What Are People Saying About Trump’s Dirty Water Rule?
The Trump administration wants to exclude at least half of the nation’s wetlands, along with millions of miles of streams, from protection under the Clean Wat...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Trump Budget Short-Changes Water Safeguards
The White House released its proposed federal government budget this week and it’s a plan only water polluters can love....
Standing Up For Clean Water
I’m posting this from Kansas City, Kansas, where the Trump administration is holding its one and only public hearing on its plan to radically roll back the...
The Lowdown on Trump's Lowdown Dirty Water Rule
Earlier this month, the Trump administration unveiled its long-threatened scheme to radically restrict the Clean Water Act, the country’s key safeguard against...
EPA Ignores Lessons from Chemical Spills in Hurricane Harvey
This post was written by my colleague Jared Knicley About a year ago, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. The category 4 storm brought damaging winds and...
EPA Plans to Gut Its Ability to Curb Water Pollution
Did you think that EPA buying “Tactical Pants” was the silliest thing you’d hear about Administrator Scott Pruitt this month? Hold on -- there’s a new entry...