ESA

MAY 31, 2023

In this issue: Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach Biden administration must now rework recent Clean Water Act regulations. Courts Supreme Court decision about California’s pork regulations could impact state climate regulations.

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2023 Natural Resources Clean Water Act 2024 98

ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug.

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2022 Clean Water Act 2027 Ocean 75

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The House passed an infrastructure package that includes a historic federal investment in water systems. Congressional Republicans introduce a bill that would narrowly define the scope of the Clean Water Act. The EPA orders officials in a Michigan city to address lead-contaminated drinking water. WOTUS in Congress.

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Clean Water Act 2006 Regulations Government 130

ESA

JANUARY 9, 2023

Biden administration releases fall 2022 Unified Agenda, previewing regulations to come. The EPA announced a new Clean Water Rule in Dec. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) told E&E News that she will file a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the regulation.

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2023 Clean Water Act 2022 Biotechnology 40

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The Biden administration laid out its timeline for rolling back major Trump environmental rules, but acknowledged that the process of enacting more protective regulations on climate and air pollution and drinking water will take years — if they can estimate the timeline at all.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Ocean Climate Change 98