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 protections for U.S. waterways, reversing Biden
The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will narrow the definition of wetlands, rivers and other waterways that receive federal protections.
EPA moves to unwind over two dozen US air, water regulations
The Trump administration announced a wave of regulatory rollbacks on Wednesday that included a repeal of emissions limits on power plants, reduced protections for waterways and a rollback of tailpipe pollution curbs in an effort to deliver on President Donald Trump's energy dominance agenda.
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.
A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced nearly three dozen deregulatory moves that he ...
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.
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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 ...
EPA head seeks to roll back dozens of environmental regulations: ‘ushering in America’s Golden Age'
If approved after a lengthy process that includes public comment, the Trump administration’s actions will eliminate trillions ...
Supreme Court Rules the Clean Water Act Doesn’t Actually Require That Water Be Clean
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court substantially weakened federal limitations on raw sewage discharge into nearby bodies of water.
EPA to roll back regulations on power plant emissions, tailpipe pollution
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced a wave of regulatory rollbacks on Wednesday that included a repeal 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 ...