The Biden administration today finalized its definition of which wetlands and waterways are protected by the Clean Water Act. The rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers...more
1/3/2023
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EPA floats sharply increased social cost of carbon -
E&E News – November 21 -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a new estimate for the social cost of carbon emissions, nearly quadrupling an interim...more
12/6/2022
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U.S. Supreme Court leans toward limiting scope of Clean Water Act - U.S. News & World Report – October 3 - U.S. Supreme Court justices on October 3 appeared open to limiting the reach of the U.S. Environmental Protection...more
U.S. Supreme Court leans toward limiting scope of Clean Water Act - U.S. News & World Report – October 3 - U.S. Supreme Court justices on October 3 appeared open to limiting the reach of the U.S. Environmental Protection...more
California becomes first state to test drinking water for microplastics - San Francisco Chronicle – September 7 - On Wednesday, California became the first state to begin requiring water agencies to test for microplastics,...more
9/13/2022
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Sonoma County vintner to pay $925,000 in environmental damage settlement Bullet The Press Democrat – July 31 The Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office last Friday announced that a $925,000 settlement had been reached with...more
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reverses changes to Endangered Species Act’s habitat rule -
Associated Press - July 20 -
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on Wednesday canceled a Trump administration policy...more
EPA moves to give states and tribes more power to protect water - Associated Press - June 2 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday proposed to undo a Trump-era rule limiting the power of states and...more
6/3/2022
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Supreme Court reinstates Trump-era water rule, for now Bullet Associated Press - April 6 The Supreme Court this Wednesday reinstated a Trump-era rule curtailing the power of states and Native American tribes to block...more
Supreme Court to weigh limits on reach of Clean Water Act -
Associated Press – January 25 -
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal that will test the limits of federal jurisdiction under the Clean...more
Tightened federal water protections won't slow some projects -
Los Angeles Times – January 14 -
The Biden administration is moving to tighten oversight of projects that benefited from a narrowed interpretation of the...more
Industry groups and seven states lose bid to reinstate rule limiting scope of Clean Water Act -
Courthouse News Service – December 7 -
Seven states and a collection of industry groups fighting to revive a Trump-era...more
Biden administration acts to restore clean-water safeguards -
Associated Press – November 18 -
The Biden administration took action this Thursday to restore federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams,...more
11/19/2021
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