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A Divided SCOTUS Invalidates Common Provisions of Clean Water Act Permits
The dissent, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, suggests that the legal theory of five-vote majority decision was largely of the Court’s own making and contends that its narrow interpretation of ...