Beat me with the truth, the saying goes, don’t torture me with lies. Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must be longing for a little slap of ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday cut back on the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act, with a 5-4 majority continuing a trend in which the ...

The review also found the Trump rule significantly curtailed clean water protections in states such as New Mexico and Arizona. 3 In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, file photo, wild berries grow along ...

Biden moves to restore clean-water safeguards ended by Trump. EPA Administrator Michael Regan speaks during a news briefing at the White House on May 12, 2021. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) ...

The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army reinstates a rule in place before 2015 while the Biden administration arrives at its own, which is expected to be next year.

A sharply divided Supreme Court on Thursday significantly rolled back federal safeguards for wetlands under the Clean Water Act, siding with Idaho property owners in a decision that curbs ...

The Trump administration is rolling back protections for streams and wetlands, adopting a new rule that will drop federal clean-water safeguards for many creeks and washes across Arizona and the ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday cut back on the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act, with a 5-4 majority continuing a trend in which the ...