Clean Water Act Archives ~ Page 4 of 5 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

May 12, 2021

Drought-riddled California and others want more sway over permitting process for projects like oil pipelines, power plants and wetlands developments,...

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Federalism & water quality: After 50 years, are we done with the 401?

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water quality

November 18, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Recent changes by the Trump Administration to the Clean Water Act have had a ripple effect on many regulatory...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: States fight federal power grab on water quality review

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

July 21, 2020

Waterways across the country will be polluted under a new rule from the federal government that modifies the Clean Water...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: States Fight Federal Power Grab on Water Quality Review

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

July 21, 2020

Waterways across the country will be polluted under a new rule from the federal government that modifies the Clean Water...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmentalists challenge Trump rollback of water protections

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

June 25, 2020

Legal challenges continue to mount over the White House rolling back protections for America’s waterways, with the latest brought in...

CAL MATTERS: Filling Trump void, California steps in to protect birds, wetlands

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

June 19, 2020

California has pushed back against the Trump Administration’s environmental rollbacks by writing its own rules. By Julie Cart, Cal Matters...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California and EPA Tussle Over Water-Quality Protections

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

June 18, 2020

Attorneys for 18 states and 2 major cities were in federal court Thursday asking a judge to grant a preliminary...

THE CONVERSATION: Repealing the Clean Water Rule will swamp the Trump administration in wetland litigation

The Conversation

Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

September 24, 2019

Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School, for The Conversation The question of which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump Administration Set to Repeal Obama-Era Water Protection Rule

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

September 12, 2019

The Trump administration is expected on Thursday to roll back a major Obama-era policy that brought under federal protection many...

EXPLAINER: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Legal Framework: ‘All the acronyms you need to know’

Maven

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

September 11, 2019

Panel of lawyers dive into the web of laws affecting water in the Delta: The state and federal endangered species...

THE CONVERSATION: Small streams and wetlands are key parts of river networks – here’s why they need protection

The Conversation

Planning and management

January 30, 2019

Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, for The Conversation The Trump administration is proposing to redefine a key term in the...

THIS JUST IN … Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations Leads Suit Against State Water Board to Protect Salmon in the Water Quality Control Plan

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA)

Policy and regulation

January 28, 2019

Suit charges the Board with breaching federal Clean Water Act, California’s Porter Cologne Water Quality Act, and the Public Trust...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump White House to Unwind Wetlands Protections

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

December 11, 2018

The Trump administration unveiled a plan Tuesday to drain federal protections for wetlands and other isolated bodies of water, doing...

THIS JUST IN … California Fisheries Groups Sue State for Failure to Protect Impaired Waterways

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features Water quality

November 2, 2017

From the Institute for Fisheries Resources: Today four commercial fisheries organizations filed a lawsuit accusing the California State Water Resources...

REACTIONS to Trump’s rollback of the clean water rule

Maven

Policy and regulation

March 1, 2017

Yesterday, President Trump issued an order directing his administration to begin the long process of rolling back sweeping clean water...