Communities already facing pollution and failing infrastructure can become even more vulnerable when federal protections are ...

Making the Chicago River a healthy, biodiverse and climate resilient lifeline through the city is the focus of many groups ...

Amid all the changes out of Washington, it can be easy to lose sight of not only which environmental policies and regulations ...

Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into ...

The Clean Water Act that passed in 1972 dramatically improved the quality of our waterways, however, we still have a long way ...

In 2023, the Supreme Court narrowed the definition of “ waters of the United States .” In its decision in Sackett vs. Environmental Protection Agency, the court determined that only wetlands that ...

The Bee has reported on such water problems for years, at places like Lanare and East Orosi.

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 ...

Under a settlement, the LA port must significantly improve its management of stormwater and groundwater to ensure that toxic ...

The Clean Water Act (CWA) was passed in 1972, in order to protect the nation’s water resources. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, it sets water quality standards, regulates the ...