Today marks the 52 nd anniversary of the Clean Water Act, a landmark piece of legislation that transformed the health of our nation’s rivers, lakes, and wetlands. When it passed in 1972, the Clean ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and 24 other states, including Nebraska, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in support of the Port of Tacoma’s appeal of a U.S. Circuit Court ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and 24 other states filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Monday in support of the Port of Tacoma’s appeal of a U.S. circuit court decision that upheld a ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sewage plants and other industries cannot avoid environmental requirements under landmark clean-water protections when they send dirty water on an indirect route.

Thousands of people marched through central London on Sunday demanding action on cleaning up Britain's rivers and seas.

of Anacortes almost $58 thousand for violation of the Clean Water Act. On October 2, the EPA fined the company for failing to inspect and test its tanks for leaks and not notifying the agency when ...

The precedent that set the court’s opinion was a citizen suit from 1995 claiming the City of Portland had violated the Clean Water Act. O’Scannlain said in his concurring statement the ...

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu discusses City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, in which the court is considering whether the Environmental Protection Agency violates the Clean Water Act ...

EPA, required that wetlands that have a “continuous surface connection” to federally protected water be covered under the Clean Water Act. Environmental Defense Fund spokesperson Ben Bryce says it’s ...

California voters will decide in November whether to approve a $10 billion climate bond that supporters say is needed to jump ...

Some lawmakers and environmental advocates had opposed elevating the case because they feared the high court would undermine Clean Water Act protections. Advertisement The question presented by ...

Robin Kundis Craig has served on three National Research Council committees on the Clean Water Act and the Mississippi River. As a volunteer, she is affiliated with the Foundation for Natural ...