In its decision Thursday, the Supreme Court not only overturned the 9th Circuit, it a set a new standard for what types of water is covered by the Clean Water Act.

Kentucky’s coal industry wants a narrower definition of which waters the state can protect from pollution. Senate Bill 89 would do that.

The EPA announced plans to change the definition of which waters in the United States are protected under the Clean Water Act on Tuesday – a change President Donald Trump has been working toward ...

That approach to implementing the Clean Water Act (PL 95-217) is the latest example of the Obama administration’s philosophy on environmental policymaking: Act when Congress doesn’t and take ...

The Trump administration this week rolled back Obama-era regulations on the Clean Water Act, which was established to limit the amount of pollution in U.S. bodies of water and to protect sources ...

The Biden administration is taking a step towards reversing Trump-era rollbacks to water regulations, proposing a rule to restore the pre-Obama definition that outlines which waters it will se… ...

The Trump administration is poised to ease an Obama-era water rule, shrinking the number of waterways that are protected from industry pollutants.The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to … ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday struck down a Trump-era environmental rule that drastically limited federal restrictions against pollution of millions of streams, wetlands and marshes ...

Definition of protected waters. ... The Kentucky Senate voted 30-to-5 on Friday for Senate Bill 89, to loosen the state’s water pollution laws. ...