The Supreme Court dealt another blow to federal environmental protections on Tuesday in a major water pollution case. In a 5–4 ruling in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, the justices ...

Environmentalists feared the Supreme Court would go beyond the question and use the case to undermine the EPA's authority as a whole after several high court rulings chipped away at environmental ...

The Environmental Protection Agency will review the definition of “waters of the United States,” pledging to follow a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that shortened the reach of the Clean Water Act.

On March 4, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court in City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency held that “end-result” permit requirements are not allowed under the Clean Water ...

Supreme Court Rules the Clean Water Act Doesn’t Actually Require That Water Be Clean. ... Alito wrote for the court, authorizes the EPA to place any “limitation” on sewage discharge.

A 2023 Supreme Court decision ruled that wetlands would only count for Clean Water Act protection if they had a “continuous surface connection” with adjacent streams, oceans, rivers and lakes ...

The Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling, deeming that fuel producers have standing in a suit pertaining to the EPA's ...

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Clean Power Plan, ruling that the EPA lacked authority under section 111 of the federal Clean Air Act to require existing power plants to shift ...

The Supreme Court dealt another blow to federal environmental protections on Tuesday in a major water pollution case. In a 5–4 ruling in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, the justices ...