COURTHOUSE NEWS: Supreme Court decision leaves more than half of water flowing out of rivers vulnerable, study says Courthouse News Service News June 27, 2024 92Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Water Act didn’t apply to ephemeral streams. According to a new...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: EPA water pollution rules will face Supreme Court scrutiny Courthouse News Service News May 28, 2024 78The high court took up San Francisco’s bid to challenge how the government regulates water pollution. By Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Feds sue San Francisco over shoddy stormwater-sewage system Courthouse News Service News May 2, 2024 252The city discharges billions of gallons of untreated sewage water onto its beaches and into San Francisco Bay and its...
EPA takes enforcement action against San Francisco for violations of the Clean Water Act Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other May 1, 2024 671From the US EPA: The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Attorney...
NOTICE of Proposed Order Setting Aside Water Quality Certifications for Merced Falls, Yuba-Bear, Don Pedro, La Grange Hydroelectric Projects State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS March 12, 2024 47From the State Water Resources Control Board: On March 11, 2024, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) issued...
STATE WATER BOARD: U.S. Supreme Court decision decreases federal wetlands protection Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other May 5, 2023Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision today that significantly reduces...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Ninth Circuit restores Trump-era gut of Clean Water Act rule Courthouse News Service News February 21, 2023 2Judges cannot vacate agency rules without first finding them unlawful. By Alanna Mayham, Courthouse News Service A Ninth Circuit panel...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Toss of Trump-era Clean Water Act rule roils Ninth Circuit panel Courthouse News Service News November 15, 2022 1Arguments over a Trump-era rule on how the Clean Water Act should be applied to projects come ahead of the...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Biden moves to restore power of states and tribes to protect their waters Courthouse News Service News June 2, 2022The Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to scratch a Trump-era rule – reinstated by the Supreme Court this spring...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Revival of Trump water rule brings fierce critique from Roberts and minority Courthouse News Service News April 6, 2022 1A sudden stay in the case led four Supreme Court justices to fiercely criticize how their colleagues are using the...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Let’s Celebrate Clean Water For All on World Water Day Sean Bothwell Commentary March 22, 2022 193Guest commentary by Sean Bothwell, Executive Director of the California Coastkeeper Alliance Today, we celebrate World Water Day on the...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Industry groups lose bid to reinstate Trump gut of Clean Water Act Courthouse News Service News December 7, 2021After coming up short in federal court, representatives for oil, gas and hydropower companies are expected to ask the Ninth...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge nixes Trump-era limits on regulation of water-polluting projects Courthouse News Service News October 22, 2021A federal judge concluded the Trump administration rule that rolls back regulation of water-polluting projects contradicts Supreme Court precedent and...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: States and tribes urge judge to abolish Trump water rule Courthouse News Service News September 30, 2021Opponents say leaving the Trump-era rule in place will prevent state and tribal governments from imposing conditions on thousands of...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Biden EPA pulls plug on Trump-era water rule Courthouse News Service News June 9, 2021 1The latest bend in a decades-long battle has the federal government working to restore protections undone by the Trump administration...