Many development projects that previously required Clean Water Act permits will no longer need them, though litigation challenging the rule is expected. On November 17, 2025, the Environmental ...

The EPA is moving to narrow the definitions of protected waterways under the Clean Water Act, opening many waterways to ...

At the heart of the proposal announced earlier this week is a new, stricter definition to the long-debated legal term, “Waters of the United States." ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed limits to protected waters under a new interpretation of the Clean Water Act ...

The proposal could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, some of which feed drinking water systems.

Many acres of wetlands across the vast Mississippi River basin would lose federal protection under a the new rule.

The Trump administration has proposed changing the definition of wetlands to limit which bodies of water are protected under ...

Environmental groups warn the proposal to change the definition of “waters of the United States” would eliminate crucial ...

New U.S. EPA rule would strip protections from 72% of the state’s remaining wetlands, which play a crucial role in mitigating ...

Federal wetlands protections could shrink significantly under new rules proposed this week by the Environmental Protection Agency—changes with major implications for Louisiana’s inland swamps, ...

In some states, more than 90 percent of wetlands could be excluded from safeguards provided by the Clean Water Act.

On November 17, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule that would significantly narrow its ...