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May 30, 2024
Matt Ford
San Francisco Is Handing the Right-Wing Supreme Court a Gift
The city, joined by some odd bedfellows from U.S. industry, is challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s water quality enforcement. And it could spell trouble for the rest of America.
May 25, 2023
Prem Thakker
Supreme Court Sides With Corporate America, Weakens Clean Water Act
The conservative court just made it easier for corporations to pollute our bodies of water.
February 28, 2023
Prem Thakker
After Weeks of Fake Outrage Over East Palestine, Republicans Push to Weaken Water Protection
The Ohio train derailment story is also a story about water pollution.
October 13, 2022
Liza Featherstone
The Clean Water Act Is One of Our Greatest Laws—and the Supreme Court’s Extremists Might Kill It
New York Harbor has seals and whales today because of the Clean Water Act. Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency could roll back a lot of that progress.
December 17, 2018
Emily Atkin
Trump Is Undoing Much More Than Obama’s Legacy
The president isn't just erasing his predecessor's accomplishments. He's trying to destroy government regulation as we know it.
June 29, 2018
Emily Atkin
‘There’s No Happier Person in America Right Now Than Scott Pruitt’
How Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement could help the EPA chief on his quest to weaken clean air and water regulations.
July 27, 2017
Emily Atkin
The GOP’s Sneaky Attack on Clean Water—and on the Public’s Right to Fight Back
“They want to do this in the dark without the public or judges getting a say."
February 28, 2017
Emily Atkin
Donald Trump loves that dirty water.
The Trump administration has already started rolling back clean water protections.
January 16, 2017
Abby Rabinowitz
At Scott Pruitt’s Confirmation Hearing, Science Will Be on Trial
Trump’s EPA nominee is more than just a climate change denier. Democrats must frame his appointment as a corporate-backed attack on science itself.
February 18, 2016
Patrick A. Parenteau
What Scalia’s Death Means for the Environment
Regardless of whether Obama can nominate a successor, the Court will have a heavy hand in determining our environmental future.
January 14, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
House GOP Assails Clean Water Act as West Virginians Go Without Clean Water
January 14, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Why So Many West Virginians Relied on Water from the Elk River: Industry Already Polluted the Others
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