The creek was once one of America’s most polluted waterways. Environmentalists fear its restoration is at risk.

In 1972, Congress passed the Clean Water Act, which serves as the country’s main safeguard against water pollution. It grants the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Proposed changes to the federal definition of “waters of the United States” could strip protections from millions of wetlands.

The long-term health of the ocean off the coast of Southern California, and the health of the region's freshwater streams and ...

WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Wednesday that it will narrow the definition of waters that can be federally regulated to comply with a 2023 ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 6, 2025) With the incoming U.S. president promising the “most aggressive regulatory reduction” ever seen in the country’s history, attention shifts to local and state ...