EPA has been working to gin up a new definition of WOTUS that’s durable and protective, and has said a proposed rule could arrive later this year. As a landmark Clean Water Act case heads to the ...

The California State Water Resources Control Board (“State Water Board”) recently issued a draft Definition of Microplastics in Drinking Water and an accompanying staff report. The State Water Board ...

Significantly reduced federal jurisdiction: The proposed rule will remove federal protection from many tributaries and wetlands, particularly in arid western states. Interstate waters lose automatic ...

This story was originally published by The Guardianand is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The scope of a landmark law to protect America’s waterways has been shrunk by the U ...