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The EPA has issued a rule that defines which types of waterways in the U.S. will receive federal water quality protections under the 1972 Clean Water Act.

President Joe Biden's administration on Friday finalized regulations that protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts had thrown out and that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution.

The shopping destination and concert hall has a bright new dining space serving up fresh cakes and pastries, gourmet sandwiches and thick…

Lifelong Cleveland resident Steve Gove recalls when the Cuyahoga River symbolized shame — fetid, lifeless, notorious for catching fire when sparks from overhead rail cars ignited the oil-slicked surface.

Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Clean Water Act to protect U.S. waterways from abuses like the oily industrial pollution that caused Ohios Cuyahoga River to catch on fire in

In April, the Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled on a verdict that aimed to rectify several issues in the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act was passed in 1972 as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment. The purpose of the bill was straightforward— to preserve the quality of waterways...

Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet | 2022-10-18 01:49:05

Environmental gains, challenges unmet.

50 years ago, Congress passed the landmark Clean Water Act to protect U.S. waterways from abuses like oily industrial pollution. But challenges remain.

Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Clean Water Act to protect U.S. waterways from abuses like the oily industrial pollution that caused Ohio's Cuyahoga River to catch on fire in 1969.