High court to consider case about reach of clean-water law

February 19, 2019 9:00 am Leave a comment

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case about the reach of a federal clean-water law.

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Big winners in Trump rollback of wetlands rules? Developers

January 15, 2019 10:21 am Leave a comment

Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, speaks in December in Lebanon, Tennessee, about a Trump administration proposal to redefine "waters of the United States." Representatives of the administration and Trump himself often say farmers will be the biggest winners from the proposed rollback of federal protections for wetlands and waterways. But under longstanding federal law and rules, farmers and farm land are already exempt from most of the regulatory hurdles the administration is seeking to cut back. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

President Donald Trump said on Monday that farmers would be the big winners from the administration's proposed rollback of federal protections for wetlands and waterways across the country.

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Trump administration proposing rollback of water rules (UPDATE)

December 11, 2018 10:12 am Leave a comment

The Trump administration is moving to withdraw federal protections for countless waterways and wetlands across the country, making good on President Donald Trump's campaign pledge to weaken landmark water rules long resented by some developers, farmers and oil, gas and mining executives.

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Schimel wants review of South Carolina pollution ruling

October 26, 2018 3:06 pm Leave a comment

Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel has joined 18 other GOP attorneys general in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling finding that Clean Water Act protections extend to non-point pollution.

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EPA’s Stepp recuses herself from Wisconsin review

February 2, 2018 9:00 am Leave a comment

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Cathy Stepp has recused herself from a Wisconsin compliance review.

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Federal agencies begin process to rescind water rule

July 31, 2017 2:56 pm Leave a comment

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers have started a process aimed at ending a federal regulation — opposed by some small-business groups — that sought to expand government jurisdiction over bodies of water.

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Republican state lawmakers want to relax phosphorous rules

May 17, 2017 9:40 am Leave a comment

More than two dozen Republican state lawmakers are asking federal lawmakers to loosen Wisconsin's strict water pollution standards.

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Water Works federal lawsuit trial delayed to June 2017

May 13, 2016 8:43 am Leave a comment

The lawsuit filed by the Des Moines Water Works in federal court against several upstream agriculture drainage districts has been delayed by nearly a year.

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