Tag: Clean Water Act

Energy and Environment

Republicans push resolution to repeal Biden Clean Water Act rule

Jeremy Beaman · February 2, 2023 3:30 pm

A pick-up truck rolls through downtown, Wednesday Oct. 5, 2022, in Richmond, Vt. A town employee in Richmond is under fire for lowering the fluoride level in the drinking water below the state's recommended level for more than three years.

Employee in small Vermont town quietly lowered fluoride in water for years

Associated Press · October 8, 2022 12:49 pm

Supreme Court considers limiting federal regulation of water pollution

Jeremy Beaman · October 3, 2022 12:00 am

‘They failed to protect us’: Jackson residents suing city over water crisis

Misty Severi · September 20, 2022 11:48 pm

EPA moves to reverse Trump-era water permitting policy

Breanne Deppisch · June 2, 2022 12:00 am

The Supreme Court is shown, Monday, April 6, 2020 in Washington. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from the Catholic church in Washington, DC, that sought to place religious-themed ads on public buses.

Supreme Court reinstates Trump-era clean water rule in 5-4 decision

Kaelan Deese · April 6, 2022 4:29 pm

Energy and Environment

EPA moves to undo Trump rollback of clean water rule

Jeremy Beaman · November 18, 2021 8:45 pm

Impaired waters report by Iowa department identifies potential trouble spots to fix

Washington Examiner · December 29, 2020 2:30 pm

This June 7, 2018 photo shows a settling pond, which collects water and allows nutrients to settle, at the Panther Island Mitigation Bank near Naples, Fla. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency repealed Obama-era regulation determining the number of waterways protected under the Clean Water Act.

Energy and Environment

California-led coalition sues Trump EPA over water rule rewrite, saying it undoes decades-old protections

Abby Smith · May 1, 2020 8:05 pm

Beltway Confidential

Hawaii ‘clean water’ case shows why conservatives chafe at Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts

Quin Hillyer · April 24, 2020 8:35 pm

The White House is preparing to expand protections for a swath of the Pacific Ocean that would bar energy development, fishing and other activity in the area. The epicenter is the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, a marine sanctuary designated in 2009 by former President George W. Bush, in the south-central Pacific Ocean. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court says Trump view of key Clean Water Act provision would create ‘obvious loophole’

Abby Smith · April 23, 2020 7:44 pm

Energy and Environment

Former EPA officials say farmers won’t get the aid they’re claiming from Trump water rule rewrite

Abby Smith · January 28, 2020 12:00 am